What's the fastest NON IBM IDE hard drive out there?

[AthlonMan]

I wouldn't call them toys like the other guy, Maxtor's plain in simple have a high failure rate so why would you buy one if they have a high failure rate?

I have seen so many Maxtor's die in my time from the early 100 meg drives up to the big ones now. There a cheap hard drive solution, and what you pay is what you get.

 

[oldfart]

From what SR says, the WD and Maxtor are both good. If noise matters to you, go for the WD. If you dont mind a louder drive, the Maxtor is fine. BTW, IBM 60GXP is fast, quiet, and reliable (had to throw that in).

 

[NFS4]

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<< Booyah!!!!! WESTERN DIGITAL WD800BB 80GB for $159.99 + $30 Gift Card Sunday at Best Buy. >>



Where did you see this?

Cheers! >>


http://subscriber.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=622623


<< I love those useless little "gift" GC's WorstBuy gives you when you buy certain products. >>


What's so bad about getting a gift card?? Best Buy has always been good to me with rebates/offers and I normally get them within a month.

 

[Viper22]

Only thing with the Maxtors you gotta watch out for nowadays is that since they bought out Quantum most every Maxtor box i open has a Quantum drive in it or its a Quantum HDD with a Maxtor sticker on it. As for what to reccomend I cant really since i run all Seagate Ultra 160 SCSI Drives

Though the 2 IDE drives i have in my system are WD's

Viper22

 

[ikar0s]

<< I wouldn't call them toys like the other guy, Maxtor's plain in simple have a high failure rate so why would you buy one if they have a high failure rate?

I have seen so many Maxtor's die in my time from the early 100 meg drives up to the big ones now. There a cheap hard drive solution, and what you pay is what you get. >>



Okay, got any proof (or is this something only you can see)? If you're talking high failure rate, the first thing that should pop up 75GXP; I mean, if the dozens and dozens of threads on this forum about "dead 75GXPs" didn't catch your eye, then surely the news articles and lawsuits did.

And I quote:

"Overall, the DiamondMax Plus D740X is an admirable effort from Maxtor. It combines the best Business WinMark score we've recorded from a drive with a 2-megabyte buffer with a respectable High-End showing and top-flight IOMeter scores. Neither Seagate's Barracuda ATA IV nor Western Digital's standard-edition WD1000BB offer quite as attractive a package. Only Western Digital's WD1000BB Special Edition, delivering superior performance and a bit more capacity, holds the D740X at bay? albeit at a hefty price premium. Users looking for a high-performance storage upgrade while not breaking the bank need search no further than the D740X."

-SR

 

[oldfart]

The only D740X downside which I think somes from the Quantum side of the house:


<< As one would expect from a drive that delivers a best-of-class access time, the D740X is relatively loud when it comes to seeks? a definite notch above what we've witnessed from today's competition. Note that one can mitigate this noise through the use of Maxtor's Acoustic Management utility. >>

Of course, this only matters if you have a preference for a quiet system.

 

[Pariah]

"StorageReview recommends the D740X series on their Leaderboard, above any "BB" edition WD drive."

The BB-SE is the leaderboard selection, not the D740X. If you look at the new testbed results you'll see the regular 100BB soundly beating the D740X across the board. Again, none of that is relevant, as once you pick the size drive you need, the choice is made for you as the 2 series have no common capacities. The 60BB and 80BB are not from the same family as the 100BB and will perform worse. So if you need a 60GB drive you should go for Maxtor. Though quite honestly, you're not going to notice the difference between a WD 60BB and a Maxtor D740X or any other IDE 7200RPM drive in that size range. So my real recommendation would be to go with whatever you can find cheapest.

 

[Sugadaddy]

<< I wouldn't call them toys like the other guy, Maxtor's plain in simple have a high failure rate so why would you buy one if they have a high failure rate?

I have seen so many Maxtor's die in my time from the early 100 meg drives up to the big ones now. There a cheap hard drive solution, and what you pay is what you get. >>




High failure rate? And you recommend IBM hard drives?



Please pass the crack pipe this way...

 

[NFS4]

Dell has some 7200RPM hard drives...Looks to be made by Maxtor

60GB, 7200 RPM $149
40GB, 7200 RPM $109

Then they have $20 off and 10% stackable coupons on top of that !!

$121 shipped to my door I wonder what series this is?

 

[Linux23]

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<< **Don't even THINK about recommending an IBM drive to me** >>

IBM 75GXP series!

You must realize someone had to do it simply to be contrary.

Psst: IBM has some new units coming if you can wait a few months...the 120GXPs...guaranteed to take up to 120 GB of data to the grave this time. >>




LMAO..you people are really bitter about IBM drives.

I only used three brands so far: Maxtor // Western Digital // Quantum.

Maxtor, IMHO, gave me the most problems (and this is not just experience with just one drive).
WD, great drives, zero problems so far. very reliable.
Quantum, same reliability as WD. not a problem thus far. god bless that company, they made some great drives.

Oh well, i'm in the market for a new drive as well (those MPEG2 video files are storage hogs), and guess what drive i will be buying!

 

[Katana]

<< What's so bad about getting a gift card?? Best Buy has always been good to me with rebates/offers and I normally get them within a month. >>



You should get the GC when you buy it, you shouldn't have to send in for it. I bought a 30GB WD last Dec that was supposed to come with a $25 GC but they were out of the GC so they just gave me $25 in cash instead.

 

[sharkeeper]

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Reading through the thread I see a mistake and someone getting a reaming for coupon scanning/posting! :Q

The walk out the door price is $209. You can get the 1000BB for that if you look around.

Cheers!

 

[ikar0s]

<< LMAO..you people are really bitter about IBM drives.

I only used three brands so far: Maxtor // Western Digital // Quantum.

Maxtor, IMHO, gave me the most problems (and this is not just experience with just one drive).
WD, great drives, zero problems so far. very reliable.
Quantum, same reliability as WD. not a problem thus far. god bless that company, they made some great drives.

Oh well, i'm in the market for a new drive as well (those MPEG2 video files are storage hogs), and guess what drive i will be buying! >>



Okay, who forgot to tell you our little secret? Maxtor = Quantum, and vice versa.

 

[AMDPwred]

My vote would go to the WD. I love mine

 

[LXi]

"WD1000BB soundly beats the D740X across the board" Stop the BS already, whoever said that.

"Maxtors have high failure rates, just a toy compare to WD" The BS continues, whoever said that should check the Storagereview database.

 

[Nack]

If you get the D740X, try to get the one with the fluid dynamic bearings.