I just replaced a Maxtor 30GB drive with the 80GB WD SE /w 8MB cache. In the past I have typically purchased Maxtor or IBM drives but I'm real satisfied with this WD so far.
Tom
I have a maxtor 80g liquid bearing 8mb cache hard drive. It is very quiet and it is a lot better then my old WD 20 gig.
'Cuda IV if you want silence, if you really dont mind then i guess WD.
ANyone have a GOOD site with a reasonable comparison of WD800JB, Maxtor 9 (& hopefully Cuda IV)? I'm considering getting a 80gb drive and thinking for a little more performance than the 40gig 'cuda I have, but tbh my HDD so quiet there's no way i'd settle for some noisy machine again, I hear other people's comps and wonder wtf they have in there. BTW I gather the older 40 & 80gig, or newer 60 & 2120gig 'cuda's are quietest since the older versions were 40gig platter and newer ones are 60. Thats probably why mines perfectly silent, only one platter.
since Thorin seems to have got bored:
Maxtor: 9 (22.5%)
Seagate: 4 (10%)
IBM: 2 (5%)
Western Digital Special Edition: 25 (62.5%)
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Total: 40 (100%)
ANyone have a GOOD site with a reasonable comparison of WD800JB, Maxtor 9 (& hopefully Cuda IV)? I'm considering getting a 80gb drive and thinking for a little more performance than the 40gig 'cuda I have, but tbh my HDD so quiet there's no way i'd settle for some noisy machine again, I hear other people's comps and wonder wtf they have in there. BTW I gather the older 40 & 80gig, or newer 60 & 2120gig 'cuda's are quietest since the older versions were 40gig platter and newer ones are 60. Thats probably why mines perfectly silent, only one platter.
since Thorin seems to have got bored:
Maxtor: 9 (22.5%)
Seagate: 4 (10%)
IBM: 2 (5%)
Western Digital Special Edition: 25 (62.5%)
------------------------------------------------------
Total: 40 (100%)
No one mentioned IBM. I have IBM 80GB(don't know its model) for 6+months and it is fast and quiet.
So let 's just assume that since technology of HD improved so much recently, every 80+GB one will do just fine. The difference should be minor.
So let 's just assume that since technology of HD improved so much recently, every 80+GB one will do just fine. The difference should be minor.
Most people around here don't like to mention the word.. "Deathstar"
I would never in my life buy an IBM drive after what happened with those drives like a year ago.. the failure rate was astronomical.
I would go with the 80GB WD SE. I've had to RMA something back to WD before and the turn around from shipping the drive to the RMA place to getting the drive back was 3-4 weeks. Also, there are a lot of deals for WD drivers, so keep your eyes peeled in the hot deals forum here on anandtech.
-psianime
-psianime
Umm, am I the only one that doesen't mind, and actually would prefer a loud drive?
I like to be able to know when my computer is doing things. It lets you get a "feel" for your system... kind of the way you get a feel for a new car.
I like to be able to know when my computer is doing things. It lets you get a "feel" for your system... kind of the way you get a feel for a new car.
Yes. Most people prefer quiet LED's 
I prefer not to notice my HDD, cpu etc... generally because theyre noticed when waiting for them.
I prefer not to notice my HDD, cpu etc... generally because theyre noticed when waiting for them.Yet you recommend a company that has had 2 recalls in the past few years. How soon we forget. Every company is entitled to a lemon every once in a while. The 75GXP was it for IBM. The 180GXP looks like a very nice drive and I wouldn't have any second thoughts recommending it to anyone, or using one myself. I think comparing long term reliabilty (past 3-4 years), Maxtor is below the other 3 major makers. Yes, Maxtor has great customer service and a simple replacement policy, and lots of people here will tell you that. You know why? Because so many people have had to use it. Between the 8MB WD, and a standard Maxtor, I don't think there is any question you go for the WD.
Well you have to recommend something right... no hard drives are as reliable as some other parts of the PC so it makes it very hard.. I really don't care, but I will not WILLINGLY buy Maxtor or IBM hard drives at this current time. Maxtor sucks too much, their new, and old hard drives fail... I hate them.
I've only used WD in my systems, I have never had one go bad yet.
At my work we have Maxters, they usually last one year, and they're loud.
At my work we have Maxters, they usually last one year, and they're loud.
After 1/2 year one of my IBM "DeathStar" (45gb one) quit last week RMA it. Now I have 2x WD 800JB running in raid 0 mode. For me WD drives are quieter and runs cooler than the IBM drives did.
Maxtors in recent times that i have delt with have been horribly noisy, hearable above delta fans and all, with the grinding loud seek times. I probabily would go with the WD SE hd i have one at first it amde a bit of a whine but after a day or so it quickly faded away. It's really damn fast though I've heard magnificent things about recent Seagate drives, as for reliability, I have a 9 year old 1.2 GB, that has run nonstop from it's puchase, with out a problem! It is loud but heck it's old what wasnt loud then? Anyways, it's apparently the most reliable thing in the world... Anyways not sure how thast would compare with their current drives but their current drives are silent. Good Luck!
-Mark
I've heard magnificent things about recent Seagate drives, as for reliability, I have a 9 year old 1.2 GB, that has run nonstop from it's puchase, with out a problem! It is loud but heck it's old what wasnt loud then? Anyways, it's apparently the most reliable thing in the world... Anyways not sure how thast would compare with their current drives but their current drives are silent. Good Luck!-Mark
Ouch! So many people are dissing Maxtor.
Here is my story-
Back when 200Mhz was the roadster and 4 Gig HD dominated all I made my first PC. For my HD I used a Western Digital- Why? My dad's partner had just purchased around 12 of them for their booming business. At first they were great and I enjoyed it. However after about a year of use ALL of the drives at my dad's work crapped out on him. EVERY SINGLE ONE. Then a scant month and a half later my drive crapped out on me. All of the sudden all these phsycial errors and unrecovereable sectors started popping out of no where!
And This was in the WINTER in COLORADO (where it was VERY COLD)
I lived with that Hd for another 8 months. Just to make sure I wouldn' get cuaught with bad sectors I would strategically create dummy files and hope they would land on the bad sectors so I could INSTALL my games without receiving errors. One of the tings that would occur when a bad secotr was found was this distinctive clicking sound and I hated it!
Anyway, I told my dad the problem and he said he wasn't suprised. He sent me to get a 20 Gig Hd. I chose the Maxtor DiamondMAX 5400 RPM drive. It was part of the "silent series" or something like that...Not bad for a HDD for a 100 bucks.
After I installed it I turned it on and heard nothing...I started to get scared that i messed up (Again...)! I looked at the computer and noticed that it WAS WORKING...but it made NO SOUND! With my WD I could be on teh other side of the room and here that sucker work but this Maxtor was silent and I coudnl't heard anything!
I still haev the harddrive in my computer to this day and there is NO PROBLEM with it. In fact I'd keep it save for the fact that I'm giving this Pc to my mom.
Even if I transfer a HUGE file or do anything I stil hear nothing and that is the way i like it.
But when building a PC I opted for an 8 meg cache and noticed that Maxtor's prices were VERY expensive, but after hearing of WD rave reviews on the 80gig Special Edition I decided to give them one more try. Woudnl't you have done that?
So I'll definietly post a review because for me, sound is a BIG BIG factor. i don't want to hear ANYTHING, but i'm not going to stick my ear next to the HDD to make sure.
But if you had the cash I would defenitly go Maxtor (though @ newegg the WD that I got was 107.99) because of preformance and silence in one.
something that is loud (I used to think that sound was NORMAL) should not be bought...
Here is my story-
Back when 200Mhz was the roadster and 4 Gig HD dominated all I made my first PC. For my HD I used a Western Digital- Why? My dad's partner had just purchased around 12 of them for their booming business. At first they were great and I enjoyed it. However after about a year of use ALL of the drives at my dad's work crapped out on him. EVERY SINGLE ONE. Then a scant month and a half later my drive crapped out on me. All of the sudden all these phsycial errors and unrecovereable sectors started popping out of no where!
And This was in the WINTER in COLORADO (where it was VERY COLD)
I lived with that Hd for another 8 months. Just to make sure I wouldn' get cuaught with bad sectors I would strategically create dummy files and hope they would land on the bad sectors so I could INSTALL my games without receiving errors. One of the tings that would occur when a bad secotr was found was this distinctive clicking sound and I hated it!
Anyway, I told my dad the problem and he said he wasn't suprised. He sent me to get a 20 Gig Hd. I chose the Maxtor DiamondMAX 5400 RPM drive. It was part of the "silent series" or something like that...Not bad for a HDD for a 100 bucks.
After I installed it I turned it on and heard nothing...I started to get scared that i messed up (Again...)! I looked at the computer and noticed that it WAS WORKING...but it made NO SOUND! With my WD I could be on teh other side of the room and here that sucker work but this Maxtor was silent and I coudnl't heard anything!
I still haev the harddrive in my computer to this day and there is NO PROBLEM with it. In fact I'd keep it save for the fact that I'm giving this Pc to my mom.
Even if I transfer a HUGE file or do anything I stil hear nothing and that is the way i like it.
But when building a PC I opted for an 8 meg cache and noticed that Maxtor's prices were VERY expensive, but after hearing of WD rave reviews on the 80gig Special Edition I decided to give them one more try. Woudnl't you have done that?
So I'll definietly post a review because for me, sound is a BIG BIG factor. i don't want to hear ANYTHING, but i'm not going to stick my ear next to the HDD to make sure.
But if you had the cash I would defenitly go Maxtor (though @ newegg the WD that I got was 107.99) because of preformance and silence in one.
something that is loud (I used to think that sound was NORMAL) should not be bought...
DOH....Fallin down on my job....
Maxtor: 9 (18.75%)
Seagate: 6 (12.5%)
IBM: 3 (6.25%)
Western Digital Special Edition: 30 (62.5%)
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Total: 48 (100%)
Thorin
Maxtor: 9 (18.37%)
Seagate: 6 (12.24%)
IBM: 4 (8.16%)
Western Digital Special Edition: 30 (61.23%)
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Total: 49 (100%)
Seagate: 6 (12.24%)
IBM: 4 (8.16%)
Western Digital Special Edition: 30 (61.23%)
------------------------------------------------------
Total: 49 (100%)
Well, I purchased a WD 80GB 8MB and a Maxtor 80GB 8MB a few days ago (replaced my WD1000JB and WD1200JB) for a more quiet computer. I installed the Maxtor as my primary boot drive and the WD as secondary drive for storage. The Maxtor's seek noise is LOUD! The idle noise is silent but when it seeks, it sounds like its crunching on Doritos. The seek noise from my Western WD800JB, WD1000JB, WD12000JB is much more silent than the Maxtor.
I don't know if anyone else is aware of this (maybe I have a defective drive?) but I'm going to have to stick with WD.
By the way, the Radeon 97000 Pro's onboard fan is very quiet.
I don't know if anyone else is aware of this (maybe I have a defective drive?) but I'm going to have to stick with WD.
By the way, the Radeon 97000 Pro's onboard fan is very quiet.
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