which hdd to choose?

[CalvinHobbs]

which one to choose among the following?
Maxtor 120Gb, ATA
Hitachi 120Gb,ATA
Seagate 160Gb,SATA
Samsung 120Gb, SATA
which make is better? Between ata and sata there is not much difference it seems...so which make is better? thanks for any contribution

 

[ShellGuy]

Go with the seagate 160gb larger drive and I have had great luck with them.


Will G.

 

[CalvinHobbs]

umm thanks, that' what i wanna know, how it's been faring for you whichever make you have..thanks dude

 

[Away]

Using the Seagate 160GB in my desktop right now and it works great.

 

[CalvinHobbs]

does the seagate have active cooling? i saw fans on a maxtor 80gb sata and without the fans the things was hot

 

[imported_Indohottie]

not sure bout active cooling.. but i love my seagate 250 gig SATA drive.. very nice..

 

[ShellGuy]

I have never seen active cooling on a stock Hdd... Only aftermarket stuff.


Will G.

 

[CalvinHobbs]

i don't think the fans were added on the hdd unless the computer shop added it out of goodwill...well so it seems seagate gets the thump up

 

[Devistater]

You can add active cooling stuff to hdds, usually you need a 5.25" bay to do it though.

Seagate is good because they often have 3 or 5 year warranty. You should go with SATA if you can, at some point you will want to have only SATA drives and having a bunch of old IDE drives will be an inconveniance 🙂

 

[GamerExpress]

Originally posted by: ShellGuy
Go with the seagate 160gb larger drive and I have had great luck with them.


Will G.

Yep I second that opinion, Seagate is on top of their game right now.

 

[CalvinHobbs]

ok guys so i'll buy the 160gb sata from seagate, i'll be using it while converting vhs to mpeg1 & 2 . currently i have an 80gig maxtor which will hold the os and applications for editing and encoding.

 

[CalvinHobbs]

umm called the shop, seagate out of stock, maxtor sata 200gig at same price they are offering me...won't get seagate before three weeks...grrr