Which would you say is more reliable?

Sniper82

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Seagate 40gb 5400RPM(2mb) or Maxtor 30gb 7200RPM(2mb)? I know some like certain brands but I think most prefer Seagate over anything with the newer stuff anyway.

Of course the Seagate is probably around 5 years old and the Maxtor 3 years. If you had to choose which would you keep for backup?