Good Hard drives - Club CDFreaks

Nattefrost · 13-03-2006

My Maxtor Ultra ATA 20GB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive is giving me alot of write errors and I think its dying on me. I'm A noob and dont know much about upgrades. I've heard alot of bad reviews regarding Maxtor HD's. Can someone recommand a good hard drive instead. Thanx

HRMaddie · 13-03-2006

I have run Western Digitals, Maxtors and Seagates. I now just buy Seagates, due to the five year warranty. Now they won't recover any lost data for you, but at least will replace your drive.

*ripit* · 13-03-2006

I have maxtors that have been running for a while now but I have also had a couple of them die and I really don't trust them enough to buy anymore. Some of their drives are rated pretty bad when it comes to falures on storage review too. I have a couple of seagates that I recently purchased that are pretty well rated for reliability, and have a couple of hitachi drives that have been running fine for a while and are also rated pretty well. If I were to get another drive I think it would be a hitachi or a seagate.

Nattefrost · 13-03-2006

thanx guys will look into seagate or samsung IDE

*scoobiedoobie* · 13-03-2006

Seagates are great, although I've also gotten a Hitachi recently and it's a great drive as well. They are great drives, quick, quiet, run cool. Seagate has a 5 year warranty and my Hitachi has a 3 year warranty while most (all?) others have a 1 year warranty. That has nothing to do with why I like them though and I'd buy them even if they had no warranty at all over a lesser burner with a longer warranty. The fact that they work so well is probably no coincidence that they carry longer warranties, though.

gregtherotterius · 13-03-2006

I would go for a seagate also. I have a 7200 rpm seagate in my Lacie D2 external drive and its brilliant.

*Kenshin* · 13-03-2006

http://www.kbench.com/hardware/?no=30521&sc=5

KBench interview with Samsung HDD

Originally written by Kim Dong Guk @Kbench.com

1. 0.5 inch HDD

0.85 inch HDDs are already used in some mobile devices. Samsung plans to introduce 0.5 inch HDDs when such devices need to get smaller and lighter.

2. Spinpoint T133

Succeeding P120, the 400GB version uses three (T is for triple) 133GB platters. Instead of GMR, the T133 HDDs use TuMR. FOD (Flying On Demand) is also applied to protect head. From 500GB on, Samsung plans to release only 16MB buffer products.

3. Spinpoint M80

Succeeding M60, M80 uses perpendicular recording technology, the first series from Samsung to use it. M60 uses 60GB platters. 60GB version has one platter, 120GB version has two platters, 80GB M80 has one 80GB platter, and 160GB M80 has two 80GB platters.

4. Spinpoint MH80S

Samsung's first "hybrid" HDD that has flash parts. Samsung has been working with Microsoft mainly in order to shorten the time for OS booting time and other tasks for Windows XP and Vista, the next major release of Microsoft Windows OS. SATA only. MH80S is basically M80 with flash memory and SATA interface.

*chas0039* · 13-03-2006

Again, Seagate. Warranty, quality of customer service, and speed.

**Arachne** · 13-03-2006

I'd recommend Seagate, too (although I haven't had any problems with the Maxtors I've had, either). Excellent warranty.

*drpino* · 13-03-2006

whatever's on sale (best $ per gigabyte) and backup properly...try and buy an OEM or retail kit online (e.g. newegg) which should get you at least 3yrs on pretty much any HDD...1yr warranty usually only applies to retail kits sold in B&M stores and/or retail external drives...

in my experiences, WD has provided the best customer service...

seagates are quiet but slow (same with samsungs)...

my first two choices in order are WD and Hitachi...but again, i just get whatever's the best in terms of $/GB...

*DiiZzY* · 14-03-2006

If you want a fast and quiet drive, Hitachi T7K250
If you want a quiet drive (although its not really notiable), Samsung
If you want a slow and fairly quiet drive: Seagate 7200.9
If you want an average drive that isn't quiet: WD
//Danne

13-03-2006	#1 (permalink)
Nattefrost CD Freaks Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: new york Posts: 244	Good Hard drives My Maxtor Ultra ATA 20GB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive is giving me alot of write errors and I think its dying on me. I'm A noob and dont know much about upgrades. I've heard alot of bad reviews regarding Maxtor HD's. Can someone recommand a good hard drive instead. Thanx __________________ http://www.gofferownica.website.pl/g.../otygbaner.jpg

13-03-2006	#2 (permalink)
HRMaddie New on Forum Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 11	Re: Good Hard drives I have run Western Digitals, Maxtors and Seagates. I now just buy Seagates, due to the five year warranty. Now they won't recover any lost data for you, but at least will replace your drive.

13-03-2006	#3 (permalink)
ripit CD Freaks Elite Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,607	Re: Good Hard drives I have maxtors that have been running for a while now but I have also had a couple of them die and I really don't trust them enough to buy anymore. Some of their drives are rated pretty bad when it comes to falures on storage review too. I have a couple of seagates that I recently purchased that are pretty well rated for reliability, and have a couple of hitachi drives that have been running fine for a while and are also rated pretty well. If I were to get another drive I think it would be a hitachi or a seagate.

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Nattefrost CD Freaks Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: new york Posts: 244	Re: Good Hard drives thanx guys will look into seagate or samsung IDE __________________ http://www.gofferownica.website.pl/g.../otygbaner.jpg

13-03-2006	#5 (permalink)
scoobiedoobie CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,159	Re: Good Hard drives Seagates are great, although I've also gotten a Hitachi recently and it's a great drive as well. They are great drives, quick, quiet, run cool. Seagate has a 5 year warranty and my Hitachi has a 3 year warranty while most (all?) others have a 1 year warranty. That has nothing to do with why I like them though and I'd buy them even if they had no warranty at all over a lesser burner with a longer warranty. The fact that they work so well is probably no coincidence that they carry longer warranties, though.

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13-03-2006	#6 (permalink)
gregtherotterius CD Freaks Die Hard Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,776	Re: Good Hard drives I would go for a seagate also. I have a 7200 rpm seagate in my Lacie D2 external drive and its brilliant.

13-03-2006	#7 (permalink)
Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,382	Re: Good Hard drives http://www.kbench.com/hardware/?no=30521&sc=5 KBench interview with Samsung HDD Originally written by Kim Dong Guk @Kbench.com 1. 0.5 inch HDD 0.85 inch HDDs are already used in some mobile devices. Samsung plans to introduce 0.5 inch HDDs when such devices need to get smaller and lighter. 2. Spinpoint T133 Succeeding P120, the 400GB version uses three (T is for triple) 133GB platters. Instead of GMR, the T133 HDDs use TuMR. FOD (Flying On Demand) is also applied to protect head. From 500GB on, Samsung plans to release only 16MB buffer products. 3. Spinpoint M80 Succeeding M60, M80 uses perpendicular recording technology, the first series from Samsung to use it. M60 uses 60GB platters. 60GB version has one platter, 120GB version has two platters, 80GB M80 has one 80GB platter, and 160GB M80 has two 80GB platters. 4. Spinpoint MH80S Samsung's first "hybrid" HDD that has flash parts. Samsung has been working with Microsoft mainly in order to shorten the time for OS booting time and other tasks for Windows XP and Vista, the next major release of Microsoft Windows OS. SATA only. MH80S is basically M80 with flash memory and SATA interface. __________________ Kill Confucius

13-03-2006	#8 (permalink)
chas0039 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lost in America Posts: 7,063	Re: Good Hard drives Again, Seagate. Warranty, quality of customer service, and speed. __________________ Still a few bugs in the system...

13-03-2006	#9 (permalink)
Arachne Senior Moderator & Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Keeping my media stash safe. Posts: 25,938	Re: Good Hard drives I'd recommend Seagate, too (although I haven't had any problems with the Maxtors I've had, either). Excellent warranty. __________________ Current drives: Samsung SH-S203N (SB02 patched) + Pioneer DVR-115D (1.06) + Optiarc AD-5170S (1.12) + Litey LH-20A1H (LL0D) + Samsung SH-S182D (SB06 RPC1) x2 + Litey SHM-165P6S (MS0R) + LG E10N (JE07) + BenQ DW1650 (BCDC) x2 + Litey SHW-1635S (YV6P) x2 + BenQ DW1640@164B (BEFB) + LG 4167B (DL13 TDB) + Samsung SH-S162L (TS08) + NEC ND-4551A (1.Z2) + LG GCE-8520B (1.00) + LiteOn SOHR-5239S (2S0B) Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B My Review PCs How to delete your upper and lower filters : How to check/enable DMA by Womble Click here to join cdfreaks.com and be part of our friendly community! The CDFreaks Distributed Computing Teams need YOU! Join the Team(s) and help save some lives! Read more here

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drpino CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: nYc Posts: 4,891	Re: Good Hard drives whatever's on sale (best $ per gigabyte) and backup properly...try and buy an OEM or retail kit online (e.g. newegg) which should get you at least 3yrs on pretty much any HDD...1yr warranty usually only applies to retail kits sold in B&M stores and/or retail external drives... in my experiences, WD has provided the best customer service... seagates are quiet but slow (same with samsungs)... my first two choices in order are WD and Hitachi...but again, i just get whatever's the best in terms of $/GB... __________________ AMD A64 Clawhammer 3200+ / TT Venus 7+ / ASUS K8V Dlx / Corsair TwinX 4000PRO (2x512) WD360GD 236GB Raptor (RAID0) / WD800JB 80GB PATA / IBM Deskstar 25.4GB PATA ASUS R9800XT / VX900 19"CRT / Boston Acoustics BA7500 4.1 Plextor PX-716A / Plextor PX-Premium / Samsung SD-816B ROM / OCZ 520ADJ PowerStream / Kingwin KT424SWM AMD A64 Winchester 3200+ / Thermalright XP-90 / ASUS A8V Dlx r2 / OCZ PlatR2 (2x512) WD740GD 274GB Raptor (RAID0) / WD2500SD/JD 2250GB SATA / Seagate 2160GB PATA / Maxtor OneTouchII 300GB Ext (Firewire) ATI X800XL / Viewsonic VP201s 20.1"LCD / Creative SBAudigy2ZS Plat / Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 Plextor PX-716A / Plextor PX-708UF / BenQ 1640 / OCZ 520ADJ PowerStream / Lian-Li V1000B

14-03-2006	#11 (permalink)
DiiZzY CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Nordic Region, Sweden Posts: 2,988	Re: Good Hard drives If you want a fast and quiet drive, Hitachi T7K250 If you want a quiet drive (although its not really notiable), Samsung If you want a slow and fairly quiet drive: Seagate 7200.9 If you want an average drive that isn't quiet: WD //Danne

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