New Hard Drive Purchase Advice - Club CDFreaks

*Mr. Brownstone* · 04-02-2005

Looking to get a new P-ATA 250Gb+ hard drive in the next few weeks to replace my whining 120Gb WD, im looking to spend about £100/$188.276 USD, thats with shipping and remember im in the UK.

This is purely for storage my 80Gb Samsung is my OS drive so speed isnt an issue im more interested in 'reliability', ive got a couple of drives here in mind so if anyone can make any suggestions i'd appreciate it, must be P-ATA

Im reluctant to look at WD due to the fact that the one im using has been whining for the past few months on and off but maybe its just specific to this particular drive

Seagate 250Gb
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=81595

Maxtor with a 16Mb cache
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=79494

*DiiZzY* · 04-02-2005

http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/comp...quicklinx=2PHQ
Nice and fast =)
//Danne

*Mr. Brownstone* · 04-02-2005

Ive heard alot of people reffering to deskstar as deathstar due to the problems theyve had or is this just the older drives? have they cleaned up their act these days? would this drive compare with a 16mb cache maxtor?

*furballi* · 04-02-2005

My $ is with the Seagate drives with 5 yr warranty. Very quiet!

*DiiZzY* · 04-02-2005

@ Mr.Brownstone
Just an old rumor...
I think Xbit Labs have a roundup with 200Gb+ drives.
//Danne

*drpino* · 04-02-2005

i'd take a look at the Samsung SpinPoint P80 series (only up to 160GB) but i've heard they're fast and quiet. you could get 2X160GB for cheaper than a single 250GB.

Arizent · 15-07-2005

I have the next model up for what you were thinking, the Dimondmax10 300GB with 16mb cache, and its been great.

I’ve had it for about half a year now. Very quiet and fast. You can pick it up at overlclockers.co.uk for £110 (thats including 17% vat AND delivery!) Thats an extra £10 for an extra 50-to-100gb!

roberts · 15-07-2005

always go with seagate. ive been using it since 1997 for myself and other PCs that i built. never had a problem, quiet and has a 5 year warranty. look around and you'll see i'm right.

*bigmike7* · 15-07-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by furballi

My $ is with the Seagate drives with 5 yr warranty. Very quiet!

Yo-

Agree with furballi - Totally

Mike

*_chef_* · 15-07-2005

For IDE/PATA: Samsung and Seagate here.

*Kenshin* · 15-07-2005

I miss Fujitsu HDDs (3.5-inch form factor.)

*DiiZzY* · 15-07-2005

Seagate are still slow and not noticably quieter than Hitachi's counterparts (which are way faster) although Samsung's HDDs are one step ahead when it comes to noise.
//Danne

*Kenshin* · 15-07-2005

If you ever consider Samsung HDDs, get P120 instead of P80.

Slammy1 · 16-07-2005

Still a WD fan for speed, though they dropped the long warranties that they had when I bought my WD drives (all 5 year warranties). The Seagate's noticably slower on my computer. I do use a Seagate for my data drive and am happy with the choice mostly. I get a slight pause I never had with the WD dives when I open big subdirectories, though admittedly my MoBo has given me somme fits in my IDE channels in the past (mostly before I disabled the IDE RAID option). I also don't benchmark like I used to, so I can't say it's the drive... My only experience with drive failures on my home PC were Seagates, though they were full height SCSIs (about the perfect weight to curl). Lost 2 of them, ended up tossing the other 2 out.

mate_pl · 16-07-2005

WD is my favourite. 5 yr warranty etc. I use 2* 80 gig 8 mb cacher SATA in RAID0, and these are excellent!

04-02-2005	#1 (permalink)
Mr. Brownstone CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chesterfield, England Posts: 1,603	New Hard Drive Purchase Advice Looking to get a new P-ATA 250Gb+ hard drive in the next few weeks to replace my whining 120Gb WD, im looking to spend about £100/$188.276 USD, thats with shipping and remember im in the UK. This is purely for storage my 80Gb Samsung is my OS drive so speed isnt an issue im more interested in 'reliability', ive got a couple of drives here in mind so if anyone can make any suggestions i'd appreciate it, must be P-ATA Im reluctant to look at WD due to the fact that the one im using has been whining for the past few months on and off but maybe its just specific to this particular drive Seagate 250Gb http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=81595 Maxtor with a 16Mb cache http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=79494 __________________ A64 3800+ X2 @ 2.01Ghz/2x1024MB Corsair XMSPC3200C2PT @ 2-3-3-6/Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe/Club 3D 7800GT 256MB/WD3200KS 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache/Hiper 580 Watt PSU BenQ 1655 BCIB BenQ 1640 BSRB Philips SPD2400 @ LiteOn SHW-1635S YS0Z FBD Philips 1640P @ BenQ 1620 B7W9 x3 DEAD Pioneer DVR-109 8.57 Pioneer DVR-108 @ Piodata DVR-108DX 1.18 LiteOn LDW-851S @ SOHW-832S CG5J Aopen 1648/AAP Pro 1.04 LiteOn SOHR-5238S 4S09 LiteOn LTR-52246S 6S0F Click here to join cdfreaks.com

04-02-2005	#2 (permalink)
DiiZzY CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Nordic Region, Sweden Posts: 2,988	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/comp...quicklinx=2PHQ Nice and fast =) //Danne

04-02-2005	#3 (permalink)
Mr. Brownstone CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chesterfield, England Posts: 1,603	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice Ive heard alot of people reffering to deskstar as deathstar due to the problems theyve had or is this just the older drives? have they cleaned up their act these days? would this drive compare with a 16mb cache maxtor? __________________ A64 3800+ X2 @ 2.01Ghz/2x1024MB Corsair XMSPC3200C2PT @ 2-3-3-6/Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe/Club 3D 7800GT 256MB/WD3200KS 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache/Hiper 580 Watt PSU BenQ 1655 BCIB BenQ 1640 BSRB Philips SPD2400 @ LiteOn SHW-1635S YS0Z FBD Philips 1640P @ BenQ 1620 B7W9 x3 DEAD Pioneer DVR-109 8.57 Pioneer DVR-108 @ Piodata DVR-108DX 1.18 LiteOn LDW-851S @ SOHW-832S CG5J Aopen 1648/AAP Pro 1.04 LiteOn SOHR-5238S 4S09 LiteOn LTR-52246S 6S0F Click here to join cdfreaks.com

04-02-2005	#4 (permalink)
furballi CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,256	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice My $ is with the Seagate drives with 5 yr warranty. Very quiet!

04-02-2005	#5 (permalink)
DiiZzY CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Nordic Region, Sweden Posts: 2,988	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice @ Mr.Brownstone Just an old rumor... I think Xbit Labs have a roundup with 200Gb+ drives. //Danne

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04-02-2005	#6 (permalink)
drpino CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: nYc Posts: 4,891	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice i'd take a look at the Samsung SpinPoint P80 series (only up to 160GB) but i've heard they're fast and quiet. you could get 2X160GB for cheaper than a single 250GB. __________________ 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

15-07-2005	#7 (permalink)
Arizent New on Forum Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 13	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice I have the next model up for what you were thinking, the Dimondmax10 300GB with 16mb cache, and its been great. I’ve had it for about half a year now. Very quiet and fast. You can pick it up at overlclockers.co.uk for £110 (thats including 17% vat AND delivery!) Thats an extra £10 for an extra 50-to-100gb!

15-07-2005	#8 (permalink)
roberts CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 57	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice always go with seagate. ive been using it since 1997 for myself and other PCs that i built. never had a problem, quiet and has a 5 year warranty. look around and you'll see i'm right. __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2800+ MSI K7N2 Delta-L 333Mhz FSB 2x Kingston 512MB 333Mhz MSI VTD128MB 2x Seagate 80GB 7200 1 Seagate 40GB 7200 LG 16x DVDROM BenQ DW822A BenQ DW1620 pro

15-07-2005	#10 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Bender's.Game] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 24,394	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice For IDE/PATA: Samsung and Seagate here. __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

15-07-2005	#11 (permalink)
Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,382	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice I miss Fujitsu HDDs (3.5-inch form factor.) __________________ Kill Confucius

15-07-2005	#12 (permalink)
DiiZzY CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Nordic Region, Sweden Posts: 2,988	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice Seagate are still slow and not noticably quieter than Hitachi's counterparts (which are way faster) although Samsung's HDDs are one step ahead when it comes to noise. //Danne

15-07-2005	#13 (permalink)
Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,382	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice If you ever consider Samsung HDDs, get P120 instead of P80. __________________ Kill Confucius

16-07-2005	#14 (permalink)
Slammy1 CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 87	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice Still a WD fan for speed, though they dropped the long warranties that they had when I bought my WD drives (all 5 year warranties). The Seagate's noticably slower on my computer. I do use a Seagate for my data drive and am happy with the choice mostly. I get a slight pause I never had with the WD dives when I open big subdirectories, though admittedly my MoBo has given me somme fits in my IDE channels in the past (mostly before I disabled the IDE RAID option). I also don't benchmark like I used to, so I can't say it's the drive... My only experience with drive failures on my home PC were Seagates, though they were full height SCSIs (about the perfect weight to curl). Lost 2 of them, ended up tossing the other 2 out.

16-07-2005	#15 (permalink)
mate_pl New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ploce, Croatia Posts: 9	Re: New Hard Drive Purchase Advice WD is my favourite. 5 yr warranty etc. I use 2* 80 gig 8 mb cacher SATA in RAID0, and these are excellent! __________________ NEC 3520A /// www.thefirstpick.com - software portal

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