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Hard Drives

July 31, 2004 9:02:47 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
What brand have you found to be the most quiet and fastest.
I am looking into Maxtor from what info I have found on-line but I would like your opinions.
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Reply #1 July 31, 2004 9:17:40 AM
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I have a Western Digital and a Maxtor in the same machine.......never heard either one of them,even with the side off.All I hear is the fan.
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Reply #2 July 31, 2004 10:30:22 AM
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I have a Maxtor 160GB - quiet as a mouse
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Reply #3 July 31, 2004 10:46:50 AM
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Regular or Ultra series Fuzzy?
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Reply #4 July 31, 2004 11:46:34 AM
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Ultra

120, 160, 200, 250 gigs are all fast, quiet and solid



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Reply #5 July 31, 2004 12:36:39 PM
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Soundwise the quietest is an old Seagate model. But the Samsung SpinPoint series appear to have taken over that crown, while at the same time providing good performance, so I bought me one of those and set it to "quiet".

Can't say I hear it spinning, but then again, can't hear anything over the noise my old 40G Maxtor makes.
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Reply #6 July 31, 2004 1:43:43 PM
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4 Maxtors. They may not be the best, but they sure seem to hold up under my abuse.
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Reply #7 July 31, 2004 2:34:50 PM
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I have in Love with SEAGATE BARACOADA (S-ATA & ATA) and cheeatah (SCSI). The ONE and The Best....

I used to have Maxtor but the problem I had faced was "BAD Sectors."
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Reply #8 July 31, 2004 3:21:41 PM
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2 WD's ....had a bit of bad luck with the last two Maxtors....both did the big kibbie after about a year....previous Maxtors I had, I had no problems with. The plan is for the next 2 to be Seagate S-ATA's
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Reply #9 July 31, 2004 4:12:49 PM
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I have always had real good performance and service from Western Digital's.
Been thinking about getting two SATA 10,000 RPM WD's.



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Reply #10 August 1, 2004 10:38:09 AM
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Thank you all so much for the input. Maxtor's ultra sounds like the way to go. Looking into a couple of 160's. I do believe I will wait for a sale though. I have noticed most drives go to just about half price at that time.
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Reply #11 August 1, 2004 11:04:45 AM
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either WD or maxtor are comperable .. i prefer maxtor of the two ..the new slim design gives better air flow between drives in the bay ..... seagate is tops .. if ya got the $ they are the way to go... they just plain rock .. and seagate is one of the oldest names in Hdds around ...
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Reply #12 August 2, 2004 12:18:47 AM
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I bought a Maxtor 160 GB in April for $99.95 and another in May for $89.95 (Staples). Had to RMA 1 of them (heads locked up) Maxtor replaced it with a 200 GB.

Keep an eye out for sales.





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Reply #13 August 2, 2004 3:27:50 AM
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I have a Maxtor 40 gig.. can't hear it at all. never had a problem with it even under heavy stress and usage. Most of what you hear in my comp is the noisy rear fans.. remind me to switch to newer, quieter fans and a water cooled setup..
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Reply #14 August 2, 2004 4:20:34 AM
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Two SATA 250 GB Western Digital, configured for a RAID 0. Quiet and very fast. All that I can hear is the Jet 4 Fan
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Reply #15 August 2, 2004 6:11:11 PM
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160 wd here i like it cant hear it over my $10 cdrw ultraspeed (mad dog) but hey, both work fine and nice
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Reply #16 August 2, 2004 6:12:15 PM
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Keep an eye out for sales.


dont hafta::: http://www.slickdeals.net they do it for ya
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Reply #17 August 2, 2004 6:17:30 PM
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Pricewatch is better at looking for deals..

http://www.pricewatch.com/
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