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Best HD manufacturer?

  • 15-08-2003 4:25pm
    #1
    Sleipnir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭


    I'm looking to buy a new HD in a month or two and was just wondering what opinions people had on the different manufacturers.
    e.g. Did your Western digital fail after a month, got a replacement and it failed again etc.
    what is the most
    reliable manufacturer?


Comments

  • #2
    gerire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭gerire


    Have had a maxtor and it blew after a year
    Have been building PC's for a good while now and Ill only use WD hard disks and Ive never had a problem with my PC's in ages. The longer that remains that way the better. It takes alot now adays to do serious damage to a Hard Drive, physically anyway.
    Have a softspot for Seagate drives, dont really have a good reason, but Western Digital is definately my first choice at the moment

    Ger


  • #3
    Spud_Gun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭Spud_Gun


    I have a Seagate and a Western Digital in my PC. I have had no trouble with either. I would have rated Maxtor over Seagate though. Sounds like you had a dodgy drive there. Get onto Maxtor and see what they have to say, you may get a new drive.


  • #4
    Fabre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭Fabre


    You need to define your priorities, first if it is pure speed WD, quality IBM, silence seagate.

    About reliability well this could give you an idea, these figures are the HD returns from a french shop Ldlc.com

    Disques IDE 7200 tpm 40 Go :

    Seagate : 1.6% (7643)
    Maxtor : 1.9% (8052)
    IBM 120GXP : 3.1% (4790)
    Western Digital : 7.2% (1726)

    Disques IDE 7200 tpm 60 Go :

    Seagate : 0.7% (284)
    IBM 120 GXP : 2.5% (722)
    Maxtor : 2.5% (1791)
    Western Digital : 8.6% (490)

    Disques IDE 7200 tpm 80 Go :

    Seagate : 2.4% (1248)
    IBM : 2.8% (2131)
    Western Digital : 3.1% (1676)
    Maxtor : 3.3% (2060)

    Disques IDE 7200 tpm 120 Go :

    Western Digital SE : 3.0% (132)
    IBM : 3.1% (708)
    Western Digital : 5% (120)

    Personnaly I use to have an IBM but found it to noisy so I replaced it with a Seagate and I must say I am very happy with it.


  • #5
    red_ice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭red_ice


    Apparently maxtor do a good deal with their HDD's when you break em :)see here!

    I myself have a 30 and a 40 gig 5200rpm maxtor HDD and they are great! no problems with them - i even let one drop as i was carrying it ontop of my processor and mobo box and it still worked without flaw :)


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