Current best of WD, IBM, Seagate and Maxtor?

[mat]

hi,

want to get a system together with either a 80gb or 120gb drive
(though I think the latter is overkill).

Which 80gb (IDE, highly likely to be with a nForce2 chipset) drive
from the four vendors is the best, with emphasis on noise and
reliability?

Any pointers to articles comparing the current crop appreciated.

Cheers

 

[Rod Speed]

want to get a system together with either a 80gb
or 120gb drive (though I think the latter is overkill).

The other way of looking at that is to look at the price difference
between 80GB and 120GB and deciding its so small that you
might as well go for the larger drive for peanuts more.

Which 80gb (IDE, highly likely to be with a nForce2
chipset) drive from the four vendors is the best,
with emphasis on noise and reliability?

I personally go with the Samsung P80 drives instead.

Very quiet indeed, full 3 year warranty on all their drives,
not just the ones with 8MB caches, loverly drives.

Any pointers to articles comparing the current crop appreciated.

http://www.storagereview.com