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Guest
Hello, I am buying a new computer in the medium price range. What is the
best type of hard drive to buy?
best type of hard drive to buy?
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Harry
Western Digital Raptor
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Xenomorph
I would NOT recommend those.
Benchmarks show buying something like a Seagate will get you about the same
performance, but more storage space and a bettery warranty for the same
cost.
Benchmarks show buying something like a Seagate will get you about the same
performance, but more storage space and a bettery warranty for the same
cost.
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Robbie
Seagate Barracuda, 7200 or ES, SATA 3.0 Gb/s series. They are ultra
reliable, fast, quiet, and have a five year warranty.
One caveat with SATA drives is that there have been copy failures with
large sized files with some combinations of motherboards, drivers and
the Vista/Windows Server 2008 operating systems.
reliable, fast, quiet, and have a five year warranty.
One caveat with SATA drives is that there have been copy failures with
large sized files with some combinations of motherboards, drivers and
the Vista/Windows Server 2008 operating systems.
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ray
Hello, I am buying a new computer in the medium price range. What is the
best type of hard drive to buy?
PATA used to be the main option. SATA is becoming the new standard. SCSI
has some advantages, but tends to be more pricey.
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Richard G. Harper
The one that offers the best price for its size. For the most part one hard
drive is pretty much like another given the same speed and size.
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drive is pretty much like another given the same speed and size.
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Bill Yanaire
The WD Raptor comes with a 5 year warranty and rated 1.2 million hours MTBF.
It is a great drive, you can't go wrong with it. I have it working in my
system with no problems. I like the 10k rpm. Damn fast drive.
It is a great drive, you can't go wrong with it. I have it working in my
system with no problems. I like the 10k rpm. Damn fast drive.
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Hertz_Donut
Do *NOT* ever buy any drive from Western Digital.
They are absolute junk...
Currently, the best drives are by Seagate, followed closely by Maxtor.
Western Digital used to make good drives, but no more.
Honu
They are absolute junk...
Currently, the best drives are by Seagate, followed closely by Maxtor.
Western Digital used to make good drives, but no more.
Honu
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Bill Yanaire
You have your opinion, I have mine. WD isn't junk. You are just blowing
smoke because you had a bad experience. Western Digital makes good drives
now.
smoke because you had a bad experience. Western Digital makes good drives
now.
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Cal Bear '66
Western Digital drives are the BEST.
Seagate drives fail for me in less than a year of operation -- same for Maxtor.
Seagate drives fail for me in less than a year of operation -- same for Maxtor.
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Adam Albright
Do *NOT* ever buy any drive from Western Digital.
They are absolute junk...
Currently, the best drives are by Seagate, followed closely by Maxtor.
Western Digital used to make good drives, but no more.
Honu
People get their opinions colored by their own experience. I've used
all the major brands. I liked Western Digital until two failed within
a couple weeks of each other, the last one making a noise that
measures 102 Db, and yes I have a audio meter. I wouldn't take a
Maxtor if somebody gave one to me. Seagate does seem to be the leader
of the pack at the moment. I have a few externals, they are whisper
quite and more important they run very cool even in an enclosed case,
even if left on all day. All that doesn't mean squat of the one you
got fails or works great. ;-)
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...winston
With the exception of a few manufacturer related in-house or even outsourced contractual design components the electronics and hardware are not significantly different and in fact may even be sourced to the same suppliers.
Stick with the name brands, buy from a reputable retailer or online location.
: Hello, I am buying a new computer in the medium price range. What is the
: best type of hard drive to buy?
Stick with the name brands, buy from a reputable retailer or online location.
: Hello, I am buying a new computer in the medium price range. What is the
: best type of hard drive to buy?
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ArameFarpado
Em Sexta, 15 de Junho de 2007 20:21, Hertz_Donut escreveu:
I've seen broken HD's of all brands...
maxtor, seagate, wd, fugitsu, hitachi, conner, quantum, and so on...
there is no way to say this brand doesn't broke and that does... all of them
have disks that broke, and all of then have disks that work for years
without braiking... you will have luck or bad luck...
of course, don't let them receive impacts, moisture, over heat, etc...
and by the way, just for statistics, i do prefer seagate... because of the
price. don't like very much of maxtor because i've seen some conflicts when
setting master-slave with other brands.
Regards
Do *NOT* ever buy any drive from Western Digital.
They are absolute junk...
Currently, the best drives are by Seagate, followed closely by Maxtor.
Western Digital used to make good drives, but no more.
I've seen broken HD's of all brands...
maxtor, seagate, wd, fugitsu, hitachi, conner, quantum, and so on...
there is no way to say this brand doesn't broke and that does... all of them
have disks that broke, and all of then have disks that work for years
without braiking... you will have luck or bad luck...
of course, don't let them receive impacts, moisture, over heat, etc...
and by the way, just for statistics, i do prefer seagate... because of the
price. don't like very much of maxtor because i've seen some conflicts when
setting master-slave with other brands.
Regards
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Frank
HHD are the main slow up, the bottleneck, of the I/O in any computer.Hertz_Donut said:Do *NOT* ever buy any drive from Western Digital.
They are absolute junk...
Currently, the best drives are by Seagate, followed closely by Maxtor.
Western Digital used to make good drives, but no more.
Honu
I use WD Raptor's (5yr warranty) that spin @10K.
There are no other SATA/PATA HDD that can compare or compete with that
speed.
They do make a difference!
Frank
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Val
Here's as close to definitive word as you'll get concerning hard drive
failures, a study by Google covering a bunch of drives over a protracted
period, with significant data monitioring.
http://209.85.163.132/papers/disk_failures.pdf
It's said they also found some correlation with drive makers, but chose not
to publish that information.
failures, a study by Google covering a bunch of drives over a protracted
period, with significant data monitioring.
http://209.85.163.132/papers/disk_failures.pdf
It's said they also found some correlation with drive makers, but chose not
to publish that information.
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NotMe
I have used just about every brand of HDD available.
None last forever and I haven't seen one brand that stands out in
reliability.
Sometimes a certain series from one manufacturer will be exceptionally bad
(or good), but that doesn't mean the rest of their line is as good or bad.
I still have a Conner 1.3GB drive that is over 10 years old, used daily, and
still working fine, but I have had brand new drives from just about every
maker fail within hours.
None last forever and I haven't seen one brand that stands out in
reliability.
Sometimes a certain series from one manufacturer will be exceptionally bad
(or good), but that doesn't mean the rest of their line is as good or bad.
I still have a Conner 1.3GB drive that is over 10 years old, used daily, and
still working fine, but I have had brand new drives from just about every
maker fail within hours.
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...winston
Every drive I've ever had dating all the way back to Windows 3x is still functional(WD, Seagate, Connor). Even better, a used swap meet 1983 purchase of a 10MB Apple Profile drive(Seagate drive mechanism; Apple designed and manufactured circuit board) running ProDos and over 20 yrs old still powers up on an Apple //e not to mention its software using an Novation Cat 1200 baud modem connecting to an *.edu bulletin board.
Some things are like those Timex ads just keep on clickin'.
..winston
:I have used just about every brand of HDD available.
: None last forever and I haven't seen one brand that stands out in
: reliability.
: Sometimes a certain series from one manufacturer will be exceptionally bad
: (or good), but that doesn't mean the rest of their line is as good or bad.
: I still have a Conner 1.3GB drive that is over 10 years old, used daily, and
: still working fine, but I have had brand new drives from just about every
: maker fail within hours.
: --
: A Professional Amateur...If anyone knew it all, none of would be here!
: (e-mail address removed)
: Change Alpha to Numeric to reply
: : > Do *NOT* ever buy any drive from Western Digital.
: > They are absolute junk...
: >
: > Currently, the best drives are by Seagate, followed closely by Maxtor.
: >
: > Western Digital used to make good drives, but no more.
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: > Honu
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Some things are like those Timex ads just keep on clickin'.
..winston
:I have used just about every brand of HDD available.
: None last forever and I haven't seen one brand that stands out in
: reliability.
: Sometimes a certain series from one manufacturer will be exceptionally bad
: (or good), but that doesn't mean the rest of their line is as good or bad.
: I still have a Conner 1.3GB drive that is over 10 years old, used daily, and
: still working fine, but I have had brand new drives from just about every
: maker fail within hours.
: --
: A Professional Amateur...If anyone knew it all, none of would be here!
: (e-mail address removed)
: Change Alpha to Numeric to reply
: : > Do *NOT* ever buy any drive from Western Digital.
: > They are absolute junk...
: >
: > Currently, the best drives are by Seagate, followed closely by Maxtor.
: >
: > Western Digital used to make good drives, but no more.
: >
: > Honu
: >
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: >
: >
: > : >> Western Digital Raptor
: >> : >>> Hello, I am buying a new computer in the medium price range. What is
: >>> the
: >>> best type of hard drive to buy?
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Jarvin Meister
All drives of the same size often use the same underlying technology. None of
them lasts forever though. You will need to choose one that fits the
interfaces in your computer (e.g. SATA if it supports it, EIDE otherwise.)
There's a good graph of hard drive models that shows their size vs. their
price at http://www.factblender.com.
them lasts forever though. You will need to choose one that fits the
interfaces in your computer (e.g. SATA if it supports it, EIDE otherwise.)
There's a good graph of hard drive models that shows their size vs. their
price at http://www.factblender.com.
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