Maxtor or Western Digital Drive?

[Walter R.]

I am switching my old computer from IDE hard drives to SATA hard drives.
Apparently, IDE/PATA drives are being phased out and would not be suitable
for long-term storage of data.

I read that Maxtor (Seagate) drives have a tendency to run louder and hotter
than Western Digital drives. Is this correct or is this another urban
legend? WD proudly proclaims: 'Cool Running, Ultra Quiet, and fast".
Advertising hype or reality?

Thanks for your input.

 

[Paul]

I am switching my old computer from IDE hard drives to SATA hard drives.
Apparently, IDE/PATA drives are being phased out and would not be suitable
for long-term storage of data.

I read that Maxtor (Seagate) drives have a tendency to run louder and hotter
than Western Digital drives. Is this correct or is this another urban
legend? WD proudly proclaims: 'Cool Running, Ultra Quiet, and fast".
Advertising hype or reality?

Thanks for your input.

Test results here, under "idle noise". Site uses a popup advert, and
you can kill your browser, to dump it without having to view it.

http://www.storagereview.com/Testbed4Compare.sr

Paul

 

[GT]

I am switching my old computer from IDE hard drives to SATA hard drives.
Apparently, IDE/PATA drives are being phased out and would not be suitable
for long-term storage of data.

I read that Maxtor (Seagate) drives have a tendency to run louder and
hotter than Western Digital drives. Is this correct or is this another
urban legend? WD proudly proclaims: 'Cool Running, Ultra Quiet, and fast".
Advertising hype or reality?

Thanks for your input.

You are probably going to get lots of replies here with people's personal
preference over the 2 brands. I personally won't touch Maxtor again after 2
faulty drives. I am a WD man now - had 5 of them over the years and never
failed once.

I would say, if you want quiet and low power then look at either the new
green WD drives or the Samsung Spinpoint range. What capacity / budget are
you looking at?

 

[Rookie]

You are probably going to get lots of replies here with people's
personal preference over the 2 brands. I personally won't touch Maxtor
again after 2 faulty drives. I am a WD man now - had 5 of them over
the years and never failed once.

I have a similar experience, no maxtor or seagate for me.

 

[Walter R.]

Capacity around 200-300 GB, budget around $ 100. Old skinflint

 

[GT]

Capacity around 200-300 GB, budget around $ 100. Old skinflint

And what about performance? If that doesn't matter, then just get anything
cheap! The new WD 320GB drive is good performance. Make sure its the new one
as it uses the larger platters (Same range as the new 640GB one). Not sure
of model numbers right now though - its bedtime, sorry!