What hard drive should I buy?

[OM]

I'm having to build a new PC.

What hard drive should I buy?

I DON'T want to buy Maxtor!

I've been told I should get an ATA 133 hard drive as the motherboard I
have ordered, supports this.

I've looked around and I can't really find any other manufacters that
have ATA 133's?

I want a 120GB or 160GB.

Thanks.


OM

 

[namniar]

I have 3 Western Digital and 1 Seagate (which is the oldest). My
recommendation is either of these two.

I have heard heat is a major problem with Maxtors. Was case ventilation
maybe a problem with your failures?

r.

 

[OM]

are ur hard drives ata133?
that's what i'm after.
what models do you have?

 

[philo]

I'm having to build a new PC.

What hard drive should I buy?

I DON'T want to buy Maxtor!

I've been told I should get an ATA 133 hard drive as the motherboard I
have ordered, supports this.

I've looked around and I can't really find any other manufacters that
have ATA 133's?

I want a 120GB or 160GB.

if Seagate still has the longest warranty...go for it.

i';ve used just about all brands and eventually...all harddrives fail

 

[Jerry]

If your new motherboard supports it buy SATA rather than ATA - it is faster.

 

[BBUNNY]

OM wrote:
| I'm having to build a new PC.
|
| What hard drive should I buy?
|
| I DON'T want to buy Maxtor!
|
| I've been told I should get an ATA 133 hard drive as the motherboard I
| have ordered, supports this.
|
| I've looked around and I can't really find any other manufacters that
| have ATA 133's?
|
| I want a 120GB or 160GB.
|
| Thanks.
|
|
| OM

Warranty then price. There is not that much difference between l00/133.
A few manufacturers of Motherboards and Hard drives did not even bother
because SATA is a far better choice.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Maxtors if mounted one just above the other in a tower case will crap out..
they seem to generate much heat.. spacing them out a little gets over the
problem..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user

 

[b_baka]

I'm having to build a new PC.

What hard drive should I buy?

I DON'T want to buy Maxtor!

I've been told I should get an ATA 133 hard drive as the motherboard I
have ordered, supports this.

I've looked around and I can't really find any other manufacters that
have ATA 133's?

I want a 120GB or 160GB.

Thanks.


OM

Try a Western Digital between 160GB and 250GB with 8 MB buffer memory. I
have heard that some of the Japanese import brands have been having a
terrible failure rate lately. No failures ever for WD for me. That is
all I have unless you want horror stories of some of my drive failures.
Bill Baka

 

[b_baka]

If your new motherboard supports it buy SATA rather than ATA - it is faster.

Yeah, and still evolving so if you buy a new SATA setup it may still be
obsolete in 2 years. ATA 100/133 isn't going away any time soon and
right now it is cheaper than SATA. If you want over 300GB you may be
forced to buy SATA at some point 2-3 years+, but it still takes time to
fill up even 100GB.
Bill Baka

 

[NobodyMan]

Yeah, and still evolving so if you buy a new SATA setup it may still be
obsolete in 2 years. ATA 100/133 isn't going away any time soon and
right now it is cheaper than SATA. If you want over 300GB you may be
forced to buy SATA at some point 2-3 years+, but it still takes time to
fill up even 100GB.
Bill Baka

ATA was still evolving not that long ago...were you advising people
not to buy it and stick with the ATA/66? SATA is the standard of the
future; you just need to accept that and move with the times.