new hard drive help

[bloodthirst]

hi guys, im running out of space on my current 80gb hard drive and im looking for a nice 250gb hdd, for music and movie storage. any ideas: maxtor seagate or western digital

also is it worth going with a 16mb buffer?

 

[JN]

hi guys, im running out of space on my current 80gb hard drive and im looking for a nice 250gb hdd, for music and movie storage. any ideas: maxtor seagate or western digital

also is it worth going with a 16mb buffer?

16mb is deffo worth it IMO. I've seen some of the benches and it does make a noticable difference.

Maxtor & WD make good drives, but Seagate seem to have a bad track record with reliability (speaking from an experience of loosing 5yrs of MP3's here).

 

[FragTek]

I picked a 300gb 16mb Maxtor IDE HD and stuck it in an external enclosure and couldn't be more happy! It's fairly quick, the extra capacity as awesome, it's totally silent, and runs very very cool.

 

[Trippledence]

I'm haveing the great HD debate at the momnet. Was looking at a Maxline III 250gb 16mb cash, or a Samsung 250gb Sata 2, 8mb.

Really dont know which one, its gonna be a data drive so reliability comes over speed. But a nippy one would be nice.

 

[FragTek]

I'm haveing the great HD debate at the momnet. Was looking at a Maxline III 250gb 16mb cash, or a Samsung 250gb Sata 2, 8mb.

Really dont know which one, its gonna be a data drive so reliability comes over speed. But a nippy one would be nice.

I picked up the 300gb version of the Maxline and it's worked out great for me so far.

 

[Eguy]

Seagate

 

[FragTek]

Yup Seagate definately makes some good drives. Which one would you recommend Eguy?

 

[Eguy]

I got a 160gb in my shuttle, just a normal SATA150 drive and its silent as hell, makes no vibration and is simply awsome

 

[bloodthirst]

I got a 160gb in my shuttle, just a normal SATA150 drive and its silent as hell, makes no vibration and is simply awsome

how reliable are they?

 

[Eguy]

how reliable are they?

I have heard that Seagates are very reliable, I know PV has some, has him

 

[macgamesrule]

Maxtor HD

So you think this one would be good?

Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive 16MB cache

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822140168

I was also looking at this one, it's SATA 3.0Gb/s but 8MB cache:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive 8MB cache

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148105

 

[Eguy]

Get the seagate

 

[Dav0s]

the maxtor is beter, eguy dont be a fanboy

 

[macgamesrule]

Seagate looks better

I found some good reviews of the Seagate, looks pretty good vs the Maxtor. I'm double checking compatibility at DFI; I'm a little unsure about the difference between SATA-II and SATA-3.0Gb/s. If I am informed that it works, I will get the Seagate.

 

[Dav0s]

it will work, but whether it will be full SATA2 speeds is a different question.

 

[Eguy]

the maxtor is beter, eguy dont be a fanboy

Oh come on Dav0s, I have a maxtor also I like my Seagate better, runs a lot cooler

 

[bloodthirst]

ok eguy im going to get a seagate, i hope its going to fucking last me for years

 

[Eguy]

ok eguy im going to get a seagate, i hope its going to fucking last me for years

hehe I am sure it will, I love mine

 

[PV5150]

ok eguy im going to get a seagate, i hope its going to fucking last me for years

Seagates come with a 5 year warranty mate, imho they do run cooler are the better option

 

[bloodthirst]

Seagates come with a 5 year warranty mate, imho they do run cooler are the better option

w00t thats good