weEvil Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 You forgot to add Samsung in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleveaires Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 seagate first choice, second is Hitachi. hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerwin Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 WD and Seagate! and my last option would be Hitachi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 By the way IBM drives are Hitachi... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando569 Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share Posted July 11, 2007 wow i didnt expect this to get so many replies so quick i was reading a review (from 2006) between maxtor's, seagate's barracuda and western digital's WD5000YS (I dont remember what the maxtor was) 500gb drives and the WD came out on top followed by the seagate then the maxtor. i just looked up the price for the 5000YS and the cheapest i found it was for $100, im about to jump on that when i get the money. i just then realized how much 500gb actually was, i could make my c drive 50gb, have 15gb set aside for linux and still have 465gb left, thats alot of space! well what drives did it compair? was it seagate's 7200.9 or 7200.10?it was the maxtor maxline pro, Seagate Barracuda NL35.2, and the WD 5000YS linkYou forgot to add Samsung in there.thats what the "other" option is for i knew i would forget atleast one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Voted Other: SamsungBeen using Seagate for years, got my first Samsung recently and its much better in terms of seek noise and was cheaper. Seagate still has the best warranty though and has proven itself reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playsafe Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I prefer Seagate and using it in most systems, but recently switched to Western Digital. The Sata 80GB drives were making a lot of noise whereas WD seems to go fine. Both are reliable though.There is only one vendor in my city who works with WD and they also get it from their Head Office in other city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Try the new Samsungs, with there 166GB platters, and you find out that it can be even more quieter .Samsung is still relatively new to the market compared to some of the other big names. I'm a little skeptical about using those drives in my systems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAT64 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Always used Maxtor. They've done me proud over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildKat Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Samsung: fast, quiet and cheap (reliable too.. touch wood!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Samsung is missing from the listWD and Samsung are the only drives i use, wouldn't touch the rest with a bargepolebtw, seagate and maxtor are now the merged; ibm and hitachi are also merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Try the new Samsungs, with there 166GB platters, and you find out that it can be even more quieter .Samsung is still relatively new to the market compared to some of the other big names. I'm a little skeptical about using those drives in my systems...i've got 6 of them (5x400 and 1x200), awesome little drives, pretty silent, and no overheating problems like maxtors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Okay, but they are not the newest ones with 166GB platters. Those ones are even more smooth then the older ones. Only problem I had with Samsung is that they burned out, yes it´s strange, those 160GB PATA versions from 2 years ago. When the drive shows burnmarks they void warranty here in Mexico, this is why I staid away from them for 2 years (law sux here by the way). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[deXter] Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Seagate! I've been a fan ever since I got my 300 MB (Yes, MB not GB ) ATA drive! Since then, I've had 5 different Seagate drives. And guess what, the 300 MB drive is still working today! Not that I actually use it, but I still keep it around as a proof of how reliable Seagate drives are! I also have a lot of respect for Western Digital, IMHO they make some of the fastest drives. Most benchmarks I've seen have WD at the top with Seagate a close second.Maxtor drives are amongst the worst I've across, but Samsung is hands down the worst. Cheapest but zero reliability. I don't know of the newer Samsungs, but atleast the older ones are notorious for crashing at the most unexpected times. I personally have followed the events of atleast three different crashes. (They all start off the same way - chugging noises, followed by booting problems, bad sectors and finally the crash). Samsung's Optical drives are even worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I don't know of the newer Samsungs, but atleast the older ones are notorious for crashing at the most unexpected times. I personally have followed the events of atleast three different crashes. (They all start off the same way - chugging noises, followed by booting problems, bad sectors and finally the crash). Samsung's Optical drives are even worst. They did a good job to improve there trash (yeah trash, to much RMA). I agree 200% with you on what you said BUT: times change and so did the products from Samsung, now even there optical drives are good . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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