Nerwin Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 I need to buy a HDD, I did buy a maxtor 160gb but it died so i want to know whats a good hard drive.My Specs:160-200 gig HDD7500 RPMATA-133 40 pin connector
KamiQuazi Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 Hitachi, Western Digital, and Samsungs are mine favorites... but the one I like the most is the Hitachi... And the worst hard drive manufacter to buy from in my humble opionon is Maxtor... I had a 80gb and it died within 3 months, sent it back the new one did the same thing and both were brand new... Hitachi rules!
DarkShadows Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 I need to buy a HDD, I did buy a maxtor 160gb but it died so i want to know whats a good hard drive.My Specs:160-200 gig HDD7500 RPMATA-133 40 pin connector<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I swear by the Hitachi Deskstar model line.8MB of cache, 3 year warranty. good tools and great customer support web site.I will never use western digital again. Ive seen too many crash and burn and their customer service doesn't seem as responsive.
DarkShadows Posted September 22, 2005 Posted September 22, 2005 (edited) Try thisActually to get to pricegrabber paste this in as your Web address (this forum software cuts my URL in half)http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=11/vendors[]=HIT/popup4[]=30:392/popup3[]=10:144/popup1[]=160:393/sortby=priceAThat will query drives in close to what you are looking for Edited September 22, 2005 by DarkShadows
Wicket20519 Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 hitachi and seagate are my favorites<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I was just about to ask if anyone still used Seagate? I had one of their drives for a long time; it was great, and worked really well...until it literally got fried by a family member....
ringfinger Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 I swear by the Hitachi Deskstar model line.I agree, the Deskstar models from Hitachi are great drives.
Maleko Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 When i was working at a online computer parts supplier, the most hard drives we had back where maxtor, the least was between seagate and Western Digital, Hitachi where middle.When compared to the amount sold, it wasnt down to the fact of selling more maxtors than other drives, there wasnt hat much of a bigger difference.I have also spoken to a data recorecy agency once for a customer, and they had mostly maxtors back as well.
Nerwin Posted September 23, 2005 Author Posted September 23, 2005 (edited) Is this good hard drive?:Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160GB Hard Drive Edited September 23, 2005 by computerMan
Nerwin Posted September 23, 2005 Author Posted September 23, 2005 No its a ATA 133 becasue my computer dose not support SATA drives.
KamiQuazi Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 @computerMan: Oh, ok... It is still a nice buy... Im on a Western Digital 120 7200 RPM.7 8mb cache... Hope it goes good with the drive when u buy it!
InTheWayBoy Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 I like Seagates cause they are inexpensive, quite, decent speed, and have that nice five year warranty...mmmmI also used to suggest IBM/Hitachi, but not so much anymore...just can't see any reason to. Western Digital isn't half-bad either, except for their initial reliability...I've had six of their last ten drives die within the first month. Different sizes and models, all turned into clickers...real annoying.Maxtor and Samsung just seem to 'cheap' to me...but I'm sure they are fine.
Jose Sigafus Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160GB Hard Drive= Excellent unit. I have both a 160gb, a 200gb, & a 120gb hitachi and they work perfectly!
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