suryad Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I would go with Seagate or Hitachi...but these 500 gig hdds have rather disappointing performance...not unless they are in RAID 0! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat76 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Western Digital for me. Seagates are "more reliable", but WDs are much faster, "reliable enough", and the 320GB SE SATA drives are the quietest I've ever owned (idle noise and write noise). It's just a matter of what's most important to you.Maxtors were great when they used Quantum technology (although they were excessively loud) but the drives using their own technology are notoriously unreliable (at least where I live). They also have a bit louder spinning noise, and a MUCH louder write noise; I couldn't stand working with a Maxtor as it would kill the great efforts I've done to not keep my system whisper quiet but completely inaudible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spapps Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 WD all the way baby!!! I love those drives, never given up on them nor have my customers. I always buy loads of WD drives, and if incase of HDD failure (which there never really is from my experience with them) it is easy to recover data WD for me, always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 IMHO...Western Digital is the best. You'll never have any problems as long as you get the 8MB or 16MB buffer models, it's true that the 2MB buffer models are less reliable. See, 8MB, 16MB come with 3 year warranties, while 2MB comes with 1 year. If you want the best reliability, then get their RE (Raid Edition) drives, 5 years warranty.Seagate is also very good, but I've seen a large amount of RMA for them. Mostly failure of the drive motors.Maxtor is horrid. None of them last very long.Fujitsu and Samsung is suicide.Personally, I have 2 Western Digital Raptors running at a smooth 10,000rpm in RAID 0 configuration and the speed is killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Personally, I have 2 Western Digital Raptors running at a smooth 10,000rpm in RAID 0 configuration and the speed is killer.Same here. Can't live without them.Did you see they just announced two 150GB versions of the Raptor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Fujitsu and Samsung is suicide.I have a samsung 7200-160 gig HD It is about 3 years old. Is this about the end of the life expectancy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Did you see they just announced two 150GB versions of the Raptor?I hadn't heard... I've been checking the Western Digital website from time to time because I can't wait for them to release 500GB drives of their own. Guess I must have missed that, they must be killer drives.I have a samsung 7200-160 gig HD It is about 3 years old. Is this about the end of the life expectancy?Perhaps not, you could be lucky. But I'd make frequent backups if I were you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 (edited) Did you see they just announced two 150GB versions of the Raptor?I hadn't heard... I've been checking the Western Digital website from time to time because I can't wait for them to release 500GB drives of their own. Guess I must have missed that, they must be killer drives.They're putting 16MB cache on these. The enterprise version of the drive will include a new feature for RAID called time-limited error recovery. I'd also read that they would have a SATA 300MB/ss interface but the WD site lists SATA 150MB/s. I hope they do increase that to the SATA 300MB/s interface before the drive actually hits the market. I can't find any information on their site about the two different versions I've read about either.http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/...189&Language=enEdit: Did some more searching and found one of the original articles I read:http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28577They link to a site that has it for sale..and also claims that it's a SATA 300MB/s interface. I can't read/write/speak German though so I don't know if the drive is actually in stock or just available for pre-order. None of my usual sites have it available yet. Edited January 3, 2006 by nmX.Memnoch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Never rely too much on sites that have it for sale before everyone else does... I would suspect a bit of a scam on their part. Why would some small time place sell it before big guys like newegg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Could be that WD just hasn't released it in North America yet. Dunno.Everything I've read so far says it's a SATA "II"* drive...except for the WD site. I generally tend to believe the manufacturer first. * I usually refuse to use "SATA II" since there isn't really such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 StorageReview.com posted a review of the new WD Raptor drives today:http://www.storagereview.com/articles/2006...1500ADFD_1.htmlThey confirm that it is a SATA 150 drive. I haven't read the entire article yet but the numbers look pretty **** good so far. The clear cover on the enthusiast version is a cool option as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 **** good find mate. That was a hell of a good read. Specially since they compared it to the Raptor 74GB (of which I have two in RAID 0). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 I'll probably pick up a pair of the 150's as soon as I can. My Raptors are the original 36GB model.I may hold off until later in the year...planning on doing a complete system overhaul about midway through the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 WD is kicking the marketing into high gear....http://www.wdraptorx.com/The video of the drive in action is pretty cool. It makes me want a pair even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 As for longevity, I still use the first hard drive I ever bought... a Western Digital Caviar 2.5GB from 1996. It's in my Windows 98 pc that I use for hacking Tivos and despite being loud (like all drives from that era) it's earned the nickname "Old Faithful".And THAT's why Western Digital is still the best. They're still as good. How many old Quantum/Maxtor drives do you still see running? Not many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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