HDD Question

BeerCheeze · Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:35:48 Post Subject:

Well other than the Deathstars IBM has made awesome drives... not sure how well Hitachi has taken that on though. Not a real big WD fan (years ago in a small shop I worked at we had over a 50% fail ratio on WD drives). Agree Maxtor's are OK.

And Seagate has moved to the top of my list now.... I have had Seagate drives fail, but when taken into scope (like 1000's of them I have worked with) it's very low.

Dud3! · Posted: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 18:14:55 Post Subject:

Yeah, I agree. This Hitachi I've been using is been perfect so far, time will tell I guess.

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

I'd go with the Seagate.

Good size, especially if you're planning to use this as a HTPC, you want lots of room if you're going to use it as a DVR system, and if you only have room for one drive, make it as large and fast as you can Smile

imho anyways... Plus the longer warranty for the Seagate is nice, again if you're doing a HTPC where it's going to be on 24/7.

knight0334 · Posted: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 10:40:52 Post Subject:

I'm using a WD 8MB 160gb drive. It benchs faster than my two old DeathStar 30 GXP75's did in RAID 0 ....before they DIED!

BeerCheeze · Posted: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:07:27 Post Subject:

Yea, it's not going to really be a DVR as I already have one... but it might be a backup DVR or something... who knows.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:09:30 Post Subject:

CompUseless has a 120 or maybe 160GB Seagate for $89.99 after $50 rebate... just an fyi.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:57:49 Post Subject:

Actually... it's a 200GB HDD for $139.99 with a $50 MIR for $89.99..... wanna guess what is now on order? Grin

Here's the deal if any one else is interested: Seagate 200GB HDD

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:59:03 Post Subject:

did you use cj.com for more savings? Grin

BeerCheeze · Posted: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:01:51 Post Subject:

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 12:56:00 Post Subject:

OH NO!! A sweeter deal, at Outpost. I believe it is the same 200GB Seagate, but now $120 - $60 rebate... $60 for 200GB!!!!

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4008252