The_Goonie Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 I need a backup hard drive for the most of importance, however I wouldn't mind running a raid configuration. I currently have a 120gb Seagate Barricuda SATA and it runs 24 hours a day flawlessly and quietly. Would there be much of a difference in the two SATA drives at newegg?....one is $89.00 160 gb Maxtor hard drive opposed to the $99.00 160gbHitachi hard drive in regards to performance/stability/reliability? I have both drives sitting in the checkout page on newegg and need to make a decision. What would you say? Asus P4P800 Intel 2.7Ghz Celeron (overclocked) 2 gigs ram 2x512 Kingston HyperX DDR500 PC 4000 2x512 Samsung PC2700 DDR333 Overclocked Seagate 120GB Sata Hard Drive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted June 21, 2004 Posted June 21, 2004 I would not buy a Maxtor drive- the only 2 I ever had both died within a couple of years. I bought 3 Hitachi SATA for my latest machine, 2 80 GB in RAID 0 and a 120 Gb as a second drive/backup drive. They're only about 6 mos old, but they run 24/7 with no problems. For $10 I'd definitely go with the Hitachi. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mist Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 running an 80 gig maxtor and it works like a dream however it is up to you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Goonie Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 $87.00 for a 160gb Seagate OEM drive? Would you take a chance on an OEM? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangar Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 I would not buy a Maxtor drive- the only 2 I ever had both died within a couple of years. I bought 3 Hitachi SATA for my latest machine, 2 80 GB in RAID 0 and a 120 Gb as a second drive/backup drive. They're only about 6 mos old, but they run 24/7 with no problems. For $10 I'd definitely go with the Hitachi. all the way ! Hitachi is inkahutz with IBM for drives (or at least they used to be) I have used both and I perfer the Hitachi hands down. The only other drive I like are Seagate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodySunday Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 Alot of HD's are OEM unless you buy them at like Best Buy. New Egg only sells OEM drives and a recently had a problem with a Seagate OEM and they sent me a new one no problem. So theres no real chance with an OEM HD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Goonie Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 Here is the drive I'm talking about. Unfortunately its not located at Newegg!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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