exeter_acres Posted May 19, 2005 Posted May 19, 2005 Well.... I had a drive in my RAID setup die (thank goodness for regular backups!!!) and for now I am going to drop RAID.... curious what is the latest and greatest in 160-200GB range, SATA 150 interface (are SATA II drives backward comapatible?) I really don't have brand loyalty.. I've been around long enough to have at least one Maxtor, Seagate, and WD fail on me... Never used IBM/Hitachi.... any thoughts or ideas?? Cheers P.s. Have you done a backup recently?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybergrunt69 Posted May 19, 2005 Posted May 19, 2005 (edited) I've had the best luck with WD, but most of the brand names are decent-ish. Just make sure you get a warranty. Do yourself a huge favor, and NEVER EVER EVER EVER get any drive from IBM or Hitachi. Did I mention EVER? IBM has awesome technology patents for storage technology, but their drives are the worst known to man. I'd sooner buy a hard drive from Ford than one that says IBM or Hitachi. Note, IBM doesn't make drives anymore, and hasn't for a while - they are all made by other companies that puts IBM's name on it; primary mfgr is Hitachi. Edited May 19, 2005 by cybergrunt69 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireonice Posted May 19, 2005 Posted May 19, 2005 seagate 1. quite 2. reliable 3. 5 year warrenty that you cant beat 4. reliable basicly comes down to opinion and luck but i would go with seagate but some would say WD or w/e the others are Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeter_acres Posted May 19, 2005 Posted May 19, 2005 I'd sooner buy a hard drive from Ford than one that says IBM or Hitachi. 479533[/snapback] Hmm... I DO live in Michigan and my wife works across the street from Ford World Headquarters.... I'll have her pick up one of those Ford harddrives tomorrow! Thanks guys...keep those opinions coming! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted May 19, 2005 Posted May 19, 2005 The IBM "Deathstar" drives were terrible, but since they sold the business to Hitachi, the quality, IMHO, is no longer an issue. I have several Hitachis and haven't had problems. Seagates are good and quiet and have the 5-yr warranty as mentioned above. And, yes, SATA II, is backwards compatible with SATA I. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted May 19, 2005 Posted May 19, 2005 I would say the seagate of your choice. The only drive i have had go south on me was a WD and that was a small 3 gig one on a folding rig. Backups are a way of life...I must have them spread on 3 or 4 computers depending on how far back i went. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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