king of nothing Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 I'm planning on getting a new hard drive. I've been eyeing the Western Digital 80G Special Edition at newegg and I was wondering what you guys thought of them. I've read the sticky about WD IDE drives and their special preferences. I don't think that will be a problem... (I'm planning to set it as slave to my 40G Maxtor)... please let me know if I'm wrong. There's also been several posts at amdmb lately about partitions getting messed up on WD drives. Is this a common problem? I guess I'm just wondering if I should get something other than WD.... thanks k0n since my sig isn't done... Lanparty - A XP2500+ Buffalo PC3200 Maxtor 40G G4-Ti4800-se 350W Enermax Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loggan26 Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 I got 2xWD 800JB's on Sata converters and they zip right along King. I got no probs with them. I dont know about Sata HDD's though as mine are IDe..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddy469 Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 WD drives are OK, they haven't won any points with me lately since two of them died in my workstation at work. I've always liked Maxtor drives, but Maxtor hasn't won any points recently either. Have you looked at Seagate lately? They've got a lot going for them especially with the SATA drives. Daddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundx98 Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 Got 4 of em for $19.99 at a Office Max sale after instant and mail-in rebates. w00t. Only issue most folks have with WD is using a single HD and setting it to Master. If you use a single drive pull out all the jumpers. Just set it as a slave to Maxtor and you should be good to go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nothing Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 I thought about going SATA.... but since I've got the LP-A I think I'll stick with IDE. So if I get the urge to do the RAID thingy, I won't have to buy as many parts. daddy -- thanks... I'll give Seagate a look. Soundx -- definitely w00t! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 Running a single WD Raptor here and no problems so far! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexia Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 I have six different WDs running around my room. I had a problem with one twice in a row. They replaced it though. Seagates are nice, but from what I have seen tend to perform a little less than Maxtor/WD. Not much though. They are very quiet however. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bypolar Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 When I had my LP A I used 2-WD 60G 8Mb HD and they worked great in raid 0. I crashed windows several times tweaking and never had any corruption. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 i have 7 WD800JB hard drives. I love them all. Whether single drives or RAID-0 drives, they perform top notch for me, and not a single one has failed or corrupted on me. the price at newegg is awesome. I'd buy more if momma would let me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soap Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 Just something to consider, if you got the money a Raptor is the best HD available, expensive but worth every penny. Theres no contest between a Raptor and any other HD available right now. Yes, the performance is definitely noticable, the increase in access time is wonderful. Did I mention their boot up time can't be mateched or beat by any of the others too. Did I also mention the time it takes to install of an OS is cut in half. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, nonetheless, at this time, Raptor's are the best HD performer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundx98 Posted May 24, 2004 Posted May 24, 2004 gots da kewlest name too. dey fly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrum Posted May 25, 2004 Posted May 25, 2004 Originally posted by Soap Just something to consider, if you got the money a Raptor is the best HD available, expensive but worth every penny. Theres no contest between a Raptor and any other HD available right now. Yes, the performance is definitely noticable, the increase in access time is wonderful. Did I mention their boot up time can't be mateched or beat by any of the others too. Did I also mention the time it takes to install of an OS is cut in half. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, nonetheless, at this time, Raptor's are the best HD performer. Ditto, I agree whole heartedly with the Raptor. When your pushing these boards as fast as we are I've seen a lot of corruption in my maxtor. When I went with the Raptor that no longer occurs..One last + is a 5 year warranty.. Good Luck.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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