New Site Poll: What company make the best harddrives

Zardon · Feb 10, 2004, 02:43 PM

There is a new front page poll regarding the company you feel make the best hard drives, you can also discuss in this thread on the forum.

~~HawK~~ · Feb 10, 2004, 03:53 PM

Well I voted for Samsung, as best Hdd maker, but they are horrible slow..
my favorite is the WD-SE series, being the fastes drive atm
Seagate is for me a very close 2nd.

toddsmack2k · Feb 10, 2004, 10:50 PM

I think ATM Western Digital is the best. Great performance and some of the quietest most reliable drives out to me.

What does no one like the IBM DeathStar's?
LMAO!

JLP · Feb 10, 2004, 11:20 PM

I think that Hitachi 7K250 series is the best buy at the moment.

Vampyromaniac · Feb 11, 2004, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by toddsmack2k
What does no one like the IBM DeathStar's?
LMAO!

Hey! I like my deskstar, wiseass

Logla · Feb 11, 2004, 08:01 AM

I'd have to go for WD even though I'm running 2 Maxtor 120 SATAs at the mo. None of the WDs I've had ever had any problems.
We swap out a lot of failed hard drives at work and the WDs seem to fail the least. Fujitsu's seem to be the ones that fail most often.

Dyre Straits · Feb 11, 2004, 08:01 AM

The very first PC I owned had a Connor DiskStor HD. It was a whopping 170 MB! (Not a typo, that's right.

)

Connor was bought out by Seagate back in the early 90's. Since then, I've purchased almost exclusively from Maxtor. I've had what I'd call some very good luck and performance. BUT, I've had to RMA 2 HDs to them over the years since the mid-90's. My 98SE machine currently has 4 Maxtor drives in it.

A year and a half ago I bought a system that came with a Samsung HD. Until then I was unfamiliar with the fact that Samsung even made HDs. It's a 40 GB and supposedly a High Performance drive. But, I felt it was/is a very slow drive compared to what I'd come to experience from Maxtor.

Then, last summer I bought an 80 GB Seagate drive. I've been very, very pleased with this drive and the way it performs.

So, based on the fact that a couple of Maxtors have had to be sent back for replacement, and since my Samsung isn't performing to my expectations, I've voted for Seagate.

I've had to also consider that in the last two weeks both my son and my daughter-in-law have lost Maxtor drives in their systems. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for those in my 98SE machine.

Distroyed · Feb 11, 2004, 08:27 AM

I hate Maxtor. 2 out of 3 drives I've purchased from them in the past few years have died within a few months, and one of them (a 120gb 7200rpm) makes a lot of beeping and whirring noises at random for no reason (but no failures are bad sectors). Been having some problems with WD as of late... a new development. Never had any problems with IBM drives though... got one over 4 years old, still runs smooth.

toddsmack2k · Feb 11, 2004, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vampyromaniac
Hey! I like my deskstar, wiseass

LOL, I am glad you do bud! (secretly crosses fingers that Vamp's HD doesnt fail)

mkk · Feb 11, 2004, 10:00 AM

Seagate for my own system. They are certainly fast enough at the same time as my ears forbid me to go with Western Digital. Noise levels, specifically the high pitched motor noise, will remain my primary concern when buying a harddrive.

Vampyromaniac · Feb 11, 2004, 06:29 PM

Actually, the massive failures were with the old 75gxp line, and to a lesser extent the 60gxp line.
I've seen no horror stories of the 120gxp, which is what I have.
Heck, this drive even beats my WD 800BB drive, by a small margin. And the warranty is longer.
Anyway I abstained from the poll, since I haven't looked at the newest hard drives in over a year and a half.

toddsmack2k · Feb 11, 2004, 06:49 PM

Yeah I know bud I was just teasing ya. I am glad yours isnt one of the bad ones. That whole ordeal is a horror story with those.

Vampyromaniac · Feb 11, 2004, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by toddsmack2k
Yeah I know bud I was just teasing ya.

I know that, home skillet!!

Nuke209 · Feb 11, 2004, 07:27 PM

I would say Western Digital, never had ANY Problems with them, My maxtor one got a bit too loud, kinda bad, and my seagate, for some reason, it slowed down though it's a ata133 on my ata133, so i gave that away, the IBM is fine, but not as I wanted, so I'mma get another WD to replace my IBM soon

Feb 10, 2004, 02:43 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	New Site Poll: What company make the best harddrives There is a new front page poll regarding the company you feel make the best hard drives, you can also discuss in this thread on the forum.

Feb 10, 2004, 10:50 PM	#3
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	I think ATM Western Digital is the best. Great performance and some of the quietest most reliable drives out to me. What does no one like the IBM DeathStar's? LMAO! __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]

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JLP DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Slovenia Posts: 249 Rep Power: 0	I think that Hitachi 7K250 series is the best buy at the moment. __________________ Get Firefox! Get Thunderbird!

Feb 11, 2004, 06:29 PM	#11
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Actually, the massive failures were with the old 75gxp line, and to a lesser extent the 60gxp line. I've seen no horror stories of the 120gxp, which is what I have. Heck, this drive even beats my WD 800BB drive, by a small margin. And the warranty is longer. Anyway I abstained from the poll, since I haven't looked at the newest hard drives in over a year and a half. __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Feb 11, 2004, 06:49 PM	#12
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	Yeah I know bud I was just teasing ya. I am glad yours isnt one of the bad ones. That whole ordeal is a horror story with those. __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]

Feb 10, 2004, 03:53 PM	#2
~~HawK~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,092 Rep Power: 0	Well I voted for Samsung, as best Hdd maker, but they are horrible slow.. my favorite is the WD-SE series, being the fastes drive atm Seagate is for me a very close 2nd.

Feb 11, 2004, 08:01 AM	#6
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	I'd have to go for WD even though I'm running 2 Maxtor 120 SATAs at the mo. None of the WDs I've had ever had any problems. We swap out a lot of failed hard drives at work and the WDs seem to fail the least. Fujitsu's seem to be the ones that fail most often.

Feb 11, 2004, 08:27 AM	#8
Distroyed DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 170 Rep Power: 0	I hate Maxtor. 2 out of 3 drives I've purchased from them in the past few years have died within a few months, and one of them (a 120gb 7200rpm) makes a lot of beeping and whirring noises at random for no reason (but no failures are bad sectors). Been having some problems with WD as of late... a new development. Never had any problems with IBM drives though... got one over 4 years old, still runs smooth.

Feb 11, 2004, 10:00 AM	#10
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,494 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Seagate for my own system. They are certainly fast enough at the same time as my ears forbid me to go with Western Digital. Noise levels, specifically the high pitched motor noise, will remain my primary concern when buying a harddrive.

Feb 11, 2004, 07:27 PM	#14
Nuke209 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul Posts: 568 Rep Power: 0	I would say Western Digital, never had ANY Problems with them, My maxtor one got a bit too loud, kinda bad, and my seagate, for some reason, it slowed down though it's a ata133 on my ata133, so i gave that away, the IBM is fine, but not as I wanted, so I'mma get another WD to replace my IBM soon __________________ 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX