What would be the best 200 GB drive (Not too expensive though)?

MJOMJO Denmark New
edited December 2004 in Hardware
I want to buy a new 200 GB drive.

But I am all confused now. :scratch:
My options:

PATA vs. SATA
Seagate vs. Western Digital vs. Maxtor

I have two WD drives, and they are performing very well.

Maybe I will be able to get a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 at a very good price.
But is that a good harddrive or what?

Oh BTW: I will receive a Plextor PX-716 tomorrow. ;D

Comments

  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited December 2004
    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-357&depa=0
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited December 2004
    my seagate is loud, and my WD has data corruption
    I say maxtor
  • rykoryko new york
    edited December 2004
    well, i will throw in my vote for WD 200gb SATA....I have 2 of them in my rig and i couldn't be any happier...they are all black and shiny now too---not silver and black like a typical hdd.
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited December 2004
    Gobbles wrote:
    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-357&depa=0

    Hmm that version isn't even available here in Denmark.

    We have the one with SATA (6B200M) price $147

    The one with PATA (6B200P0) is priced at: $126

    Why is hardware so cheap in the U.S? :wtf:
    TheBaron wrote:
    my seagate is loud, and my WD has data corruption
    I say maxtor

    What can I say? You are a very unlucky human being. ;)
    I won't even touch Hitachi(IBM)
    ryko wrote:
    well, i will throw in my vote for WD 200gb SATA....I have 2 of them in my rig and i couldn't be any happier...they are all black and shiny now too---not silver and black like a typical hdd.

    Sound nice :cool:
    I wonder if they are available in Denmark?
    Is it all models, or one series in particular?
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited December 2004
    MJO wrote:
    I want to buy a new 200 GB drive.

    But I am all confused now. :scratch:
    My options:

    PATA vs. SATA
    Seagate vs. Western Digital vs. Maxtor

    I have two WD drives, and they are performing very well.

    Maybe I will be able to get a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 at a very good price.
    But is that a good harddrive or what?

    Oh BTW: I will receive a Plextor PX-716 tomorrow. ;D
    I say anything but maxtor 4/5 of my maxtors have failed 1/4 westrendigitals have failed that i own and 0/1 seagates
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited December 2004
    My seagate (120 SATA) is also very loud when it's reading or writing. My Samsung (120 SATA) is near dead silent, and works great.
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited December 2004
    You guys are not making this easy. ;)

    But it seems that I shouldn't get the Maxtor drive, even though it is cheap. :scratch::wtf:

    What would be the best WD model?
    They have JB, JD, PB, SB, SD?
    Allthough it looks like JD and JB are the only ones available in 200 GB sizes.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    WD Ive never liked seagate and maxtors lately have been giving some of my clients trouble Ive always liked WD
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited December 2004
    Personally, I've started switching over to Seagate drives on any new purchases because they give a 5 year warrantee on their drives. The 160 gig Seagate SATA drive I got recently runs nice and quiet and quick. :D
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    Never had any issues with any of my HDD's I have owned except the Death Star GxP60(or whatever it was) I RMA'd twice, then sold the third one before ever opening the package. :mad:
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