best hard drive

[ck42866]

I may be looking for a new har drive in the near future. I currently have a Samsung 3.4G drive and have had for about 2 years with no problems until recently. Anyway I am doing some research and just would like some user info. So my question is, which is the best all around manufacturer of hard drives. The 3 currently concerned with are
Maxtor, Samsung and Western Digital. Opinions welcome but please don't tell me one hard drive is the best because you just bought yours. I am wondering about 6.4G and up and please tell me why. I heard that Maxtor runs a bit hot, any truth? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[socalgal]

A good place to start is SysOpt's User Reviews section http://www.sysopt.com/userreviews/index.html

[Ygor]

Western Digital is virtually the same as IBM but less expensive. I posted that I saw a review that stated a Maxtor 20 gig 7200 rpm drive tested against other similar size and rpm drives ran hotter. I have no idea if that applies to smaller drives at the same rpm from Maxtor.

[scfarley]

Yes, Maxtor 7200 rpm drives do run warm. I have one. I solved that by placing two heat sinks that I had in a box on top of the drive and attached them with heat sink paste. I also removed the 3.5 drive cover on the case to let air go across the drive. I can't give you exact figures, but there was a very noticable difference in the temp. (by feel) of the drive.... If you could use it, I'll send you a pic. of the setup.....

[AuraEdge]

Im planning to get one between 13 and 20 MB's in the near future..Im taking a serious look at the GXP series of IBM. Even though they are a bit more expensive than the GP, they run at 7200 RPM, and have every good feature people look for in HDD's (2MB cache, 7200 RPM, ATA/66)

[Stan]

Just 3 letters: IBM

No matter what the others say, it is the best HD manufacturer.

Follow AuraEdge advice: buy an IBM 22Gxp. They come in differnet sizes: 9.1, 13.5, 18 and 22Gb. They all spin @ 7200rpm and have a 2Mb cache.
I have 2 IBM 22Gxp 9.1Gb set up in a RAID0 array... they fly !!!!

Now, if you can afford it, go for the 34Gxp series.
More info found on www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/prod/ds37gp34gxp.htm (http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/prod/ds37gp34gxp.htm)

Stan

[This message has been edited by Stan (edited 09-23-99).]

[Susan]

Multiwave has some nice prices on the IBM drives. /forum/smile.gif

[Carl Uman]

IBM isn't the best in all performance areas but an accross the board average puts them at the top. I would have to say that IBM is the way to go.

MWave has good prices but if you are only ordering a HD then you may want to check with eCOST or OnSale for the bottom line.