Buying a new hard drive - Fast IDE

[AMB]

Could anyone cast his or her opinions on which is the fastest IDE drive to buy, with still capacity in mind. 60 GB would be the minimum, as I am using about 30 GB now. What would people suggest for me to get, I have had four Maxtors, and they have all been great, is the Maxtor Diamond Max plus 60 the best one to get?

Regards,
aMb

 

[bozo1]

That would be a good choice. I have one and it's fast and virtually silent.

 

[Soccerman]

yes, if you don't want to worry about problems with IBM's 60GXP drives (which are faster in access times), go with the Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 60 drives.

 

[rmd2001]

I would get IBM(never failed on me).

 

[QuestionsandAnsweres]

Personally i can only recommend a MAXTOR since those are the only drives ive used in a while. Yet ive read lots of reviews on the WESTERN DIGITAL (Ibelieve they have a 100BB out) whcih is 100gb. Those are suppose to good as well.

 

[SUOrangeman]

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-SUO

 

[AMB]

I may wait until the DM+80, if it ever comes out?

 

[Mem]

AMB what about that Maxtor you exchanged that died on you few months back ,anyway I would wait I think Maxtor are due for a new model soon if you want Maxtor,but for fastest speed then IBM 60GXP is the choice.

 

[Andypickers]

Go for the IBM 60GXP. Its faster and cheaper than the Maxtor. Its slightly less reliable than the maxtor (generally). It comes with a 3 year guarantee, so your likely to upgrade again not long after that anyway.

 

[oldfart]

I've had nothing but good luck with IBM's dating back to my 2.1 gig Deskstar. I've had several 75GXP's and now a 60GXP. Never a single problem. I have seen too many reports of bad 75GXP's to say it's not true, so I'd be leery of them. I saw a review of a new Seagate Barracuda IV IDE drive that was pretty impressive. Faster than IBM, Maxtor, WD or any other IDE drive by a good margin. The last Seagate I had (a 2 gig), was a real POS. That was a long time ago. Not sure how the reliability is on the new stuff.

 

[AMB]

Thought from the benchmarks from StorageReview.com in "real-world" benchmarks, the Maxtor was better than the IBM?