WD 80GB good drive?

[Platyply]

Compared to the IBM 60GXP how does the Western Digital Caviar 80GB compare performance wise? Is there a noticeable difference?

 

[dbwillis]

Not sure how it compares but I got the WD 80bb drive on Wednesday and have had no problems with it at all

 

[GustySoul]

I just got the WD 80GB to replace a IBM 75GXP.

(Just wanted the extra space to record TV broadcasts.)

The WD is pretty much even-steven as far as I can tell with the 75GXP, which is to say they are both exemplary drives.

I've never used a 60GXP, but I heard that it's just a hairline better in performance thant the 75GXP, so I figure you can't go wrong either way.

In the Linux/Unix community though, there is some controversy about Western Digital drives. Some people say that, when operating in UDMA 66 or 100 mode, they don't do a CRC check correctly and can lead to corrupt data. Don't know how much of this is truth though.

So far, the WD Caviar 800BB in my PC has worked just perfect, but I am only running Win2K.

 

[alanwj]

I've been running an 80 GB caviar for about 3 weeks now with no problems. Performance seems pretty good. I can't give you a direct comparison or benchmarks or anything, but I've run IBM drives along side WD drives in the past, and never seen any human perceivable difference. I've had a good history with WD drives, and their prices are usually about right.

Alan

 

[VBboy]

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