WHICH ONE DO YOu RECOMMEND?!

[Panorama]

I am looking for a SATA Hard drive which goes to 300 GB of storage!

 

[batmanuel]

Seagate 7200.8 all the way. Why?

- They are using 133GB per platter on the 400GB model, so the areal density is as high as you can get right now giving you really good read and write performance.

- The interface is native SATA, not bridged like a lot of other manufacturers so you don't lose any performance from IDE-to-SATA bridging.

- You have NCQ support on the drive, which is theoretically not a benefit to normal desktop users but is still nice to have as an option. I can see a lot of situations where you might have a desktop PC with a big hard drive acting more like a server and sending data off the drive to multiple users (using streaming video from a MCE 2005 computer to a TV with a MCE extender, or streaming music from one PC to another with iTunes' library sharing feature) that could run smoother with a NCQ capable drive. You'd need a NCQ-capable mobo chipset (nForce 4 Ultra/SLI or Intel 915/925) to get this feature to work, though.

- Five year warranty, the best in the business.

 

[Anubis08]

Originally posted by: batmanuel
Seagate 7200.8 all the way.

5 yr. warranty on their drives as well.

 

[Anubis08]

sorry, didn't read last line of above.

 

[CraigRT]

Seagate brand, most reliable, overall best hard drives period.

 

[imported_Je55e]

Dont the Seagates have a tendancy to run hot?

 

[Vegito]

speed + performance = hot

you dont see slow drives heating up..

 

[m3rcury]

seagate. my 7200.7 is fast, quiet, and best of all, under warranty till december of 2009 !!

 

[Panorama]

sorry for my late reply.... even i was thinking on seagate Hard drives, i was really disappointed with my maxtor (diamond 10 300gb) hard drive it was unable to get detected in Bios and gave me a hard time anywaz, all my previous systems had one hard drive in which all my data and windows were kept but now i am thinking of having 2 hard drives installed. One for my OS and one for my data. For my data i think i made a wise decision on having Seagate Sata 400GB and for windows what do you guys suggest WD Raptor 74GB because i dont want so much space and i need a faster drive. I hope these two hard drive wont conflict in any way or create other problematic issues? i have not exprienced ...so u guys have to tell me what to choose.

 

[Horsepower]

I have 3 raptors, that have been excellent, but reading about the Seagate may change my next buy.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

seagate

 

[Zepper]

Seagate or Hitachi.
.bh.

 

[imverygifted]

seagate

 

[slpaulson]

Seagate.
They seem to be the most reliable, plus they have a 5 yr warranty.

 

[Cerb]

It needs to be a poll!
Seagate.

 

[Panorama]

Seagate is going to be my first choice for my data storage, i am thinking for another HD used with it for windows. what do you recommend people WD raptor 74 GB SATA for running only windows?!

 

[batmanuel]

Originally posted by: Panorama
sorry for my late reply.... even i was thinking on seagate Hard drives, i was really disappointed with my maxtor (diamond 10 300gb) hard drive it was unable to get detected in Bios and gave me a hard time anywaz, all my previous systems had one hard drive in which all my data and windows were kept but now i am thinking of having 2 hard drives installed. One for my OS and one for my data. For my data i think i made a wise decision on having Seagate Sata 400GB and for windows what do you guys suggest WD Raptor 74GB because i dont want so much space and i need a faster drive. I hope these two hard drive wont conflict in any way or create other problematic issues? i have not exprienced ...so u guys have to tell me what to choose.

I've heard of a lot of people having issues with the new SATA Maxtors, so I'm staying far away for now. As for the drives having issues working together, there shouldn't be an issue with SATA. Each drive gets its own point-to-point connection with the SATA controller and its own cable, so the two drives will be working independently so long as you aren't using RAID (which you obviouly wouldn't be with a Raptor and a 300GB drive). You don't have to worry about the drives not liking each other because one of the companies fudged on their application of the ATA specs, as you did with IDE drives in a Master/Slave arrangement.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Just out of curiousity, when did Seagate hdds start to surpass WD in terms of overall quality? I'm thinking about getting another SATA drive in the next month or two, and was sorta surprised that Seagates have come on that strong (I hadn't purchased an hdd in over a year, so hadn't been keeping up on them).

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Gigantopithecus
Just out of curiousity, when did Seagate hdds start to surpass WD in terms of overall quality? I'm thinking about getting another SATA drive in the next month or two, and was sorta surprised that Seagates have come on that strong (I hadn't purchased an hdd in over a year, so hadn't been keeping up on them).

When they released a Barracuda that wasn't SCSI. The 'Cuda IV and V had reliability just shy of Cheatahs, and while the 7200.7 drives haven't kept it quite as high (the IV and V did have crappy performance), they are still quite good, and SR's reliability survey shows them being some of the best current ATA drives in that regard.

Also, I don't think Seagate would have gone to a 5-yr warranty (BTW, they list it as having 80% use for those five years) if they weren't sure the drives were up to it. Sure, they'd get a boom anyway from us, but if they started all dying after 4 years or so, Seagate would not only lose some money, but have their reputation tarnished. Not as bad as IBM, but enough to be a failed gamble. However, ever since they cancelled the Medallist drives, they've been quite good.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

:thumbsup: Seagate

 

[batmanuel]

I just got a PVR box from Comcast today (only $10 a month BTW, which is cheaper than a TiVo sub and a lot less than the price of building a MtyhTV box). Through the top vents, I can see that the drive inside is a 120GB Seagate. I'm sure when Motorola spec'd out these boxes, they were looking for an affordable drive that would be able to take a lot of use (the PVR automatically records the show you're watching so you can pause live TV so it is writing to the drive all the time the box is turned on) and still run reliably over many years, even in a small set top box case with no fans and minimal airflow. The fact that they chose a Seagate probably says a lot about the level of quality of their drives.

 

[Panorama]

Originally posted by: batmanuel

Originally posted by: Panorama
sorry for my late reply.... even i was thinking on seagate Hard drives, i was really disappointed with my maxtor (diamond 10 300gb) hard drive it was unable to get detected in Bios and gave me a hard time anywaz, all my previous systems had one hard drive in which all my data and windows were kept but now i am thinking of having 2 hard drives installed. One for my OS and one for my data. For my data i think i made a wise decision on having Seagate Sata 400GB and for windows what do you guys suggest WD Raptor 74GB because i dont want so much space and i need a faster drive. I hope these two hard drive wont conflict in any way or create other problematic issues? i have not exprienced ...so u guys have to tell me what to choose.

I've heard of a lot of people having issues with the new SATA Maxtors, so I'm staying far away for now. As for the drives having issues working together, there shouldn't be an issue with SATA. Each drive gets its own point-to-point connection with the SATA controller and its own cable, so the two drives will be working independently so long as you aren't using RAID (which you obviouly wouldn't be with a Raptor and a 300GB drive). You don't have to worry about the drives not liking each other because one of the companies fudged on their application of the ATA specs, as you did with IDE drives in a Master/Slave arrangement.

Yea i'm not using RAID and its not even possible with such HD configurations (the 1 i am having). Lastly are there any known conflicts b/w Seagate 400GB Sata with WD Raptor 74GB Sata! I just want to make sure that i am making right decision.

 

[ohnnyj]

I have two Raptors and a Seagate 400GB and they play together very nicely.

 

[jag1]

Hitachi. I was a big Maxtor person (I still have several 400MB &800MB Maxtors still operable) until the SATA came out. I have built 4 Maxtor SATA 160GB systems, and 3 of the 4 have failed within a year. They were all under the 3 year warranty, but having to replace them and the downtime of going without sucks. Hitachis have great speed, and I've never had one fail. Never used a Seagate, but I've replaced a lot of them that were only 3-4 years old.

 

[Panorama]

thanks a lot guys, i appreciate your valuable feedback. They were quite helpful