The best HDD's?

Genius_GZA · February 11th, 2002

What are the best HDD's ??I 'm gonna buy a new one and can't decide what company!

Ali · February 11th, 2002

Western Digital!

**Betamax** · February 11th, 2002

Quantum Fireball.

Esturk · February 11th, 2002

I have a 2GB Quantum Fireball in my comp right now, I have 600megs left.

Plus I have a secondary HD, 800MB Western Digital.

**Snake785** · February 11th, 2002

Go with Quantum Fireball!

**Demigod** · February 11th, 2002

Quantum is a good company (I believe they merged with Maxtor into one company now). All my hard drives (my sister's 6 GB and 30 GB drives and my 8.4 GB) are Quantum and I'm quite satisfied with them. Western Digital is a nice brand as well and I've heard of nice things of them. IBM drives are probably among the best in terms of performance (as well as being very quiet) but are more costly.

**Shiori** · February 11th, 2002

An IBM Deskstar.

Quote:

I have a 2GB Quantum Fireball in my comp right now, I have 600megs left. Plus I have a secondary HD, 800MB Western Digital.

wow, you can manage to work on a 2GB drive? Isn't that a bit, uh, cramped?

**Snake785** · February 11th, 2002

I have a 20 GB Harddrive and that isn't enough space. I have about 700 MB free!

JAZ · February 11th, 2002

Youve got a 20 and find your still running out of space?
LOL Ive got 112gb in mine and Ive used over 70% of that...
As for a HDD I'd get one those new ata133 drives.

Esturk · February 12th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Shiori
An IBM Deskstar.

wow, you can manage to work on a 2GB drive? Isn't that a bit, uh, cramped?

Not really, All I use my computer for is internet, emu's and Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft and a bit of Macromedia Fireworks. I keep all my emu's, roms, music and video clips on the secondary drive. And I don't use ISO's, they are just a waste of space for me.

**Zephon** · February 12th, 2002

Wow, I finally found someone with a smaller hd than mine(6GB, 650MB free). But mine is a Fujitsu, and it's slow as hell.

**fivefeet8** · February 12th, 2002

Maxtor makes pretty good Hard drives.. I am planning on getting a Maxtor 80 gig 7200 rpm ata133 hd soon..

**Raziel** · February 12th, 2002

2 seagte HD here(40GB 7200 RPM,and 8GB 5400 RPM).

Badaro · February 12th, 2002

I really like Quantum HDs, they have never given me any major headaches. I also bought recently a 40GB Maxtor, seems to be alright so far.

[]s Badaro

**liquid** · February 12th, 2002

Western Digitial....cause I'm a poor batard.

Cardinal808 · February 12th, 2002

you asked for the best?????

Maxtor 60 GB MAX.

7200 rounds. super fast and makes no noise. even when its has a burst you can hear no sound.

anything beter?? not that i know off. better you can't get.

**Betamax** · February 13th, 2002

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Originally posted by Zephon
Wow, I finally found someone with a smaller hd than mine(6GB, 650MB free). But mine is a Fujitsu, and it's slow as hell.

I don't think much of Fujitsu myself. I have spent 9 months of emailing them in order to get a replacement for a faulty 20gb drive.

**Zephon** · February 13th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Betamax

I don't think much of Fujitsu myself. I have spent 9 months of emailing them in order to get a replacement for a faulty 20gb drive.

My Fujitsu hd has always worked fine, but the performance is horrible. All benchmarks show that it's a low-end hd. It takes ages to load Windows, and also a lot of time to load some games(like UT).

**Shiori** · February 13th, 2002

Well, if it's a 5400rpm drive in the first place, I wouldn't really expect much.

As long as it does data storage reliably i'm fine with it. I can spare a second or two.

**Zephon** · February 13th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Shiori
Well, if it's a 5400rpm drive in the first place, I wouldn't really expect much. As long as it does data storage reliably i'm fine with it. I can spare a second or two.

I think it's even lessthan 5400 rpm. It's UDMA33 only, but apart from the speed problem, it works perfectly. But still it takes ages to load anything. Even Internet Explorer is slow when loading.

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Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	I have a 2GB Quantum Fireball in my comp right now, I have 600megs left. Plus I have a secondary HD, 800MB Western Digital. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA. Last edited by Esturk; February 11th, 2002 at 19:41.

February 11th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	Quantum is a good company (I believe they merged with Maxtor into one company now). All my hard drives (my sister's 6 GB and 30 GB drives and my 8.4 GB) are Quantum and I'm quite satisfied with them. Western Digital is a nice brand as well and I've heard of nice things of them. IBM drives are probably among the best in terms of performance (as well as being very quiet) but are more costly. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) Last edited by Demigod; February 11th, 2002 at 20:33.

February 11th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	Go with Quantum Fireball!

February 11th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	I have a 20 GB Harddrive and that isn't enough space. I have about 700 MB free!

February 11th, 2002	#9 (permalink)
JAZ Nintendo Zealot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,424	Youve got a 20 and find your still running out of space? LOL Ive got 112gb in mine and Ive used over 70% of that... As for a HDD I'd get one those new ata133 drives.

February 12th, 2002	#11 (permalink)
Zephon Key To The Universe Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Stratosphere Posts: 2,706	Wow, I finally found someone with a smaller hd than mine(6GB, 650MB free). But mine is a Fujitsu, and it's slow as hell. __________________ But there is someone who remembers you Someone waiting for a sign that leads the way to you There is someone who will die for you Keep that in mind when the hope fails

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Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,147	2 seagte HD here(40GB 7200 RPM,and 8GB 5400 RPM). __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @4GHz Video Card: MSI GeForce 8800 GTX Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula SE RAM: 4GB OCZ XMS2 PC6400 Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

February 12th, 2002	#14 (permalink)
Badaro Rosen Ritter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,394	I really like Quantum HDs, they have never given me any major headaches. I also bought recently a 40GB Maxtor, seems to be alright so far. []s Badaro __________________ My old signature became obsolete and I lack imagination to make a new one.

February 12th, 2002	#15 (permalink)
liquid Ebichu! Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Posts: 2,089	Western Digitial....cause I'm a poor batard.

February 12th, 2002	#16 (permalink)
Cardinal808 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: @home Posts: 53	you asked for the best????? Maxtor 60 GB MAX. 7200 rounds. super fast and makes no noise. even when its has a burst you can hear no sound. anything beter?? not that i know off. better you can't get.

February 13th, 2002	#19 (permalink)
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	Well, if it's a 5400rpm drive in the first place, I wouldn't really expect much. As long as it does data storage reliably i'm fine with it. I can spare a second or two. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

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