ed
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Finally got my refund from ebuyr for the Maxtors. Glad that's all over. Need to choose something new. Just realised too the Maxtors set me back £70 each 
So could you recomend me something that has a 300GB capacity, that isn't Maxtor and that will do the job for me nicely  Oh, and preferably less than £70 
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abdus
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WD Caviar but 250GB
Samsung SpinPoint P120 SP2504C- again 250GB
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abdus
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Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS more precisely
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ed
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Think I will go Western Digital. I have had a few recomendations. I will go for the 300GB one though as I am Greedy
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abdus
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there's a 500GB too but iirc ~150
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ed
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I buy OEM stuff from ebuyer normally so it works out cheaper. I really don't need a box with some stickers and a CD Rom in it So the 500 GB one could have been worth looking at  Maybe I'll get some for the SATA 3 and 4 plugs on my mobo so I can set up another RAID array
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Dom
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Seagate drives, never ever EVER had problems with them...all the maxtors drives ive owned have failed within 2-3years (lost a lot of uni work last year!) 
Cant got wrong with samsung stuff neither, very quiet drives but you have to pay for that though!
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Skylined
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^^^^ Seagate the best at the mo that's all we use at work in new builds etc.
Check www.dabs.com
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ed
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Already ordered teh WD's and I had to get them from ebuyer. It's been an ongoing scenario
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abdus
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they are talking from personal experience aboute the Seagates, I'm talking from personal experience about the caviar....
both as good....
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ed
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I like the WD's because they are called Caviar's
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bunter
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seagate 300gb sata2 16mb cache and 3gbps transfer rate. awesome bit of kit. £76
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ed
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Plus, they will be fine because they aren't Maxtor.
A note to anyone with an Nforce 4 chipset. Do not under any circumstances use Maxtor HDD's ever. It's infuriating
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_Allan_
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
A note to anyone with an Nforce 4 chipset. Do not under any circumstances use Maxtor HDD's ever. It's infuriating
Think there is a firmware fix now for the HD problems and the lastest Nforce chipset drivers are supposed to help.
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Leighton
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250GB SATA WD Caviar SE16 3.5" 7200rpm ATA300 Hard Drive 16MB Cache WD2500KS
£63
320GB SATA WD Caviar SE 3.5" 7200rpm ATA300 Hard Drive 8MB Cache (WD-3200JS)
£78
500GB SATA WD Caviar SE16 3.5" 7200rpm ATA300 Hard Drive 16MB Cache WD5000KS
£158
Leighton
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
quote:
Originally posted by ed
A note to anyone with an Nforce 4 chipset. Do not under any circumstances use Maxtor HDD's ever. It's infuriating
Think there is a firmware fix now for the HD problems and the lastest Nforce chipset drivers are supposed to help.
A firmware fix which doesn't fix the problem. I gave Maxtor a piece of my mind. Especially when they sent me tier diagnosis program to detect the error which is also non-nforce compatible. They take the piss, thier hardware does not support nforce, neither does theire software, yet it took me 3 hours after spedning over £130 on HDD's to find this out after readinf rhumors on forums.
Anyhow, have the WD's coming next week so all is good
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Reedy
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
Seagate drives, never ever EVER had problems with them...all the maxtors drives ive owned have failed within 2-3years (lost a lot of uni work last year!)
Cant got wrong with samsung stuff neither, very quiet drives but you have to pay for that though!
Samsungs with the adjustable noise / work level. You can set the drives so they are quiet but they spin at 5400 rpm. Or if you want performance it comes at a price of loudness.
Seagates are good ( last one died but got a new one on warranty ), Im still liking my Maxtor Diamonmax 10 250gb 16mb cache ide hard drive its been spot on and is quiet.
I had a seagate before and it was the loudest thing in my machine and it was annoying. ( yes im hardcore for noise ).
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Reedy
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
I like the WD's because they are called Caviar's
does it make you feel upper class
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ed
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I'm posh.........
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Reedy
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
I'm posh.........
I'm a lady.........
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ed
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Reedy
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Also we just had in some seagate barracuda 750gb hard drives. When put into windows the conversion works out to loose 50gb
Also had some raptors in that come in wierd soft pouches, and has a perspects top so you can see the disc spinning.
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ed
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I wanted Raptors. But couldn't find them... 
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Reedy
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
I wanted Raptors. But couldn't find them...
i can get you some, but is it too late now?
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ed
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They have to be from ebuyer and they don't sell them. I'll make do with second best
[Edited on 29-07-2006 by ed]
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