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Western Digital 200GB Hard Drive

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by kinza, Jan 22, 2005.

  1. kinza

    kinza Regular member

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    kinza, Jan 22, 2005
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    not a bad deal. one problem:western digital sucks. If you want a harddrive to die when it runs hot buy this. If you want a real good harddrive buy a seagate. Trust me on this one I had two westerns hd go bad on me.
     
    c4iscool, Jan 22, 2005
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  3. kinza

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    how about maxtor?
     
    kinza, Jan 22, 2005
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  4. ddp

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    yes
     
    ddp, Jan 22, 2005
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    i've heard good and bad things about both western digital and maxtor. i'm getting a maxtor 160gb. everyone is going to have different experiences/opinions w/ the same product. that's just the way it goes.
     
    fishbulb, Jan 22, 2005
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  6. kinza

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    compusa has a 200 gb maxtor for $89.99 after mail in rebate. they also have a 250 gb seagate for $99.99 after mail in rebate.
     
    kinza, Jan 23, 2005
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    maxtor is cool, but i love seagate.
     
    c4iscool, Jan 23, 2005
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  8. CKY_2084

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    Where are you people from MARS? Around here Western Digital is #1 and Maxtor is #2. I dont even know anyone with a Seagate HD cause they are cheap POS's! Ive had dual WD 250GB HDs on a RAID setup for about 2yrs now and havent even had a slight problem with either of them not to mention the WD 150GB HD running my OS. WD IS DA SHIZNIT SEAGATE IS NOT!
     
    CKY_2084, Jan 23, 2005
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  9. kinza

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    That's what I was thinking [bold]CKY_2084[/bold].
     
    kinza, Jan 23, 2005
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    Go with the Western Digital - there number one with me - I'v owned one or two or three in ever puter I'v had sence early 80s and never had any trouble - we had Seagates at work, they were ok but seemed LOUD to me. Everones got there own opinion but with my experance, I will always go with the WD.
     
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    between my 2 pcs I've got 6 WD's and 2 Maxtors. Never had a problem. but I prefer WD's.
     
    flip218, Jan 23, 2005
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    im using both wd's and seagates right now . i have no problems with wd . i did have a 200gig seagate fail about 3 months ago after 4 months of use . seagate went good on it and i have another one running now without problems so far . they both carry a 5 year warranty now so it doesnt bother me if they do fail . performance wise no other hard drive compares to the wd sata 10000 rpm raptor in a raid except for scsi . western digital makes great drives in my opinion .
     
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  13. c4iscool

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    just like what fishblub said everyone is going 2 have different experiences w/ products. I just didn't have a good experience w/ wd.
     
    c4iscool, Jan 24, 2005
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    i don't either, prefer maxtor which is in my system now but have a 40gig wd in external 2.5"case. price was right
     
    ddp, Jan 24, 2005
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