This is not a request. A question, so I'm quite sure it belongs in the lonunge since it doesn't fit anywhere else... Are there any 120GB or more Maxtor harddrives? I don't want to get two 60's, I want one 120gb or more.


Thanks if possible.

Maxtor is commonly pushing the edge for storage (more so than WD and others from what ive seen).

http://www.maxtor.com/en/products/ata/desktop/index.htm

Up to 160GB I believe.

yes there are. Maxtor does make a 200 and 250G drive. They will soon be deploying 300G drives and are working on increasing their serial ata line.

http://www.maxtor.com/en/products/ata/enterprise_applications/index.htm

What's SCSI and ATA's difference?

I may not be able to run one of them on my PC?

sorta off topic:

can you guys imagine running a 160GB SCSI drive? Damn.. that'd be uber fast.

You can probably run both on your computer, Tracy, provided you have a SCSI controller on your mobo. SCSI is faster... MUCH faster. They dont make huge drives though./

I don't see what size has to do with speed... you're free to think what you like though.

Originally posted by Xshare
They dont make huge drives though.


Largest scsi made i know of, is 147GB, and runs $600 - $800 a piece.

Is maxtor any good? Because I was trying to decided which to get maxtor or WD?

I have both... I don't think there really is a noticable quality diff... both do the same thing. Kinda like comparing 2 recordable CD brands... (good ones) they all do the same job at the same speed...

okie then I will go with maxtor considering there a bit cheaper

Maxtor is a very good brand for the money. I am quite amazed at the speed and amount of storage you can get on their hard drives. Truely amazing when you sit down and think about it!!

Maxtor are a fave of mine for ide, seagate for scsi.

As for the differences, the lines are a little more blurred these days then they used to be but basically there are a few differences, ide drives use more processor grunt in some cases (minimal in the days of controller cards and ide raid cards etc), ide drives have higher seek times due to a lower rpm, scsi runs to 15krpm, ide to 7200rpm although there are a very few 10k ides, scsi is also better constructed (take the flames elsewhere people) theyre designed to run pedal to the metal 24 7.
As for which is fastest, depends, scsi has a lower seek time but id say ide drives with the higher aerial densities would match scsi for sdtr.

Seagate is my personal favorite for both IDE and scuzzy. I've always had great performance from these drives.

I currently have a Maxtor drive though, and it's a great drive. Just stay away from IBM and you should be okay. Yes, I know they've supposedly fixed all their past problems soome time ago, but I'd still never touch 'em with a ten foot ple again.

Best Buy carries the Maxtor series up to 160 GB.

Maxtor also makes 200 GB drives, although availablility is highly limited.

about to get myself 2 10,000rpm sata drives in a raid array, going to be real cool :)

how much space are those TiServers?

Also, when I get the hdd, do I just stick it inside the PC, and I'll have extra space?

What if I take my current hdd, which is Maxtor I think, that came with the PC. Would Windows XP and stuff be installed on my current hdd so when i stick it on another box, it'll have all the files on the different computer?

And when I have a hdd that has nothing on it, I'll need to stick the XP CD in and install it again right?

4th: No, you can format it through FDISK and windows.

3rd: As long as its formatted as FAT32 or NTFS.

2nd: No, you have to partition and format it if its a new drive.

Just my personale experience: I EVERY single Maxtor I've ever put in a server has died. On the other side, not a single WD has.

Aaron

I prefer Western Digital to Maxtor personally...more reliability.

WDC is total garbage. I've never seen a maxtor die. I've seen them make noise, back in the day...but never give out...

WDC on the other hand is cheap and always behind the 8 ball as far as technology is concerned.

Originally posted by lightnin
WDC is total garbage...

WDC on the other hand... :crazy:

maxter is the best hard drive I have owned.

Originally posted by lightnin
WDC is total garbage. I've never seen a maxtor die. I've seen them make noise, back in the day...but never give out...

WDC on the other hand is cheap and always behind the 8 ball as far as technology is concerned.
Actually WD is considered the technology leader in IDE/SATA drives now days. They were the first with 8 meg caches and they were the first to hit 10,000 rpm. They make the fastest non-scsi drives available, and in fact some of their drives beat scsi drives. A trip to www.storagereview.com (http://www.storagereview.com) will prove all of my comments.

A problem lately with Maxtor is you don't know if you are getting a Maxtor drive or a Quantum drive since Maxtor has purchased Quantum. I have seen a marked decrease in quality because Quantum drives are crap. Getting an RMA from them now is like pulling teeth. I had a tech tell me to hook the drive back up to the pc and put the phone up to the drive so he could hear the clicking.

I use both WD & Maxtor drives. My preference is Maxtor unless there's a really good deal on a WD that I can't pass up.
:D
Right now I'm looking to do a RAID 0 setup on my main rig with two 40GB harddrives. I'm waiting for BestBuy or Newegg to have a really good sale on the smaller drives. That would really boost my performance for very little money.

Originally posted by web docta
Right now I'm looking to do a RAID 0 setup on my main rig with two 40GB harddrives. I'm waiting for BestBuy or Newegg to have a really good sale on the smaller drives. That would really boost my performance for very little money.
computergeeks has Maxtor 7200rpm 40 meg drives for 65.50 http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=6E040L0-N

linux vs. windows
chevy vs. ford
pc vs. mac

and the list goes on :)

I personally have never had any problems with any drives except IBM's and I have both a 400MB Seagate from about 8 years ago still running on my *nix pc along with a 200MB maxtor about the same age..

My suggestion is is that if you have stuff that is important to you such as PSD's, MP3's whatever then either do frequent backups to CDR or mirror the drive which is the best solution imho

Originally posted by kingpcgeek
computergeeks has Maxtor 7200rpm 40 meg drives for 65.50 http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=6E040L0-N

Thanks but Newegg has the WD SE 40GB 7200 drive with 8MB cache for $62 shipping included. It also comes with a 3 year warranty which is nice.
I may pick that up. For only $124 I'll have an awesome 80 GB RAID 0 setup.