Which HD should I get?

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Nicholas Buenk

I need a new HD to replace a WD JB 80GB that has a click of death problem
and makes me live in fear. :D
Now I want to replace it with a 120GB 8MB cache drive, what I value most is
reliablity and then speed. I am considering, WD, Seagate or Maxtor. :) Which
of these is fastest, which has fewer faults.
 
I need a new HD to replace a WD JB 80GB that has a
click of death problem and makes me live in fear. :D
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Now I want to replace it with a 120GB 8MB cache
drive, what I value most is reliablity and then speed.
I am considering, WD, Seagate or Maxtor. :)
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I'd consider Samsung myself.
Which of these is fastest,
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I doubt you'd be able to pick it in a proper double
blind trial without being allowed to use a benchmark.
which has fewer faults.
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No one but the manufacturers really know.
 
If you take noise into consideration, there have been many reports about
a high pitched whine/noise in the Western Digital and Maxtor HDDs.
Seagate's are the way to go if you ask me. Here's a good article
comparing HDD noise:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.php?
op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=82&page=2
 
If you take noise into consideration, there have been many
reports about a high pitched whine/noise in the Western Digital
and Maxtor HDDs. Seagate's are the way to go if you ask me.
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Samsung is better now that Seagate has had a massive brain fart
and disabled AAM due to a percieved patent infringement problem.
 
Noise doesn't matter to me much, what I want is speed especiallly, but
reliablity first and after some toying with google, Maxtor seems the best
bet, has fewer RMA's than WD and is faster than seagate.
 
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If you take noise into consideration, there have been many reports about
a high pitched whine/noise in the Western Digital and Maxtor HDDs.
Seagate's are the way to go if you ask me. Here's a good article
comparing HDD noise:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.php?
op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=82&page=2
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I've had two new WD hard drives develop a high-pitched whine within a week
of installation. Replaced under warranty. Even without the whine, the WD
drives are noisy (spin and seek) compared to others. Additionally, one of
the replacement drives then failed with a clicking problem within a year. I
cannot recommend WD hard drives based on these failures, and even without
the problems, they are noisy.

The Seagate Barracuda 80 gig is the quietest HD I have ever (not) heard.
The Samsung 160 gig is very, very quiet also and good bang for the buck--I
got mine for a little over $100 (replaced the clicking 100 gig WD, which I
could have gotten another warranty replacement for, but I just won't be
bothered--even "free" is too much for a WD drive to me now). . Consider it
as an alternative to the others you mention.
 
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