# Which company for HDDs? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 22, 2005, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968 "2005-12-22T07:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/1 "2005-12-22T07:42:56Z")
…IDE, 250+ gb, 7200rpm… Question is: Western Digital Maxtor Seagate Other (post) I need to upgrade storage on my house fileserver. Currently (3) 80gb Maxtors which are nearing 90% capacity. I’d like to skip ahead and go to a full terabyte, install a PCI Ide controller card & (2-4) hdds. tks nerds ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/2 "2005-12-22T07:50:50Z")
Didn’t maxtor just buy seagate or something like that? I’ve heard alot of bad about western digital. ---
**Author:** ![LordAriakan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lordariakan/32/7208_2.png) [@LordAriakan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LordAriakan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/3 "2005-12-22T07:53:52Z")
My seagate’s are great, nice and quiet…If you’re going to be buying a controller card, you may as well go all the way and get SATA ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/4 "2005-12-22T07:59:04Z")
my father swears by seagate - after 20 years in the field. i’ve tended to always use maxtor - cheap and seemingly reliable. i’ve heard good things & bad things about all of them… just looking for a consensus of users. I dont want to lose 6541604 gigs of shit cause of a problem riddled line of drives. > [@LordAriakan](#): > > My seagate’s are great, nice and quiet…If you’re going to be buying a controller card, you may as well go all the way and get SATA Good point… except for price. That reminds me of something… ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/5 "2005-12-22T07:59:12Z")
I have a Maxtor 200GB SATA. Quiet and seems to be working great. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/6 "2005-12-22T08:01:51Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > Good point… except for price. > > That reminds me of something… Pretty sure compUSA had at 250GB SATA Maxtor for $60. Knowing CompUSA they had 4 of them and they were gone by 11:30am. _waiting for Dr.Dos_ ---
**Author:** ![skatanic28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@skatanic28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skatanic28)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/7 "2005-12-22T08:08:36Z")
i have drives from all 3 of those manufacturers. the wd and maxtor drives have been running all day every day for ~2 years without issue. the seagate ~1 year. i have 2 80mm fans blowing across them to keep them happy. sata cables \>\> ide ribbons. the only reason i have an ide drive is lack of spare sata ports. i want a board that has 6-8 sata ports next. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/8 "2005-12-22T08:13:50Z")
round ide cables throughout. (2) fans already in the side & (1) top 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/9 "2005-12-22T08:16:08Z")
i have western digital in my comp. one is 2+yrs. and the other around 5+ yrs. and haven’t had any problems with them, ive heard good things about seagate too so i picked up a seagate drive for my g/fs comp. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/10 "2005-12-22T08:46:53Z")
WD is good, maxtor is good, seagate is middle of the road, and hitachi sucks balls. ---
**Author:** ![Vile](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vile/32/7595_2.png) [@Vile](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vile)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/11 "2005-12-22T09:43:14Z")
it’s all luck…and your maint skills… aside from that… seagate = 5yr warranty speed = raptor = western digital ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/12 "2005-12-22T10:13:44Z")
all drives have 5 years now, except oem which are 3 ---
**Author:** ![Juan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Juan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Juan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/13 "2005-12-22T10:16:45Z")
I always used WD no problems ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/14 "2005-12-22T10:20:07Z")
ive killed so many WD its not funny ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/15 "2005-12-22T10:23:54Z")
i have 3 raptors and they are great so far, plus 2 400 gig maxtors, i guess it all depends on the manu. date and who was drunk that day. lol ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/16 "2005-12-22T10:32:05Z")
Alrighty, I’ll stick with Maxtor. tks all > [@Vile](#): > > it’s all luck…and your maint skills… > > aside from that… seagate = 5yr warranty > > speed = raptor = western digital I’ve yet to kill a drive period… in ~10 years of ‘heavy’ computing. But, warrantys do not replace hundreds of gigs of data. > [@BuickGN](#): > > all drives have 5 years now, except oem which are 3 I’m looking at oem, but still, warrantys do not replace hundreds of gigs of data. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/17 "2005-12-22T10:48:58Z")
well thats why you gotta get a backup solution 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/18 "2005-12-22T10:53:52Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > well thats why you gotta get a backup solution > > 🙂 i’ve considered that… but dunno of something for that amount. plz, enlighten me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/19 "2005-12-22T10:57:42Z")
FYI to Everyone, Seagate just bought Maxtor for 2 billion dollars… **SEAGATE and Maxtor confirmed the acquisition. The deal is worth $1.9 billion. The firms said the combination will be 10-20% accretive on a cash EPS basis after the first full year of combined operations.** > **[TheINQUIRER - news, reviews and opinion for tech buffs](https://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28482)** > > TheINQUIRER publishes daily news, reviews on the latest gadgets and devices, and INQdepth articles for tech buffs and hobbyists. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968/20 "2005-12-22T10:58:43Z")
On the IDE end, I will give the nod to WD and Seagate, on the SCSI end, Seagate rox your sox… [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-company-for-hdds/5968.md?page=2)