The IBM's are JUNK! They call them deckstar they have been given the nick
name Death Star.
I prefer Western Digitals they can RMA them in usually 1 bussiness day
sometimes 2. They also usually offer you a good upgrade deal if it ever
fails within the 3 years which usually I have had no failures until the 4th
or 5th year of use.
Maxtors I have mixed opinion of. They seem nice at first but usually fail
within the first 2 years.
Now as far as the 7200 rpm drives basically it is just faster rpm but not
actuall data transfer.
They also usually fail no matter what brand qiucker then the 5400 drives do.
The only reason they seem faster is because some of the not all of the
7200rpm drives have more caching buffers on them instead of 4 meg usually a
8 meg. How ever some of the 5400 drives has the 8 meg as well thus
performing just as good.
It also depends on if your motherboard will support the dma 66, 100, 133 if
the drive is a 7200 rpm 8 meg buffer and your system supports 100-133 dma
then you will see good performance how ever if it is only a dma 66 then the
5400 drives will usually work exactly same. Next will your mother board
support that size of a drive.
Those are some guide lines. Also FYI I use 5400 drive for digital video
ripping works fine! Even though everyone says that you have to have a 7200
drive which is pure bull.
The processor and running it at 100 dma mode for the drive make up for it.
BTW the guys I trade music vids with they are having the 7200 drives failing
right now there is 4 of them in one month.
Your CPU Speed, Ram, and Data Buss, Video will make up the most of the
performance on your system.
Good Luck!
Bill Preece
----- Original Message -----
From: "Smitty" <a.smitty@verizon.net>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 7:22 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Hard Drive brand question
> I am looking at purchasing a couple new hard drives. My choices are
Western
> Digital, IBM, or Maxtor. All are Ultra ATA, 40 gb, 7200 rpm. Does anyone
> have experience as to which is "the best" (TM).
> Smitty
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