I am planning on buying a new hard drive.

I have 2 options:

Seagate® Barracuda? ATA IV 120GB IDE Drives - ATA 100 - 7200RPM - 2MB cache Model: ST3120023A

or

Maxtor® 120GB - ATA133 - 7200RPM - 2MB Cache - Quiet Drive Tech. - Shock Protection & Data Protection Model: 6Y120L0

Which one would you buy?

Your opinion will be much appreciated.

Cheerz
Dave B)

i think either one of them would be good. i have two seagates and one maxtor and none of them have ever gave any trouble.

I have two Maxtor 60 gigs and I have no problem with them ;)

My Maxtor has never given any trouble.

Had a prob with my Maxtor, but I think it was a dogey batch anyway. So far this new one I have is fine.

i'd say what ever is cheaper heh

i have two maxtors they've never given me any trouble.

Both are good. Get the cheapest unless one has a longer warranty.

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Oops! Just noticed Maxtor is ATA 133. All things being equal, (and if your Mobo is also 133) I'd get the Maxtor.

I have 3 maxtor .. and i don't have any prob !!

And seagate are much expensive !

My 80 gig 7200 RPM Maxtor HDD gave me hell at first, I had to low level it twice within a month of owning it, but I'm pretty sure I just got a bad batch like Flanderz, the one they sent me when I finally RMAed the drive has been fine for months.

Unless you're using a RAID array, you probably won't notice the difference between ATA100 and ATA133.

What'd I'd go by here is the length of the warrenty. Maxtor recently cut their warrenties on new drives down to 1 year from 3 years, so if Seagate will give you a warrenty longer than that, I'd go with the Seagate, if not, then go with whichever one is cheaper.

Thanks guys, I got the Seagate for a little cheaper than the maxtor.

Thanks for your opinions.

Cheerz
Dave

shit, i was late.....

my choice would be Maxtor