SATA 250GB HD Suggestions

Post by **obsidian** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:07 pm

I have an ASUS P4C800-e mobo. I may buy a second drive in the future for a RAID 0 array. Right now, mostly for backup. I've been looking at the following, though other suggestions are welcome. Let me know which one you would go with.

Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200.9 8MB 11MS SATA2 NCQ RoHS $119.99
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... omoid=1008

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS 3 Year MFR Warranty $128.99
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... omoid=1008

Samsung Spinpoint P Series 250GB SATA 7200RPM 8MB 8.9MS FDB 3 Year MFR Warrenty $116.99
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... omoid=1008

Post by **Kills On Site** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:17 pm

Of those three I would go with WD, I like WD and taht one has 16MB of cache. Otherwise I would go withy Maxtor

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:33 pm

With two maxtor drives failing now, I'd have to go with the WD.

Post by **cK-r1r** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:38 am

YourGrandpa wrote:With two maxtor drives failing now, I'd have to go with the WD.

I've also had two Maxtor 250GB drives fail on me. So I vote for WD or Seagate.

Post by **Scourge** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:39 am

WD has always been good for me.

Post by **-SKID-** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:30 am

WIth two maxtor drives failing on me, and WD. I so far love my Seagate.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:23 am

I have a Seagate, WD and another drive somewhere that has failed on me.