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joek71
09-12-2002, 10:21 AM
Hello Guys I am looking for a quite top off the line hard drive around 60-80gigs with 7200rpm and 133ata.

Thanks,
Joe
Farabomb
09-12-2002, 11:35 AM
Western Digital Special edition drives with a 8 meg buffer. As of now I belive there is no better. :)
The Therion
09-12-2002, 11:38 AM
Me too.My next HD will be Western Digital .Stable quality brand...
joek71
09-12-2002, 12:51 PM
Where can I get this harddrive? How about IBM harddrives?
Farabomb
09-12-2002, 01:05 PM
CompUSA has them but you'll pay. I'd go to NewEgg (http://www.newegg.com) and pick one up there.

I stay away from IBM drives. Too many bad stories.
NorthernYankee
09-12-2002, 01:14 PM
Actualy the new GXP120 seem very good and are only a hair slower than the WD, and are a lot cheaper.

--NY
joek71
09-12-2002, 02:13 PM
The GXP is that IBM?
NorthernYankee
09-12-2002, 03:23 PM
Yup

--NY
joek71
09-12-2002, 05:27 PM
Thanks!!!!!
TheDude
09-12-2002, 09:21 PM
Just to let you know....I have had 3 WD 8mb 100gb drives die on me in last few months...only 1 is still running. Fast but I won't buy another one.:mad:
Synthohol
09-12-2002, 11:23 PM
Party Pooper!!!:flust:

you did RMA them didnt you?

were you o/c ing at the time of death? if so how high?
Selenium
09-13-2002, 12:01 AM
TheDude,

Yes, what were the conditions / circumstances of death ?

Selenium
TheDude
09-13-2002, 10:23 AM
Good point....

They all died of "smart drive failure" according to diagnostics that were run from the WD website....2 were RMAed and 3rd will be soon. All were in Vapochill running unlocked XP2200 @ 2156mhz. FSB=11x196. All components were new and only Hard drives died. PS was 520w TTGI with stock adjustable pot on +5 and 12 rails that held 4.99 on +5. CPU temps on vapo read -10c. There was no water or condensation. This happened 3 seperate times...seems odd..same deal 3 times...1st time I got imminent drive failure warnings in Event viewer and managed to burn data to cds..other 2 times..lost all data that was not backed up. One of the drives made a loud clicking sound while searching before it died. I have a couple of IBM drives coming (never used them before) also have run Maxtors and Seagates at high FSB with no deaths. Maybe good drives, but after losing 3 very expensive drives...I am gun shy.:D
Selenium
09-14-2002, 08:53 PM
TheDude,

Im surprised that you stuck with the brand that long. Got the ditty "Third time's a charm" stuck in your head ? Let us know what you end up goin with and how it works out. Keep in mind the massive recall when you amke your purchase. wouldnt somehow want to get stuck with one of those.
TheDude
09-14-2002, 09:30 PM
Only reason I stuck with WD is that I RMAed the pair that I bought and they replaced them with 2 more....Funny thing is I just finished running diagnostics on the 3rd drive and after writing 0s to it...it appears to be ok! The first 2 gave a unrepairable please RMA status....so looks like I will try the 3rd one again and hope it lasts. One thing for sure...this has made me very careful about backing up my data! Don't get me wrong...as long as it doesn't go south on me...I love it...very fast drive..comparable to a 10,000 rpm scsi.

errr...wait massive recall? Sorry but I have been out of touch for a while with a family emergency...who...what...when...and where?

I did see a post here that WD and Seagate were going to a 1 year warranty in Oct.

Thanks:D
Selenium
09-14-2002, 09:59 PM
Should all the info about the recall there.

http://www.liquidninjas.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1355

Lemme know if that doesnt cut it for yah.
TheDude
09-15-2002, 12:49 AM
hmmm....guess I need to crawl out from under my rock more often! Thanks!
It doesn't mention Seagate or Maxtor...I wonder if it affects them as well?
Alexandrus
11-21-2002, 02:02 PM
How about the new Seagate Barracuda ATA V and Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 ?
The Maxtor drive has 8MB cache and ATA133, while the Seagate has 8MB only for the SATA version, but both look like very fast drives to me.
Player0
11-21-2002, 05:30 PM
A word on the WD1000JB drives. I've killed 4 of them. I still run 2.

They are *extremely* sensetive to voltage fluctuations. The four I killed were running on a voltage modded Enermax PSU, which was the cause of their death. Im not surprised to see that the ones you lost TD were on a modded PSU as well.

The drives are great, handle high FSB, but will die if you mess with their voltage. I have my last two in a file server with a non-modded Antec True power and they have been running great. I do recommend the drives.

To be fair, WesternDigital replaced my pair of drives (raid 0) twice in a 3 month period with no complaints. They were really good about that. Luckily, I use a good backup scheme.

As an alternative, I would seriously look at the new IBM 180GXP. The 120GXPs are also acceptable.