Seagate - WD - Maxtor

CyberGhost

I wanna get 2 40GB drives

I want reliability and silence which would you suggest?


Thanks!

unkel

I've two Samsung spinpoint SATA 160GB, 8MB cache drives in RAID0 that I'm very happy with. Why are you getting 2*40GB? Is it for RAID? Why not get bigger drives?

Col_Loki

Yea would definetly agree with unkel, smaller drives work out more expensive in the long run. I also have the samsungs 160gb 8mb Raid0 and im very happy aswell........ decent enought performance and there very quiet (especially when compared with the WD's).

If you only need a small ammount of space for whatever your running and need the extra one for backup then that makes sence.......... otherwise get bigger ones.

Civilian_Target

I have 2 IBM 120gb GXPs and they're motoring along happily. Buying a big HD with a 8mb cache is a good idea, rather than buying 2 small crap ones.

If you can afford it later, get a second one and raid them (if they're the same model)

Mutant_Fruit

BY the way, if you see harddrives with 16mb cache, don't bother paying extra for them. They don't give much of a performance boost at all. 8MB is more than enough for current HD's.

unkel

Originally posted by Mutant_Fruit
BY the way, if you see harddrives with 16mb cache

That new to me

Col_Loki

Ive never even heard of 16mb cache hard drives , which models have em or what brand?

CyberGhost

I just want cheapest, smallest drive, that will last me for some time

I have decided I'll go with Seagate for speed
and Maxtor for the slower computer

RicardoSmith

Originally posted by CyberGhost
I wanna get 2 40GB drives

I want reliability and silence which would you suggest?


Thanks!

The samsung drives seem to be the quietest around at the moment

Check the reviews here http://www.silentpcreview.com/