Really freakin' big hard drive, $200, no rebates

[filburt1]

<a href="http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/SKU.asp?BCFlag=False&PageType=1&SKU=519067" target="_blank">http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Brows...e=1&SKU=519067</a>

300 GB, but only 5400 RPM.

[Zachariah]

For my $$ it's cheeper and faster to do (2) IBM / HITACHI 200GB 7200RPM $88 and Raid0. Ya also get 400 gigs

[Beermonster]

for ?246 you can get 400Gb Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 7,200RPM / 8MB Buffer, but persoanlly I would go for 300Gb Maxtor DiamondMax 10 Buffer = 16MB / 7,200RPM at just ?162.08

[Dean C]

I wouldn't touch a maxtor with a bargepole, my experience and my friends experience with them is nothing but bad with the drives dying in a short space of time.

[Hialls]

I acctually have the maxtor 300gb and im very pleased.. although its not big enuff :P

[Michael Morris]

Originally Posted by Dean C

I wouldn't touch a maxtor with a bargepole, my experience and my friends experience with them is nothing but bad with the drives dying in a short space of time.

It's Western Digital I have that attitude towards. I bought one, had it fail in 3 weeks, then the replacement failed in 3 days.

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by Michael Morris

It's Western Digital I have that attitude towards. I bought one, had it fail in 3 weeks, then the replacement failed in 3 days.

Odd, here at work, and at my house ive had nothing but problems with maxtors generaly, Ive had nothing but good luck with seagate and WD.

In house we use WD Seagate (SCSI's) and IBM Drives for the IBM laptops and they all work relitively well.

[assassingod]

I use 3 Western Digitals (2 internal, 1 external) and they work perfect.

[filburt1]

Originally Posted by Dean C

I wouldn't touch a maxtor with a bargepole, my experience and my friends experience with them is nothing but bad with the drives dying in a short space of time.

I have a Maxtor 200 GB HDD, EIDE, 7200 RPM. Aside from being louder than the other two Western Digital HDDs in my system when it's accessing data, I haven't had any problems with it.

[Brad]

I also own a maxtor and WD and hav'nt had any problems with them. I did have an older WD drive fail on me once, but thats the only time one died on me.