WD or Maxtor

[ddasilva]

What is the best HD (40GB and 60GB) for 7200RPM ATA133...Maxtor or WD?

 

[4Ryan6]

Win98 or Win98SE Maxtor

Personally I'm a Maxtor Fan with no problems with any of the drives I have, I'm not saying that Maxtor is better than Western Digital, I'm saying if you've invested in 5 Maxtor drives and gotten excellent service from them, you tend to stick with whats working for you.




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[Makaveli]

Western Digital doesn't make ATA133 drives only Maxtor.
I have a Maxtor 7200 ATA133 drive it decent. No problems!

Its a hard choice, go with best price WD with 8mb cache are good drives also.

 

[lhgpoobaa]

I have both. Both are good.
1 80Gb Maxtor D740x and one 80Gb W.D. 800JB.

The 800JB is faster, thanx to its 8Mb cache, but more costly.
ATA133 is no faster than ata100. its mostly a marketing gimmic.

The 800Jb is also quieter, the D740X has scratchy and loud seeks.

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[Esso]

I am contantly hearing of ppl's maxtors dying. They are a really good company for end users though, rma'ing is not a problem. However WD seems to have regained their reputation (from before they were bought out ~6 years ago) and seem to have a more durable product.