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  1. 07-05-2006, 05:54 PM #1
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    New Hard Drive suggestions

    Hey peeps

    righty ho....

    In the past few days my HDD has been playing up with unrecoverable problems to random crashes and corrupted formated DVD's-so i decided to try a Hard drive utiltiy to fully test my hdd.

    My hard drive is a Maxtor Diamond+ 10 240GB 7200RPM, i used PowerMax to test the HDD-it gave me a diagnostic code for RMA- but seems as though this HDD is a result of a RMA before i got this drive [Original HDD= Maxtor Diamond+ 9 160GB]- i think my Warranty has ranout....

    Due to this, i'm askin for Suggestions for a New HDD thats NOT Maxtor because all i get is trouble with their HDD's

    the Specs i want is...

    = SATA for deffo [since that it can benefit me as a gamer]
    = around 200GB of space [Will split for 2 Partitions]
    =No Maxtor Drives Please [due to past problems]

    Cheers peeps
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  2. 07-05-2006, 06:30 PM #2
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    http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=74586
    OR....that name 'raptor' for a tenner inc for 80GB...look on the bargains for details, absolute steal if it goes ahead, ordered myself 5


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  3. 07-05-2006, 06:31 PM #3
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    imo the samsung drives r the top end drives, cheap effeicnt and fast the (sp2504c) 250gb over jsuyt 2 platters.
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    Always used Seagates in the past - Baracuda 4, 7 & 8. Not keen on their 9 series (the 7200.9) due to some of the problems many have posted, and also the fact they are reported to be noisier. So, I just bought a Samsung SATA II 200Gb for my new build - nice quiet drive, good performance too.
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    Samsung Spinpoint P series drives are coming out well in comparison tests.
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    buy one with a 3 year and over warranty, they last longer than the cheaper ones that have a one year warranty, i have a samsung thats still working thas 3-4 years old with my pc on almost 24/7
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    Three year warranty is a must. Just had a Samsung spinpoint fail after two years and two months. Checked the warranty online - three years. Sent the old drive off Monday and had a replacement drive by Friday.
    All my other drives that failed did so after there warranty period of between 1 and 2 years.
    Hard drives always fail in the end but I would expect (hope) to get at least three years use out of them.
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