Maxtor or Western Digital

irshad · October 29, 2003, 11:14am

I’m planning to buy a new harddrive. Which of the following two is recomended

    Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM Hard Drive 8MB OEM 6Y120P0

    WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD1200JB - OEM, DRIVE ONLY

I found these at newegg.com

Thanks.

Big_B · October 29, 2003, 11:53am

I use both, but I’ve had more Maxtors go bad. To their credit, Maxtor hasn’t given me trouble with the RMA. With the WD, you’ll get the drive and nothing else, but I don’t really use the extra’s anyway. It may be different for you, however.

Anti-Trend · October 29, 2003, 10:16pm

Good choice of vendor. My advice to you though is to avoid Maxtor until they get their act together and produce a better product. WD drives run cooler and have been much, much more reliable for me than Maxtor. (See: http://www.hardwareforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1257 .) I recently dropped one of the same 120GB WD drive you’re considering in a client’s system, and they have been thrilled with it. Either way you go on this one, hope everything works out for you.

harrack52 · October 30, 2003, 1:36am

I’d choose Western, no doubt about it.