As long as you avoid the 75GXP series, you should be fine. The reliability of this series of drive is the basis of the lawsuit. The 60GXP series doesn't seem to be plagued by the same kind of problems.
And of course, just for camie ... a few links. ;-)
<A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/28030104.htm" target="_new">http://www.theinquirer.net/28030104.htm</A>
<A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,59943,00.asp" target="_new">http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,59943,00.asp</A>
<A HREF="http://www.tech-report.com/news_reply.x/2799/" target="_new">http://www.tech-report.com/news_reply.x/2799/</A>
However, if I was making the purchase for a new system, the ATA/133 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus D740X drives would certainly be given some due consideration. Especially the drives with the Fluid Dynamic Bearing Motors, which can be identified by an "L" accompanied by a number at the end of the model number.
The only difficulty with buying a Maxtor drive with the FDB Motors is locating one ... most places are sold out. But you can find a "J" series drive at many places, and some even come with the ATA/133 card. They are pretty nice, too.
Even without the card, they will run at ATA/100, in case you were wondering. You could always pick up the card at a later date, if you wished.
If you are building a home desktop system, it's my opinion that in most cases, SCSI is overkill. It's still more expensive than IDE, and unless you intend to work with some very large files, or are building a CAD workstation, IDE is usually sufficient. IDE RAID can be an even better solution, especially if you are on a budget, and want a fast write speed. That can be nice for gaming, although it takes slightly longer to read from a striped disk set.
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