Which is the best drive?

[damon]

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Western Digital 120 GB

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-118&depa=0

OR

Seagate 120 GB

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=22-148-022&depa=0


It will be running in a removable HD rack. Does one run hotter? TIA

 

[Jd]

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Damon wrote:
> Western Digital 120 GB
>
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-118&depa=0
>
> OR
>
> Seagate 120 GB
>
> http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=22-148-022&depa=0
>
>
> It will be running in a removable HD rack. Does one run hotter? TIA
>
>

I use four of the western digital hard drives your link points to they
are the same capacity and model (WD120JB) they are in a home server
which is never turned off I can honestly say they are good hard drives
as for the heat issue I have never noticed them heating up however all
four drives are in Coolermaster CoolDrive3 enclosures.

Whenever I buy hard drives I always buy WD ones Ive never been let down
yet I even have an old 13GB hard drive (6yrs+ old) which is in constant
use.

But do consider that the Seagate has Shock protection and an extra 2yrs
Warranty (Seagate 5yrs, WD 3yrs warranty)

 

[Guest]

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I have on 4 Gb Maxtor that works fine and had one 200Gb Maxtor that was
faulty in 8 months of use.
Now is use a Seagate barracuda 7200 that has 5 years of warraty I dont
expect to use it. Also had on 10Gb WD that gave the "click noise of death".

S.

 

[Guest]

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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 22:13:55 -0500, "Damon" <yadda@yadda.com>
wrote:

>Western Digital 120 GB
>
>http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-118&depa=0
>
>OR
>
>Seagate 120 GB
>
>http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=22-148-022&depa=0
>
>
>It will be running in a removable HD rack. Does one run hotter? TIA
>

You're comparing pretty similar drives, shouldn't make much
difference. At same price the Seagate seems more desireable
due to longer warranty yet you might find (either) a little
cheaper... for example this week Best Buy, OfficeMax and
Circuit City all have deals on Western Digital 120-200GB
drives, IIRC.