Who's King of IDE?

[jiffy]

I was planning on getting a couple Maxtor's for a Raid 0. It wasn't to long ago that I thought everybody was on the Maxtor's bang wagon. Now, I'm seeing different post, if Maxtor isn't the biggest and badest for IDE, then who is?

Please cast your vote, before I purchase the drives.

Thanks

 

[Lars_Coleman]

No one is really the best!

Maxtor has good features as the rest do also. If you read the reviews and base what you want on a few things then you can pick the drive that best suits you.

Like the WD w/ 8MB cache for example. It's one of a kind. It's the only IDE drive with an 8MB cache (pricey to). Other then that Maxtor, IBM, and Seagate are in close running with their drives (Minus the fact that IBM has a crap series and that Baracuda's have bad performance in RAID), you have a lot of factors to look at. In that case I would go with your own personal preference.

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[jiffy]

Thanks for your reply. I'm looking for the fastest HDD, last I check Maxtor was in most bench marks. Something that would work well with Raid and not crash anytime soon would be a plus too. lol

 

[AMD_Man]

Currently Western Digital makes the fastest IDE drives with 8MB Cache. However, they only come in 100 and 120GB.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[Guest]

If you want the fastest, then go with the WD1200JB. (Western Digital with 8mb cache). Only comes in 120GB though. If you want something smaller, I would go with the 120GXP from IBM. Comes in 40, 80, and 120GB models. Almost 50 mb/s and low access times.

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[Guest]

is DiamondMax PS D740X the best product from maxtor?

 

[Guest]

The Western Digital WD1200JB With 8 MB Cache Rules.....

 

[unoc]

May be the IBM 120 GXP is the fastest one. The 80 GB version is the most competitive (the lowest $/MB value)among all 120 GXP models. The 120 MB version allows you to have a transfer rate above 48 MB/s for approximately the first 25÷30 GB (everything works in that area.. OS, applications.. will run like a rocket), the cpu/disk utilisation is equal to 0.997 % (the old 60GXP had 2.41 % measured with ZD disk winbench 99 1.1) making the disk similar to a SCSI drives.

 

[jiffy]

Hmmm...Yes in deed WD seems to be kicking butt. But wow, that's a lot of money and a hole lot of GB. So much for a cheap solution going Raid this way. WD is fast, but a decent Raid 0 should take it, since to Raid WD would be a whopping $400. bucks.
Thanks for all your input, it shows me I have a little more planning to do, before I choose my HDD and next mother board.

 

[AMD_Man]

since to Raid WD would be a whopping $400. buck

And a whopping 240GB!

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[jiffy]

Thanks for the help all.

From what I gather here and checking things out. How does this sound for some good speed, without getting crazy with money and GB.

Raid 0 with two IBM 40GB GXP? I can get two of those for the price of one WD.

Raid question? If one drive gives me 40-50MB\second, would that mean two set at Raid 0 would be double that?