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Kotik
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 Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 3:51 am Post subject: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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The day before yestreday (21st) Western Digital released a 320 GB Hard disk that is the largest HDD in the market.
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Space: 320 GB
7200 RPM
8 MB cache |
More info on the HDD can be found HERE |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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| Havent Maxtor made a 400GB ? |
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Kotik
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:09 pm Post subject: Re: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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| Maybe, but its the biggest HDD being sold in the market according to source. |
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ReFredzRate
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:07 am Post subject: Re: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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| webmaster wrote: |
| Havent Maxtor made a 400GB ? |
Probably, but that's Maxtor. WD is like the Ferrari of the harddisks. Comparing those, Maxtor is more like a Volkswagen... |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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| Hehe yeah, and I believe the 400 GB maxtor is 5.4k RPM too. |
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Kotik
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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| I had a WD HD and it crashed about 3 days after my guarantee went out. After that i have never trusted WD. Now I use either Maxtor or Seagate (barricuda). |
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ReFredzRate
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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| Seagate is definetely a good choice. I've never had any trouble with any Seagate hdd whatsoever. I'm using an 80Gb 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda now, and I'm still in the posession of an old 1.0Gb 5200rpm Seagate ^_^ (Yes... it does work! Pretty cool to use as a swap memory disk) |
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Malcolm
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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ReFredzRate: What you're saying about WD was true like 3-5 years ago, the quality of their drives has hit the floor.
Top quality drivers come fram seagate and IBM; those are the only two brands that I'll put into any of my servers. |
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Phate
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:18 pm Post subject: Re: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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| I use dual 120 gig maxator's... and I havent had any problems... yet... |
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Kotik
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| Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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| Malcolm wrote: |
ReFredzRate: What you're saying about WD was true like 3-5 years ago, the quality of their drives has hit the floor.
Top quality drivers come fram seagate and IBM; those are the only two brands that I'll put into any of my servers. |
IBM isnt a trust worthy brand when it comes to HDD. Many of my friends have proofs. |
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| Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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| IBM doesen't develop HDDs anymore, Hitatchi do that for IBM, and they work much better than the IBM discs. |
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ReFredzRate
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:43 am Post subject: Re: Western Digital Released 320 GB HDD |
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Malcolm could be right  I have some Seagate's and they still work like a charm. However, I've had two Maxtor's that stopped working on me. One of them, 40Gb 5400rpm, started getting a bit weird. When my system was on, it would start running and stop right after that again. This would go on as long as the system was running. Wasn't funny :/ |
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