quantum vs maxtor hard drives

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Fenderbender

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Just a quick question

The quantum 7200 drive below has been heartily recommended for it's memory/price/speed ratio.

been looking at (in 7200 rpm only)

quantum 20.5 @ $146
maxtor 20.4 @ $116
maxtor 13.6 @ $48

They come out to $6.78, $5.68, and $3.53/10 MB respectively.. Anyone have any experience (positive/negative?) with the maxtor, any reason not to buy?

Figure I'll get the 13.6 for my O/S and program files and the 20.4 for my audio, barring any harbingers of doom from you guys.

Fenderbender
 
Might want to also post this question over at the Storage Review discussion forum (another UBB system) at:
http://www.storagereview.com/

and let all the storage weenies & DAW types have a shot at it...
 
Fenderbender:
Where did you find the maxtor 13.6Gb/7200 for $48 ? Sounds like a heck of a deal to
me. I'm interested in this for my back up
PC.

Regards,
PAPicker
 
Hey PAPicker

There is a place in Montreal, Canada, well 6 actually. They're a franchise called microbytes.com. (on the web) You can custom build any system, you just click on the choices. I don't know if/how they ship, typically we order, and then go pick it up. In american money, $48 canadian is about $1.53 U.S.(my calculator's not handy), so you could probably absorb any shipping costs without much grief. g'luck

Fenderbender
 
Whoops , looking at the site I noticed that the price is ABOVE the cost of the hd supplied with the system i.e. it means that the price is 48 PLUS the 139 they're charging for the drive that comes standard.. sorry

Fenderbender
 
Hey Fenderbender from my experience with Quantum I'd reccomend them. They're a little more expensive but ya usually get what you pay for. I also use Western Digital the only time I really had a problem was when the HD fell to a tile floor... that pretty much ruined it but that was my fault.
 
I have to agree with NAY on this. A Maxtor for $48 would have been worth the gamble, but for my money, I'd go for WD or Quantum or even IBM.

Regards,
PAPicker
 
I would never recommend the hell of Western Digital upon even my worst enemies. Of the 6 or so drives that I've seen die, 5 of them were western digital. Some of the poorest quality workmanship I've seen. Not to mention that the newer ATA/66 WD do not automatically switch modes like easier and more reliable Quantum drives.

Slackmaster 2000
 
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