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**txtmstrjoe** · 07-15-08

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Originally Posted by boonie2

any opinions on the newer Seagate 7200.11's 320gb hardrives ? looking at those or maybe the Hitachi 750gb's theyre on sale too ?

boonie, I had a ton of problems with the Seagate 7200.11 500GB HDDs. There are widespread reports of Seagates and Maxtors, actually, generating Event ID 51s (page fault errors), which slow your system to a crawl during any operations requiring a lot of I/O access to the drives.

The frustrating thing is, nVidia (the most prevalent chipset maker involved in the reports of these problems) and Seagate/Maxtor (now one company) both blame each other for this problem without providing consumers any real guaranteed solutions.

I tried to find a permanent fix for the problem, but never found one. That is, until I got Western Digital HDDs again.

I don't have any comments on the Hitachi HDDs, but I know his lordship thlnk3rb377 thinks highly of them.

Hope this helps!

boonie2 · 07-15-08

Thanks Joe , I was just reading some reviews talking about those errors too, think I might get the 500gb Hitachi , same price as the 320gb Seagate 7200.11 but twice the seek time tho ...... what to do , what to do

**thlnk3r** · 07-15-08

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Originally Posted by boonie2

any opinions on the newer Seagate 7200.11's 320gb hardrives ? looking at those or maybe the Hitachi 750gb's theyre on sale too ?

Boonie, check out this link: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums...ic.php?t=46741. Someone posted a quick benchmark. A few other members on that forum commented a little.

Hope that helps buddy

EDIT: Do you want performance or storage? This might turn into a debate amongst other members

blitz6804 · 07-15-08

I have been Western Digital until recently.

Then I got my hands on one of those OEM Deskstars with rebate...

I do not think I am going Western Digital again anytime soon.

Anqt31 · 07-15-08

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**txtmstrjoe** · 07-15-08

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Originally Posted by blitz6804

I have been Western Digital until recently.

Then I got my hands on one of those OEM Deskstars with rebate...

I do not think I am going Western Digital again anytime soon.

Just out of curiosity, but is your decision based on cost, or based on other non-mentioned reasons?

Speaking of HDD performance, thlnk3r, why not offering up a new Raptor to me in a trade for something you want from me?

**thlnk3r** · 07-15-08

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Originally Posted by Anqt31

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Anqt, looking good

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Originally Posted by txtmstrjoe

Speaking of HDD performance, thlnk3r, why not offering up a new Raptor to me in a trade for something you want from me?

Joe, that is crazy talk

Perhaps maybe if I pick up one of the new 2.5" Raptors I might think about it :P

blitz6804 · 07-15-08

Partially cost (Hitachi is cheaper GB for GB) and partially performance. This drive really moves! Not to mention the niceness of a 32 MB cache.

I will note that I have two complaints with it: it is a touch warm (warmer than my CPU when it is idling) and a bit loud. At nearly 40 dBA, it is the loudest thing in my computer.

Anqt31 · 07-15-08

No one on tonight? Wow!

Or maybe, just the college students?

blitz6804 · 07-15-08

Nah; it has been really dead lately. I wish someone would tell me why.

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