which 500gb HD?

[{I}{K}{E}]

I'm gonna buy 1 or 2 500GB HD(s). But im not sure which HD I should buy.

The store where I am probably gonna buy my new hardware has these:

Samsung HD 500GB SATA-2 7200rpm 16MB
Western Digital 500GB S-ATA2 WD5000KS
Seagate 500GB ST3500630AS 7200.10 S-ATA2 16MB

Which HD is the 'best' ?


I currenly have 1 Maxtor 320GB Diamondmax S-ATA2 7200rpm 16MB

[Virtualbody1234]

My vote goes to the Seagate.

Quiet and 5 year warranty.

The 320GB version is a better choice if you consider price per GB.

[fourier]

I like Samsung HDD, b/c they are silent

[tesco]

I like seagate, between the other two i'd pick the cheaper one as they're both good companies. :)

[zapjb]

Seagate

[clocker]

Normally I would say Seagate as well but just this week I installed two Samsung 500's into a customer's PC and was impressed with their speed, price (Newegg was selling them for $100 apiece) and silence- they are significantly quieter than my Seagate 250's.

[Kojiro]

Normally I would say Seagate as well but just this week I installed two Samsung 500's into a customer's PC and was impressed with their speed, price (Newegg was selling them for $100 apiece) and silence- they are significantly quieter than my Seagate 250's.

Everything is quiter than Seagate (got two 250GB 7200.10)
That was the first and last time I bought Seagate, next time I'll stick with Samsung :yup:

The new HDD from WD (the AAKS series) outperforms everything there is on the market. But a mere pc user won't feel a difference in performance between WD and Samsung or Hitachi, you will see it only in few benchmarking programs.

You want 5 year warranty - Seagate
You want performance - WD (AAKS)
You want silence - Samsung>Hitachi

[tobb3]

kojiro you're right. I would go with WD, I got a coulpe of them myself and the're are just perfect!

[mbucari1]

I got a seagate for $160 and I'm perfectly happy :)

[{I}{K}{E}]

My vote goes to the Seagate.

Quiet and 5 year warranty.

The 320GB version is a better choice if you consider price per GB.

they removed the seagate from their pricelist :cry:

They only have a Seagate 500GB 7200.9 S-ATA2 8MB.

The other 2 both have 16mb cache

[fstrulz]

Seagate or WD... But never Maxtor. :D

[lynx]

Seagate or WD... But never Maxtor. :D


Maxtor is now owned by ...


























Seagate.

[myminpins]

Yup!!! Maxtor bought Seagate... or vice versa. I don't touch Seagate or Maxtor (personal preference and experience). I generally go with WD and just bought a new 500 a couple months ago. 16 mb cache is definitely a good idea on such a large drive.

I want a couple of the terrabyte drives out now!! LOL :)

[Shiranai_Baka]

Just to let you know, Seagate kept the Maxtor line because some customers perfer it but the Seagate sector doesn't come in to contact with Maxtor so Seagate is fine/better than their Maxtor hard drives.

[myminpins]

Just to let you know, Seagate kept the Maxtor line because some customers perfer it but the Seagate sector doesn't come in to contact with Maxtor so Seagate is fine/better than their Maxtor hard drives.

Really? I didn't know that. Good to know!! Thanks :)