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  1. 16th Dec 2001 14:02 #1
    BigBadBob
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    i am going to order a new 40 gb hardd rive and some memory from buy.com and am wondering something. I am going to order tomorrow and the Seagate Barracuda drive is on back order and i really dont want to wait. They have a 40gb Western Digital drive and for about the same price. Is one better than the other for Video recording and editing of pretty large files ( about 500-1gb sometimes )? They are both 7200 rpm. Thanks for any help.

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    People have reported bad things with Wetern Digital drives... there's no real difference in performance but Seagate are the grand masters of drive manufacture.

    http://www4.tomshardware.com/storage/01q3/010905/index.html

    Makes interesting reading.
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    What kind of bad things.
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    There were reports a while back of failures more commonly with western digital... These haven't been around in a while.
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    My personal feelings (mainly from what I overhear, but also my experience)...

    Seagate: Good
    Western Digital: Good
    Maxtor: Not as good

    I have a WD 45 GB drive, 5400 RPM, and it seems to work fairly reliably... knock on wood... I've been using it pretty intensively for a year now, seems solid... (also easy to set up, with their utility).

    Hope that helps...
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  6. 16th Dec 2001 18:39 #6
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    well thanks for the replies. I think i will go ahead and wait for the Seagate. ive read some good things about them.

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