Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 80gb or Western Digital Caviar 80Gb

[stevvie]

Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 80gb or Western Digital Caviar 80Gb WD800BB

or if anybody has a link to a review/compare of these 2. I went to http://www.storagereview.com but that just confused me more as they used 1 set of reviesws for 1 drive and another set for the other ???????????

[deltree_windows]

2MB versions or 8MB? the WD800JB is the 8MB version, the WD800BB is the 2MB, while the DM+9 is available in both.

the JB should have a 3yr warranty vs 1yr for all others. the maxtor will have better access time; the WD should run cooler.

[ris]

i'd go for the west dig jb, if only for the 3yr warranty - those things are worth their weight.

[Shinma]

Both deltree_windows and ris brought up excellent points.
Larger cache and warranty would be preferable.

However, if specifications are the same, I vote for the Maxtor.

[deltree_windows]

if the WD you are looking at doesnt have the 3-year warranty, get the maxtor. i have seen the 8MB maxtor DM+9 outperform the older 8MB WD800JB in both access time and max throughput. the 2MB maxtor should have the same advantages over the 2MB WD, but i couldnt verify this on my drive because of how it is mounted in the OS.

[747FlightEngineer]

I just got the new Seafgate Barracuda 120 Gig 7200 Serial ATA. It runs very quite and is very fast.