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   #17. Posted at 02:20 PM on Oct 31st 2007 Edit   Reply
Vrock
I'm still trying to fill up my 160gb Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9, which, by the way, is chugging along just fine after all these years.
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#17, Quite frankly, I'm surprised that 1TB drives didn't start ap...  :  axeman  (#18)  «
#18, If it makes you feel better, I have a 40gb external drive...  :  Vrock  (#22)  «
#18, About time. GIS files can take ridiculous amounts drive s...  :  kujito  (#46)  «
#17, I have two FILES that are larger than that DRIVE ;)  :  jdevers  (#23)  «
#23, Of what?  :  Vrock  (#24)  «
#24, probably hd...-pr0n?  :  albundy  (#25)  «
#25, or Raw digital video data for editing ;)  :  Richteralan  (#27)  «
#25, 160gb worth in one file? That's like.....10-12 hour...  :  Vrock  (#28)  «
#28, Or awesome?? AND creepy?  :  Nitrodist  (#29)  «
#29, No, just creepy.  :  Vrock  (#30)  «
#30, How about if it was in WHUXGA resolution?  :  Nitrodist  (#31)  «
#31, That's even worse.  :  Vrock  (#33)  «
#24, Or maybe he has selected large fixed disks for his Vir...  :  dmjifn  (#35)  «
#17, Congrats on not knowing how to download files.  :  rythex  (#43)  «
#43, I disagree, I only have 2 300 gig hard drive because one ...  :  thecoldanddarkone  (#45)  «

   #37. Posted at 03:45 PM on Nov 1st 2007 Edit   Reply
Usacomp2k3
Hey Geoff, how come ya'll measure the sound with the drive position 'upside-down' compared to normal operation?
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#37, Maybe because the spindle motor is on what is normally the b...  :  just brew it!  (#40)  «
#40, But isn't that normally how it's going to be mounted in a...  :  Usacomp2k3  (#42)  «
#42, Upside-down? No, not at all-- the split between cases ...  :  continuum  (#44)  «

   #38. Posted at 06:29 PM on Nov 1st 2007 Edit   Reply
Captain Ned
Looks like the .11 is an enterprise-class drive (based on the IOmeter tests) repackaged for the desktop crowd. It would certainly explain the price disparity and 5-year warranty period. Based on the IOmeter tests and the HDTach results, RAID 10 and RAID 5 testing on this drive might be interesting (sorry, but RAID 0 ain't RAID).
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#38, AFAIK all Seagate OEM drives have a 5 year warranty.  :  just brew it!  (#41)  «

   #6. Posted at 06:06 AM on Oct 31st 2007 Edit   Reply
Jigar
3 Articles in 3 days.. You got to be kidding me now..
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#6, Hopefully they can keep it up on Nov 19 & 20. ;) Great artic...  :  provoko  (#39)  «

   #1. Posted at 11:57 PM on Oct 30th 2007, Edited at 11:59 PM on Oct 30th 2007 Edit   Reply
insulin_junkie72
At least it appears Seagate has done something about the "loud and hot" .10 series with this new revision.

The .10s didn't seem to be particularly well liked either by the SPCR forum crowd or the StorageReview crowd, so I ended up buying a WD AAKS recently (what good is the five-year Seagate warranty if the product isn't as good?)
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#1, I came to the same conclusion. My WD7500AAKS in on its way i...  :  GodsMadClown  (#2)  «
#1, The .10s didn't seem to be particularly well liked either by...  :  AbRASiON  (#5)  «
#1, Using two 7200.10s internal and portable. Granted they've se...  :  Dashak  (#36)  «

   #9. Posted at 08:47 AM on Oct 31st 2007 Edit   Reply
flip-mode
Thanks Geoff!!!

Seagate FTL. I'm not impressed at all. Seagate needs to, first and foremost, get a handle on seek noise. I've got two Seagates and they both drive me crazy - *especially with Vista waterboarding hard drives the way it does, the seek noise never stops.

Caviar SE16 all the way.
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#9, I agree, I have my uATX case on my desk and the seek noise o...  :  amphibem  (#21)  «
#9, They did get their seek noise down. Didn't you read?  :  Usacomp2k3  (#32)  «
#32, I did read. I misread the graph though.  :  flip-mode  (#34)  «

   #26. Posted at 10:19 PM on Oct 31st 2007 Edit   Reply
albundy
hard to really choose as most of the benchies are like drawing a line straight down. These HDD companies will have to do better than this if HD burners are ever to emerge.
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   #4. Posted at 02:00 AM on Oct 31st 2007 Edit   Reply
Spotpuff
I just got GH3 so the "Ooooh, barracuda" part made me laugh.
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#4, Ditto, that song is a blast to play.  :  Entroper  (#16)  «

   #19. Posted at 02:51 PM on Oct 31st 2007, Edited at 02:51 PM on Oct 31st 2007 Edit   Reply
Vaughn
while I agree with you about filling the 160GB for the average user, it can be done.

Ask any hardcore torrent user, I know a few that will do 250GB in a month.

Then I also know people who still have 20GB free on the 40GB HD they got with an emachine.

YMMY.
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   #15. Posted at 10:46 AM on Oct 31st 2007 Edit   Reply
Usacomp2k3
Page 10 - "The first includes the Caviar GP and its closest competitors"
I think you mean the Seagate 72001.11.

Good read though. Too bad 250gb is more than enough for me :-)
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   #3. Posted at 12:13 AM on Oct 31st 2007, Edited at 12:21 AM on Oct 31st 2007 Edit   Reply
Anomymous Gerbil
I think the stopwatch-recorded times could be rounded to the nearest 1/4 second or so, not misleadingly reported to two decimal places.

And I'm a bit slow; does anyone know what the two main different colours in the charts mean?
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#3, I took it to mean the generation. Darker orange/gold = old. ...  :  dmjifn  (#14)  «

   #7. Posted at 08:24 AM on Oct 31st 2007 Edit   Reply
adisor19
5 year warranty is REALLY important for me. I've had too many drives fail on me in years 3, 4 and even 5. Only Seagate allowed me to get a replacement in years 4 and 5 :)

I agree that this one is too expensive currently but i never go with the top of the line. It makes no sense in terms of $/MB. Right now, the 500GB drives seem like the sweet spot. Buy 4 of them and put in the RAID5 and VOILA : safe data for 5 YEARS !! Who can resist that ?

Adi
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#7, I can resist a slower, noisier (7200.10) drive with a 5 year...  :  AbRASiON  (#8)  «
#7, Well, safer, not safe.  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#10)  «
#10, Well in terms of mechanical failure and uninterrupted ser...  :  adisor19  (#12)  «
#7, Agree'd. I'm pretty much Seagate fanboi, myself. Had very fe...  :  indeego  (#13)  «

   #11. Posted at 08:57 AM on Oct 31st 2007 Edit   Reply
Willard
Wow, references to Spinal Tap and Heart. And that's just in the first page. I <3 Geoff.
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