moguo 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 a friend of mine wants to buy a hdd. He is asking me for advice on which drive he should buy. 200GB 7200RPM ATA100 8MB WD2000JB or 200 GB, Hitachi ATA100, 8mb buffer, 7200rpm what do you think ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
continuum 18 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Buy whatever has the longer warranty. Performance, if those are both current-generation 80GB/platter or better drives, is pretty close. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cavicchi 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 WD has a 3 year guarantee on the bare bones unit and 1 year on their retail kit, but you can extend the 1 year to 3 years for $14.95. If noise is any consideration, the JB has FDB. I don't know if the Hitachi is using BB or FDB. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashmedai 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Get the cheaper one. I'd tend to favor the Hitachi but its hard to say concretely which is better, so just stick with price. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moguo 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2005 the hitachi is 1 dollar less Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sechs 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Based on Western Digital's ongoing quality control issues, I wouldn't buy one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDei0niz3r 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 a friend of mine wants to buy a hdd. He is asking me for advice on which drive he should buy. 200GB 7200RPM ATA100 8MB WD2000JB or 200 GB, Hitachi ATA100, 8mb buffer, 7200rpm what do you think ? 199844[/snapback] Don't buy either I say. Get a Seagate with their now standard 5 year warranty. Also one of the quietest drives I have found. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gundersausage 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 a friend of mine wants to buy a hdd. He is asking me for advice on which drive he should buy. 200GB 7200RPM ATA100 8MB WD2000JB or 200 GB, Hitachi ATA100, 8mb buffer, 7200rpm what do you think ? 199844[/snapback] Don't buy either I say. Get a Seagate with their now standard 5 year warranty. Also one of the quietest drives I have found. 200055[/snapback] Isn't the Seagate a dog in the speed department? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qasdfdsaq 2 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 Buy whatever has the longer warranty. Performance, if those are both current-generation 80GB/platter or better drives, is pretty close. 199845[/snapback] They both have the same warranty WD has a 3 year guarantee on the bare bones unit and 1 year on their retail kit, but you can extend the 1 year to 3 years for $14.95. If noise is any consideration, the JB has FDB. I don't know if the Hitachi is using BB or FDB. 199850[/snapback] Judging from the model number it's barebones. Therefore it's 3-year warranty, just the same as the Hitachi. It's impossible to tell if a WD2000JB has FDB motors before buying because there are some that have FDB and some that don't. You cannot say "the JB has FDB" because not all do - that's just plain incorrect. Hitachi have been using purely FDB for all their drives for some time, and all drives of the same series use the same type motor. Therefore, you know you're buying a FDB drive if you buy a 7K80, 7K250, 7K400 or a 7K500. With WD you can't know for certain. Isn't the Seagate a dog in the speed department? 200061[/snapback] No. As far as I'm aware, the Seagate is the slowest of both the current and previous generation 7200 RPM drives. See SR Benchmarks Comparing as similar drives as possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qasdfdsaq 2 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 (edited) Sorry, I've had to double post because the system did not give me enough time to finish editing my original one. Also apologies gundersausage, I read "a dog" as "top dog" and thought you were trying to say it was fast... Personally I'd recommend the Hitachi because in my personal opinion it has a slight speed advantage over the WD, and runs about 5-8'C cooler. The WD is a tiny bit quieter during seeks but that is objective because their seek sounds are vastly different. I've also had some reliability issues with my WD drives. Edited March 17, 2005 by qasdfdsaq Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
