hitachi also not bad.

Hitachi warranty only 3 years right? Most probably still going for Seagate

but a bit cooler on hitachi.

Ya i should be more carefull, since its a old hdd. Its my own fault

still felt the transfer rate very slow on hitachi hdd...

i think better go for seagate hdd

i do not have slow tranfering file to another destination with my very loyal quantum 20GB

Yeah, go for seagate...I have been use seagate for over 6 years, quite ok . My 2 30GB seagate hard disk only failed after 6 years serving me under very hot temperature (my room always hot especially during hot day). 1 got clicked sound already , and another one start to slow down, so I cepat-cepat buy another hard disk to replace it before my data gone...

Currently I have a seagate 200GB IDE 8mb too, serving me well at around 35C-40C depend on whether...

I had 2 Maxtors in RAID 0 for over 4 years, never gave me a problem. Perhaps I'm just lucky

hi, would like to ask... hitachi 160gb and 250gb will hav the same performance rite? since it's the same model?
and also, would the price drop alot during pc fair? if diff rm10+ oni then i wanna go lowyat n buy dy... my 30gb maxtor hdd cant last long dy =(

Maximum Rm10.00 only ........... so & Grab it now. Coz there is no point waiting for Pc-fair.

This post has been edited by shoji@gz: Oct 15 2006, 01:35 PM

In Lowyat, everyday is pcfair heh.

160gb and 250gb performance will not be the same, normally bigger hard drives have better performance.

hey, thnx for the replies... the performance wont vary much rite since im still using PATA... old comp nia... for bt purpose oni...

I'd like to ask , when pc fair , will the hard disk price drop a lot ?
Since shoji@gz said it'll only drop the most Rm10 only.
I though of buying a 250GB , but not sure whether should wait until pc fair or not since i am out of hard disk space of my 80GB .

as other had said, lyp everyday is pcfair.

Im seagate supporter also... running 2 Seagate.
Their only weakness is generate hi temp... both running about 47C.
need add cooling fan to reduce temp to 40-41C.
I put one 8cm fan 2cm away from HDD for cooling it..

WD user can tell us hows ur HDD temp ??

This post has been edited by yehlai: Oct 16 2006, 05:32 PM

My WDs are quite cool ... 38'C under heavy activity and 35'C idle (Depends on the ambient room temperature ), only one regular 80mm fan blowing on them

This post has been edited by Dreamworks: Oct 16 2006, 06:48 PM

I have Seagate (emuling) & WD (system & storage) in my PC, the Seagate always will 2-5C (idle) higher than WD, and this is when I have a cooler attached to the Seagate and have a 80mm capalang fan blowing both the hdd .

Even though Seagate is hotter than WD, but I like it very much, quite reliable for me...I have been using seagate for more than 6 years...

Last time my 2 30GB Seagate operating in such high temp (I don't know the temp as I did not use any software to test that time), I think can fried egg on it liao especially during hot wheather and I still can it for 6 years +...

Edited to add: Sorry if above statement have some common in my previous post...I do not remember I have post some same comment in previous post...

This post has been edited by Kataro: Oct 16 2006, 10:03 PM

aiya, the shop my fren is working in (winchance) dun hav hitachi 250gb PATA in stock... he recommend me WD... ok r?

at least better than maxtor.

I have lost all my hope on maxtors 1 80gb died, 1 250gb physical bad sectors

Now I have 2 seagates and 1 samsung , still going strong especially the samsung , it is so quiet

hey, means hitachi is still better than WD rite? i think i'll go other shop and buy la... since price diff a lil oni...