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krustytheclown

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« on: July 28, 2004, 04:52:00 AM »
QUOTE (sparkac @ Jul 13 2003, 09:47 AM)
The hard drive doesn't cause the system to crash, Most of the time it is how the system manages the memory that causes it to crash

He's right. However, Seagates and Maxtors are the most widely used hdd for pc/xbox applications.
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manatarms25

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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2004, 05:09:00 AM »
Maxtor and Seagate have worked great for me I have had some issues with W.D. but not many
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nomess

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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2004, 05:37:00 AM »
Seagates are great for PCs, they're very quiet. For the Xbox I recommend Maxtors since they're easily lockable (all their 8mb cache ones are lockable from my experience), whilst with Seagates it seems ok upto about 160gb after which lockability can be questioned.
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2004, 06:28:00 AM »
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whilst with Seagates it seems ok upto about 160gb after which lockability can be questioned.


Maybe its a good thing I got a WD then. Thanks I will tell a buddy who was going to buy a seagate to check it out first. I am sure his was going to be bigger then 160
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ivc

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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2004, 09:41:00 AM »
acutally, the statistics at http://xboxdrives.x-...m/?p=statistics gives a pretty good guide line for what brand people prefer.
  • 1. Maxtor
  • 2. Western Digital
  • 3. Seagate

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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2004, 10:44:00 AM »
Maxtor are the brand I go for nowerdays.  wink.gif
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adil786

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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2004, 02:10:00 PM »
maxtors are best!
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$langer

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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2004, 02:52:00 PM »
Maxtors blow, go with silent Seagates
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Xboxmodder3690

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« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2004, 04:54:00 PM »
WD
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celinedrules

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« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2004, 05:50:00 PM »
I have used all three in different xboxes.  Never had a problem w/ any of them.  They all worked equally as well.  The reason I have used all three is because at the time, I bought the one that was on sale.  In my personal xbox I have a Maxtor but I have used Seagate and Western Digital in other peoples.
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BigMar992

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« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2004, 10:05:00 PM »
QUOTE ($langer @ Jul 29 2004, 10:55 PM)
Maxtors blow, go with silent Seagates

I couldn't agree with you more. beerchug.gif
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lookformeb

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« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2004, 04:19:00 PM »
QUOTE (telexen @ Jul 30 2004, 03:07 AM)
Nobody who actually uses Maxtors will put them down...they're great drives...I should know - I've built countless PCs with them for years and have never had even one go bad on me biggrin.gif

Then let me be the first... I've had several die on in my PC and in Xboxes.

...Same applies for WD.

On the other hand, I've not had a Seagate or Samsung die on me in the ~ 10 months I've been doing premods.

Luck of the draw?  Unlikely.  Seagates have been known to be one of the most solid drives on the market...
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mikeylbl

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« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2004, 08:57:00 PM »
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Australian Rat

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« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2004, 09:37:00 PM »
Weird, WD are the being discussed the least here and yet they are top of the voting atm
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« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2004, 11:16:00 PM »
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