Maxtor or Seagate? Is there any difference?

[Junglebizz]

I have been using maxtor drives for 4 years now and i am looking into getting a new 120 gig 8MB drive. I was going to get a maxtor , but i came across a better deal on a seagate.. I don't know much about the quality of seagate, are they any good? In terms of performance, is either company better than the other?

[caRpetbomBer]

The only difference is the Maxtor is a little faster. Just a tad louder. Its still real quiet. Like no high pitched sound that drives most people mad.

[Bobby]

Maxtor is geared toward performance, the Seagates are geared toward reliability. I don't think you could go wrong either way.

-Bobby

[spoken81]

Personally I will never buy another Maxtor. Had 3 fail in 2 months, even the RMA maxtor sent me failed, could have been made on a friday i guess but that's a chance i'm not willing to take.

Seagate for me.:)

[fullroast]

You might consider the IBM/Hitachi Deskstar 180GXP. Fast and quiet. I got the 120 MB with 8MB cache.

Storagereview (http://www.storagereview.com) has reviews on most of the drives. The latest Maxtor, Seagate, and IBM are all good.

[Junglebizz]

I've had great luck with the 2 Maxtor's I've had. 4 years with no problems.

[thorilan]

so far the maxtor sata diamondmaxplus9 has seek times of 9.1-9.3 while the seagate baracuda 7200.7 has seektimes of 8.3-8.6 and are published at 8.5ms
the seagates have always been known for quality and quiet

[Bobby]

Yes but for some reason the Maxtor DM9 performs better than the Seagates in all the reviews I've seen.

-Bobby