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  • Tom
    MURCer
    • Sep 1999
    • 347

    #1

    Western Digital 200GB, 8MB cache

    Now that's what I like!
    Western Digital 200GB, 8MB cache
  • Jammrock
    The Berserker
    • Aug 1999
    • 8661

    #2
    I've got the 80 GB, 8 MB cache drive. Damn fast little toy. THe 200 GB will be even faster with it's higher data density...but too expensive for my taste.

    Jammrock
    “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
    –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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    • SpiralDragon
      Super MURCer
      • May 2002
      • 3548

      #3
      i knew it would not take them long... any idea on the pricing?
      "They say that dreams are real only as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?"

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      • luni
        MURCer
        • Aug 2002
        • 110

        #4
        Yp, WDs with 8MB are by far best IDE drives out there right now. And about the only ones left (except some Maxtor IDEs, but those are kinda crap compared to WD ) with 3 year warranty.

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        • Dr Mordrid
          Moderator
          • Apr 2001
          • 26592

          #5
          Maxtor crap compared to WD? Pffftttt......

          Dr. Mordrid
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          • Ribbit
            Super MURCer
            • Apr 2001
            • 1174

            #6
            Here we go....
            Blah blah blah nick blah blah confusion, blah blah blah blah frog.

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            • K6-III
              Super MURCer
              • Dec 2000
              • 2253

              #7
              Samsung also still has 3year warranties on their HD's and considers it a competitive advantage...
              Let us return to the moon, to stay!!!

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              • Technoid
                Super MURCer
                • Sep 1999
                • 7645

                #8
                The Doc beat me to it
                Maxtor is great!
                If a HDD is broken in a computer is 90% chance to be a WD
                If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

                Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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                • William
                  MURCer
                  • Jun 2002
                  • 283

                  #9
                  I would not buy another WD drive if they were the last ones on the planet. Every single one of their drives I've had has failed; many of them twice.
                  MURC COC Minister of Wierd Confusion (MWC)

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                  • K6-III
                    Super MURCer
                    • Dec 2000
                    • 2253

                    #10
                    If you think WD is bad, try an IBM....
                    Let us return to the moon, to stay!!!

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                    • William
                      MURCer
                      • Jun 2002
                      • 283

                      #11
                      I have two of them. (One slightly prior to the 75GXP -I forget the model number, but it's a 5400RPM drive and one 120GXP) and they have (are) working flawlessly. Just this week, a 6 or 7 year old IBM laptop drive is showing signes of dying, but 6 years is long past it's life expectancy.
                      MURC COC Minister of Wierd Confusion (MWC)

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                      • BuddMan
                        mini MURCer
                        • May 2002
                        • 1206

                        #12
                        Ok, let's drop the silly debates and get back to topic....how much is this puppy?
                        System Specs:
                        Gigabyte 8INXP - Pentium 4 2.8@3.4 - 1GB Corsair 3200 XMS - Enermax 550W PSU - 2 80GB WDs 8MB cache in RAID 0 array - 36GB Seagate 15.3K SCSI boot drive - ATI AIW 9700 - M-Audio Revolution - 16x Pioneer DVD slot load - Lite-On 48x24x48x CD-RW - Logitech MX700 - Koolance PC2-601BW case - Cambridge MegaWorks 550s - Mitsubishi 2070SB 22" CRT

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                        And cut us some slack when we act like n00b lamerz,
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                        • luni
                          MURCer
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 110

                          #13
                          Sorry, didnt know some of you are die had Maxtor drives. I dont really care about past and base my oppinions on practical experience, and in my oppinion WDs are best IDE harddrives you can buy right now.

                          Not looking to start a flamewar here, see the *in my opinion* part

                          Anyway, about the 200gb model - wish I could afford it

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                          • thop
                            Super MURCer
                            • Mar 2001
                            • 2536

                            #14
                            if you ask me, maxtor is a POS (or i was extemely unlucky). in my entire life i had 5 dead HD's, 3 of them maxtor (others were IBM). 2 Maxtor DX740 40GB failed in the first week, a DX540 80GB after about 6 months. Those IBM were a 10k rpm 9GB SCSI (was my fault though), the other a 40GB sth.

                            I'm waiting for the 100+GB Barracudas to come out
                            Last edited by thop; 3 October 2002, 13:22.
                            no matrox, no matroxusers.

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                            • BuddMan
                              mini MURCer
                              • May 2002
                              • 1206

                              #15
                              Can ANYONE actually quote the freakin price?
                              System Specs:
                              Gigabyte 8INXP - Pentium 4 2.8@3.4 - 1GB Corsair 3200 XMS - Enermax 550W PSU - 2 80GB WDs 8MB cache in RAID 0 array - 36GB Seagate 15.3K SCSI boot drive - ATI AIW 9700 - M-Audio Revolution - 16x Pioneer DVD slot load - Lite-On 48x24x48x CD-RW - Logitech MX700 - Koolance PC2-601BW case - Cambridge MegaWorks 550s - Mitsubishi 2070SB 22" CRT

                              Our Father, who 0wnz heaven, j00 r0ck!
                              May all 0ur base someday be belong to you!
                              Give us this day our warez, mp3z, and pr0n through a phat pipe.
                              And cut us some slack when we act like n00b lamerz,
                              just as we teach n00bz when they act lame on us.
                              For j00 0wn r00t on all our b0x3s 4ever and ever, 4m3n.

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