Maxtor 80 GIG with the Ball bearing or Liquid?

Armagan1 · May 15, 2002

As the title says i'm planning to buy this specific harddisk. The same version has two options and the price is the same. Which one would you buy? Thanks in advance..

jroc · May 15, 2002

Maxtor

If you want the super quiet...go with Liquid...even though the Maxtor is the quietest Hard Drive anyways.

Armagan1 · May 15, 2002

thanks for your replies so far guys.. Pokopiko, i guess you're from Greece, In my country (Turkey), i couldn't find the model which has fluid bearings in the stores just like you. I wonder if it deserves to wait for the liquid ones to come on stores.. I have a very powerful chassis which has there fans, i think it'll not be a big deal in terms of over heating problems.. Otherwise i'm going to buy the stuff tomorrow with the ball bearings for USD 155.

malbolgia · May 16, 2002

i really think toose ata 133 need a fan blowing directly uppon it

os a cooling rack your case fans won't work too well

ChiMusic · May 16, 2002

OEM vs pkg

Armagan1 said:
thanks for your replies so far guys.. Pokopiko, i guess you're from Greece, In my country (Turkey), i couldn't find the model which has fluid bearings in the stores just like you. I wonder if it deserves to wait for the liquid ones to come on stores.. I have a very powerful chassis which has there fans, i think it'll not be a big deal in terms of over heating problems.. Otherwise i'm going to buy the stuff tomorrow with the ball bearings for USD 155.

I got mine from mail order OEM. No cable, no floppy , no screws with it but LATEST. Cheaper in stores now than 2 months ago but maybe the OLD stock? Has to be a catch to that stuff.

Armagan1 · May 16, 2002

Re: OEM vs pkg

ChiMusic said:
I got mine from mail order OEM. No cable, no floppy , no screws with it but LATEST. Cheaper in stores now than 2 months ago but maybe the OLD stock? Has to be a catch to that stuff.

How much did you pay for your OEM, and do you know any on-line stores which delivers internationally and thrusty??? thanx

Armagan1 · May 16, 2002

pokopiko said:
Yes Armagan, I live in Athens where the fluid bearing model became available a couple of weeks ago, in limited quantities. But in any case, you can buy it online, although I think it must be available"somewhere" in Istanbul.

Nice to meet you Pokopiko, i search for major pc peripheral importers in Istanbul but they are not even aware of this model. Unfortunately it has not arrived to Turkey so far. But i'll wait for the liquid one since everybody is voting for it in my post. I'm always talking about the cost but right now it is USD 125 + %18 VAT for the ball bearing one in here, what's the price of the liquid one in Athens? And can you please advice good e-stores shipping to Turkey Pokopiko? And suggestion welcomed and appreciated so far...

Armagan1 · Jun 22, 2002

personal result...

Once bought a 80 GIG Maxtor 7200 rpm (the one which isn't FDB) for USD 130.98 all in, throw it back to where i bought and got Seagate 80 GIG 7200 rpm (the one which is FDB)
for USD 133 all in. I'm very happy with it. I would buy Seagate instead of Maxtor or IBM. Cheers...

ChiMusic · Jun 23, 2002

Really a toss up

Prices are SO cheap w/rebates now it is a toss up what hardware to get! Any worse and they will be FREE w/rebates. I can use a 2400 scanner @ $20! Maybe soon.