On Jul 31, 2013, at 6:45 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: > >> You might look at a used several years old velociraptor on the popular >> auction site. Otherwise any 7200rpm drive should do just fine for you. >> Personally I've had drives from every maker except Samsung fail, but it is >> probably only a matter of time for them too. > > Noboby makes flawless drives, as all drives, but perhaps most particularly > WD's, are made to low price-points (exception: so-called "enterprise" > drives, which are built to a much higher price- and performance-point). > > Samsung is now owned by Seagate. >
Hitachi and Seagate are my choice in the 7200 64MB. Never had a Hitachi go yet, but I'm sure someday one will. Newegg most times has the best price, look for the weekly sales:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
