Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 opinions

sy64004 · October 30th, 2003

Has anyone had experiences with the Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 series? I'm looking at the 200Gb drive and just wondered if it was any good??

If not what advice could you give? i'm looking at about 120-200GB range

I also looked at the IBM Deskstar or WD Caviar.

What are they like for heating problems and other performance issues?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

**ming** · October 30th, 2003

I saw in Computer Shopper that the Hitachi 160G came top out of 10 HD's on the test. It was also 2nd or 3rd cheapest in cost per GB. I can't remember the full details, but you can check out the Dec issue of the magazine.

Not sure if the Hitachi HD is the same as the IBM ones since they've linked up to manufacture HDs now. But I can tell you than IBM HDs are quieter than any other HDs.

October 31st, 2003

The Diamond Max 9 120 Gb SATA drive is particularly quiet due to a fluid type bearing drive mechanism.
Dont think this is present in in the ATA version.
THE 40 Gb Maxtor ATA I have is not quiet in comparison !

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**Zedric** · November 1st, 2003

A Seagate is more quiet than the Maxtor. Have a look at those, they are very good as well.

**Taurus** · November 1st, 2003

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sy64004 · November 3rd, 2003

Thanks guys. i was more concerned with over heating and failure rate. I read a few reviews saying that IBM have had a bad history of failures with certain models. I also saw that the IBM hard drives can heat up.

Can anyone confirm/ correct me on this???

**Zedric** · November 4th, 2003

Yes the IBM 60GXP and 75GXP series were very prone to failure. I lost two drives.

**Taurus** · November 4th, 2003

Originally posted by dude
Thanks guys. i was more concerned with over heating and failure rate. I read a few reviews saying that IBM have had a bad history of failures with certain models. I also saw that the IBM hard drives can heat up.

Can anyone confirm/ correct me on this???

the old ones like zedric said (60gxp, 75gxp). but all the newer ones (120gxp, 180gxp, etc) are all good performers with no more reliablity problems than anyone else.

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sy64004 OSNN Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 119 Reputation: 0 Power: 103	Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 opinions Has anyone had experiences with the Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 series? I'm looking at the 200Gb drive and just wondered if it was any good?? If not what advice could you give? i'm looking at about 120-200GB range I also looked at the IBM Deskstar or WD Caviar. What are they like for heating problems and other performance issues? Any help would be greatly appreciated

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 162	I saw in Computer Shopper that the Hitachi 160G came top out of 10 HD's on the test. It was also 2nd or 3rd cheapest in cost per GB. I can't remember the full details, but you can check out the Dec issue of the magazine. Not sure if the Hitachi HD is the same as the IBM ones since they've linked up to manufacture HDs now. But I can tell you than IBM HDs are quieter than any other HDs. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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Zedric NTFS Guru Joined: January 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,006 Reputation: 890 Power: 175	A Seagate is more quiet than the Maxtor. Have a look at those, they are very good as well. Did I help you? Please use the reputation system. Click the icon on the left! Proud host of the OSNN.net folding sigs. Want one? Check the folding thread! http://zedric.no-ip.com/

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Zedric NTFS Guru Joined: January 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,006 Reputation: 890 Power: 175	Yes the IBM 60GXP and 75GXP series were very prone to failure. I lost two drives. Did I help you? Please use the reputation system. Click the icon on the left! Proud host of the OSNN.net folding sigs. Want one? Check the folding thread! http://zedric.no-ip.com/

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Taurus hardware monkey Joined: May 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 3,206 Reputation: 90 Power: 155	Originally posted by dude Thanks guys. i was more concerned with over heating and failure rate. I read a few reviews saying that IBM have had a bad history of failures with certain models. I also saw that the IBM hard drives can heat up. Can anyone confirm/ correct me on this??? the old ones like zedric said (60gxp, 75gxp). but all the newer ones (120gxp, 180gxp, etc) are all good performers with no more reliablity problems than anyone else.

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RogerPhillis Unregistered Posts: n/a	The Diamond Max 9 120 Gb SATA drive is particularly quiet due to a fluid type bearing drive mechanism. Dont think this is present in in the ATA version. THE 40 Gb Maxtor ATA I have is not quiet in comparison ! Gigabyte G7VAXP Ultra mobo AMD 2800 Barton Processor 1024 Mb Samsung DDR400 Ram Creative 5.1 Sound Radeon 9200SE 120Gb Maxtor SATA Drive 40Gb Maxtor ATA Drive (external via USB2) Epson Ink jet & HP Laserjet printers HP Scanjet 3400C Smart Media Card reader

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Taurus hardware monkey Joined: May 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 3,206 Reputation: 90 Power: 155	www.storagereview.com

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sy64004 OSNN Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 119 Reputation: 0 Power: 103	Thanks guys. i was more concerned with over heating and failure rate. I read a few reviews saying that IBM have had a bad history of failures with certain models. I also saw that the IBM hard drives can heat up. Can anyone confirm/ correct me on this???

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