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[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

x2 on the maxtors. get a WD bro.

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

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lol, thats what its a BUDGET pc

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

awsome, last of the parts will be here friday

 

[jer_stud56 10+ year member]

what about a OS?

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

It's a small gaming rig. XP Pro by default. =\

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

all 4 of the maxtor drives ive owned failed in under a year... 60 gig lasted ~8 months, 200 gig lasted maybe 3, then it got RMAed and i got a brand new one, that one lasted around 6 months. Then I had some small 40 gig drive that died pretty fast as well.

Yea, I'm running on around 30% premature failure rate with Maxtor drives at home too. I'm REALLY nervous about buying another Maxtor (at least relying on it).

I haven't taken the plunge in several years, but I have to assume they're continuously working on improving the reliability, so I may give them another shot if they ever put out something with tasty size/performance.

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

... I should add that I have had drives from every manufacterer fail on me (except maybe Fujitsu and Seagate -- I can't remember a specific case where a Seagate failed).

The 2nd worse failure percentage was easily the IBM 60GXP series, followed by the 75GXP series, of which 90% of our corporate systems were running them at the time. We lost probably 20%-30% of those drives. But, that was a lot of years ago and Hitachi cleaned up IBM's mess after they bought their drive division off IBM.

The next worse failure percentage has been Western Digital. For the longest time, I feared them more than Maxtor, based on experience.

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

... I should add that I have had drives from every manufacterer fail on me (except maybe Fujitsu and Seagate -- I can't remember a specific case where a Seagate failed).
The 2nd worse failure percentage was easily the IBM 60GXP series, followed by the 75GXP series, of which 90% of our corporate systems were running them at the time. We lost probably 20%-30% of those drives. But, that was a lot of years ago and Hitachi cleaned up IBM's mess after they bought their drive division off IBM.

The next worse failure percentage has been Western Digital. For the longest time, I feared them more than Maxtor, based on experience.

Ive also had 2 of the IBM 60GXPs fail on me. They ran hot and were pretty noisy as well.

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

Ive also had 2 of the IBM 60GXPs fail on me. They ran hot and were pretty noisy as well.

No doubt. For their generation they sure were fast li'l drives though (when they were alive, that is) *heh*

 

[9512ds 5,000+ posts]

sorry to threadjack but you guys hav any ideas where i can get a good cheap 17 or 19 inch lcd monitor besides newegg?

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

sorry to threadjack but you guys hav any ideas where i can get a good cheap 17 or 19 inch lcd monitor besides newegg?

do you plan on doing any gaming with it?

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

http://www.fatwallet.com

http://www.dealcatcher.com

http://www.pricegrabber.com

http://www.pricewatch.com

http://www.streetprices.com

As Moe implies: if you plan to do gaming, the monitor needs sum skillz. Manufacturers' spec's don't always tell the full story.

 

[9512ds 5,000+ posts]

nah usually the only game i pay on the computer is solitaire or freecell but i do own battlefield 2 and play it once in a while but not nearly as much

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Unless you *really* need the extra desk space, an LCD isn't worth it. CRTs have better picture quality, are cheaper, and can actually render black right.

 

[9512ds 5,000+ posts]

so there truly is nothnig with a 19 inch crt besides it an arm and a leg to pay for shipping