Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9

[Garfield_]

I'm thinking of getting a new IDE drive today and all I can find in my local store is an 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9. But I've heard these disks sounds alot and they're not really good. Does anyone here at the forums own one of these and could you then tell me your opinions about this drive. Also I could buy a Samsung Spinpoint 80GB SATA2. But then I'd have to buy a damn floppy drive to install the drivers.

Any thoughts, opinions about the Maxtor disk ??

EDIT: The disk is for gaming use mainly and my Samsung does never give a sound, not even during tons of actions, so quietness is pretty much important.

 

[ricera10]

I used to have a 80GB Maxtor, it was really noisy and IDE also. Then it died after only 2 years of usage, so I switched to a Western Digital SATA SE16 250GB hard drive, and it's much quieter compared to the Maxtor.

And it doesn't make my tower shake.

 

[giant384]

seagate or western digital is my choice

 

[WhiteZero]

Well, Maxtor is now apart of Seagate anyway.