Anyone using Seagate Drive on their Giga Systems??

[scores4film]

I just picked up two 80 gig seagate (st380021a) drives for a new giga system. Before I open them I want to make sure there are no issues I\'m unaware of with these particular drives.

FYI Best Buy has a rebate deal going right now that knocks the price down to = what you can get on Pricewatch.com

Thanks,

Colin

[Sapkiller]

I use a Seagate Barracuda IV 80Gb - and its
great. Its a bit slower than the equivalent
IBM or Maxtor, but its reliable, does\'nt heat
up and is practically noiseless.

Bjarne

[Marko]

I use two Seagate Barracudas, one 40 gig and an 80 gig. They seem reliable and quiet. I just added a controller card to my rig so that I can add another Seagate 80 gig Barracuda.

I also installed an 80 gig Barracuda on my colleague\'s computer for digital video.

So far they seem fine and their price is right.


(Pentium 4, 1.4, GS160, Cakewake Home Stud, W2k, 1 gig ram, Gina24)

[Scott Cairns]

I\'ve never had a problem with Seagates over the years and have a Barracuda IV at the moment.

I would also agree that they are very quiet drives.

I use the Barracuda for my system drive (20gig) and a Western Digital with the 8mb buffer (40gig) for my samples.

Cheers, Scott.

[Simon Ravn]

Yep Seagate\'s are great. I have quite a few of them - the only really noiseless drive I ever tried. Whoever says the new Maxtors are noiseless... must either be deaf or haven\'t tried the Seagates.