Maxtor DiamondMax +10 160GB £32.90 delivered!

Kilty_2

I'd avoid Maxtor and go Seagate, its only a few pounds more at normal prices.
(£43 instead of £40 at ebuyer)

I will admit that the offer shown (which appears to have now sold out) was a very good price and would have been tempting

demonblade

I've been using Maxtor for a long time now, all 4 of my drives are Maxtor and they are very good, mind you these days, all hard drives are good. There is always a few that does break down regardless of manufacturer.

Nix

Kilty wrote:

I'd avoid Maxtor and go Seagate, its only a few pounds more at normal prices.
(£43 instead of £40 at ebuyer)

I will admit that the offer shown (which appears to have now sold out) was a very good price and would have been tempting

Seagate have already taken over Maxtor!

Am presently investigating the suitability of the DiamondMax +10 IDE HDD range for the purposes of a CCTV DVR on motion detection. As I'm in the security business, I'm interested to see if this is a reliable cheap alternative to much more expensive HDD's. I've emailed Maxtor and tekheads to see what they recommend. If anyone is interested, I'll post their replies...

Dealmad

They do i have the Maxtor DiamondMax +10 NCQ 7200RPM SATA/150 160GB 8MB Cache back in stock ..... but now its £36.34 delivered , still a good price



http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=603752

deanh2

Got my 2 new 160Gb Maxtor SATA Hard drives yesterday morning, very quick service. I ordered 3 by mistake and their customer service responded quickly in rectifying the order. You DO need to log in and create an account first before buying anything though.

Hopefully they will work fine and all will be happy.

Deanh2

Kilty_2

Nix wrote:

Seagate have already taken over Maxtor!

Am presently investigating the suitability of the DiamondMax +10 IDE HDD range for the purposes of a CCTV DVR on motion detection. As I'm in the security business, I'm interested to see if this is a reliable cheap alternative to much more expensive HDD's. I've emailed Maxtor and tekheads to see what they recommend. If anyone is interested, I'll post their replies...

It'll still be a good while until all of the Maxtor made products are off the market.

Ironically I have a Maxtor hard drive in this system, only reason its there is because a mate sold it to me for £15, 160GB

Nix

BARGAIN! :j

Tekheads got back saying no probs with +10's (in fact, they use 'em themselves in the wharehouse).

Maxtor got back saying that the DiamondMax 17 is better suited so I've ordered one from techfever (via quidco) as they were around the same sort of price.

Wish I could get 'em for £15 though!

Kilty_2

Nix wrote:

Wish I could get 'em for £15 though!

Well, its quite an old drive, and I dont know the history of it (someone mentioned SKY+ boxes )

dimension1313

Dealmad wrote:

http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=605845

Great price , £32.90 delivered!

Please make sure your PC can take an SATA hard drive before ordering.






Features:

Serial ATA/150 interface

Native command queuing for enhanced efficiency

Quiet Drive Technology for acoustics-sensitive applications

Whisper-quiet fluid dynamic bearing motors

Maxtor Shock Protection and Data Protection Systems for greater reliability


Specification:

Formatted capacity: 160GB

Average seek time: <9.0

Rotational speed: 7200 RPM

8MB cache buffers

SATA/150 Interface

Native Command Queuing

Fluid Dynamic Bearings

Maxtor Shock Protection System

Maxtor Data Protection System

or you could get a similar better spec one for the same price @ Ebuyer.
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/search/?strSearch=&bolShowAll=true&intSubcatUID=1089&bolShowAll=true&intMfrID=10


Maxtor 6G160E0 160GB 7200 RPM SATAII/300 8MB Cache - OEM Found in: Hard Drives»SATA 20GB - 160GB
QuickFind Code: 111854 | Mfr part #: 6G160E0
£29.98 inc VAT

Nix

Thanks for that. eBay prices much of a muchness but what I find is the real killer is the shipping charges. It easily adds 10-15% onto the price, especially as the hard drive I ordered was 0.53kg and the threshold was 0.5kg - what a difference 30g makes (ie about £6.50 compared to approx £2.50ish)!

Ouch!