Uh listen buddy, I've owned Maxtor before and to be honest with you, there SH!T. My friend had a 120GB from Maxtor with all sorts of important documents, pictures, family video. Dead, never got em' back, unless you want to pay hundreds possibly up to $1000 for data. I'd rather spend the extra $10 for ywo more years. A few of my Maxtor hard drives (which I regret) are dying or already dead. As for XFX, they use cheaper parts with there cards.