Ia there a diffrence? WD Black vs Seagate barracuda

[Daniel91]

I'm using a WD Black  in my system for editing,I was thinking of getting another hard drive because my 2TB HDD is nearly full

 

I saw the price drop for the seagate so I was thinking is it good? please advice

 

WD BLACK /64MB/FZEX/5yrs 2TB - SGD$198.00

Seagate 2TB 7200/64MB/SATA3/5yrs - SGD%108.00

[Pugs501]

WD Black HDD are way faster than traditional HDD.

[LemonSpice]

I'm using a WD Black  in my system for editing,I was thinking of getting another hard drive because my 2TB HDD is nearly full

 

I saw the price drop for the seagate so I was thinking is it good? please advice

 

WD BLACK /64MB/FZEX/5yrs 2TB - SGD$198.00

Seagate 2TB 7200/64MB/SATA3/5yrs - SGD%108.00

no but in my experience seagats fail alot and they dont use a clean roomfor the whole assembly the blacks do

[Shaqo_Wyn]

WD Black HDD are way faster than traditional HDD.

 

Only if you get the velociraptor that spins @10.000 RPM. Most WD Black are 7200 RPM.

[AnnoyedShelf]

WD's are generally more reliable to be completely honest.

[Shaqo_Wyn]

I'm using a WD Black  in my system for editing,I was thinking of getting another hard drive because my 2TB HDD is nearly full

 

I saw the price drop for the seagate so I was thinking is it good? please advice

 

WD BLACK /64MB/FZEX/5yrs 2TB - SGD$198.00

Seagate 2TB 7200/64MB/SATA3/5yrs - SGD%108.00

 

Seagate and Western Digital are main competitors. I've always had WD storage and they have never failed me. IMO they're quality is much better than Seagate. However, I'm not sure this warrants a 90 SGD price difference. What's the original price of the Seagate?

[LemonSpice]

WD's are generally more reliable to be completely honest.

yea hitachis are even more but seagate you have failed me soo many times

[Daniel91]

Seagate and Western Digital are main competitors. I've always had WD storage and they have never failed me. IMO they're quality is much better than Seagate. However, I'm not sure this warrants a 90 SGD price difference. What's the original price of the Seagate?

SGD$ 168.00

[Fulgrim]

Hitachi > Western Digital > Seagate

[Manny Calavera]

If you want fast drive buy SSHDD. THey are not expensive. From seagate.

[loccilucas]

WD Black HDD are way faster than traditional HDD.

No they arn't, 

They are slightly faster.

[TheRunningOtaku]

SGD$ 168.00

I think if you go to Sim Lim the Hitachi (non-branded) drives tend to be cheaper, and quite reliable.

My brother has had a few in his system since 2009 and not a single problem.

Toshiba, on the other hand, has failed me twice in two years.

If I backed up my data I wouldn't have a problems with Seagate.

[LemonSpice]

Hitachi > Western Digital > Seagate

1 up i second this

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

WD for day to day use, Seagate for cheap backup storage.

[frozeefrank]

I'm using a WD Black  in my system for editing,I was thinking of getting another hard drive because my 2TB HDD is nearly full

 

I saw the price drop for the seagate so I was thinking is it good? please advice

 

WD BLACK /64MB/FZEX/5yrs 2TB - SGD$198.00

Seagate 2TB 7200/64MB/SATA3/5yrs - SGD%108.00

I'm running 2 500Gb WD Velociraptor drive in raid 0 for my postprod session in my computer. Been running almost 24/7 for over 2 years now and I never had a single problem with the raid.

They are fast but expensvie compared to traditionnal 7200RPM drives.

[GloriousPain]

I can see fanboys already...
I've used(in the same machine at one time) 4 WD drives(3 blacks and a blue) and 6 Seagates (4 baracudas and a SSHD) trust me the difference between
Blue Black and Baracuda is within 5MB/S it's not noticeable assuming same cache (64MB) and Speed (7200RPM)  nearly identical speeds are to be had...
Reliability is mostly luck and personally I have A Black and A Blue left from my WD drives vs 3Baracudas and an SSHD also note: Other than the SSHD they were all in a raid at my work's server experiencing identical loads...  The SSHD was for booting and specific programs... 

[Daniel91]

I can see fanboys already...

I've used(in the same machine at one time) 4 WD drives(3 blacks and a blue) and 6 Seagates (4 baracudas and a SSHD) trust me the difference between

Blue Black and Baracuda is within 5MB/S it's not noticeable assuming same cache (64MB) and Speed (7200RPM)  nearly identical speeds are to be had...

Reliability is mostly luck and personally I have A Black and A Blue left from my WD drives vs 3Baracudas and an SSHD also note: Other than the SSHD they were all in a raid at my work's server experiencing identical loads...  The SSHD was for booting and specific programs... 

ah thank you  I think I'll sabe a few more bucks then

[Sky Daddy]

seagate sshd for a year and have had no qualms with it.

[GloriousPain]

ah thank you  I think I'll sabe a few more bucks then

You're welcome.

[Blade of Grass]

The difference would probably be negligible from the two. Reliability wise they're probably about equal. I know many people with Barracuda's that have been running for 3+ year, and I've had a Blue fail on me after a year, so it's more the luck of the draw. From my experience, they're both great drives.