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Backblaze's methodology is flawed in some way...

 

Seagate, WD, and Hitachi are some of the bigger brands when it comes to HDDs... They should be just as reliable...

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so i was looking at some failure rate graphs https://www.backblaze.com/blog/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/   and i noticed hitachi is crazy low, and they are the same price of the WD im looking at. what are the thoughts on these guys? im looking at either a 1TB WD blue or black and this hitachi: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD1UP2364&cm_re=hitachi-_-9SIA5AD1UP2364-_-Product

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Backblaze's methodology is flawed in some way...

 

Seagate, WD, and Hitachi are some of the bigger brands when it comes to HDDs... They should be just as reliable...

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CPU: AMD A8 5600K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 (rev. 1.0) | RAM: 2 x Kingston Low Profile 4GB 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire R7 260X OC 2GB DDR5 2xDVI | HDD0: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 3.5" (SATA II) | HDD1: WD Elements (WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA II) connected via USB 2.0 | HDD2: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm (SATA II) | DVD: Samsung DVD+RW combo drive | PSU: FSP Hexa 600W | Case: Aerocool PGS V | Cooling: DeepCool Gammaxx S40 (stock fan), 2x 120mm Aerocool fan 1xDeepCool 120mm fan from a scrapped heatsink

eMachines D732Z | CPU: Intel Pentium D P6100 | GPU: Intel HD 3000 | RAM: 2x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 1066MHz SODIMM | HDD: Hitachi 320GB 5600RPM

Acer ES13 | CPU: Intel Pentium N4200 | GPU:  Intel HD 505 | RAM: 1x 4GB (unidentified) DDR3L | HDD: (unidentified) 500GB 5600RPM

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The seagate results in that graph are very skewed. In any event, any is a good choice, get whichever is cheaper. 

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Backblaze's methodology is flawed in some way...

 

Seagate, WD, and Hitachi are some of the bigger brands when it comes to HDDs... They should be just as reliable...

meh good enough for me, wasnt sure if they were a hiding secret of amazing hard drives or something, spose not :D thanks! 

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meh good enough for me, wasnt sure if they were a hiding secret of amazing hard drives or something, spose not :D thanks! 

 

Check the warranty terms though... There's also some very minor differences when it comes to software...

 

i.e. my fresh Seagate went from 2% to 26% fragmented within a week (had to defrag thrice that week) while a fresh WD has a more gradual increase in fragmentation under the same usage scenario... The Seagate gets better after a few weeks though...

Mutsuki:

CPU: AMD A8 5600K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 (rev. 1.0) | RAM: 2 x Kingston Low Profile 4GB 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire R7 260X OC 2GB DDR5 2xDVI | HDD0: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 3.5" (SATA II) | HDD1: WD Elements (WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA II) connected via USB 2.0 | HDD2: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm (SATA II) | DVD: Samsung DVD+RW combo drive | PSU: FSP Hexa 600W | Case: Aerocool PGS V | Cooling: DeepCool Gammaxx S40 (stock fan), 2x 120mm Aerocool fan 1xDeepCool 120mm fan from a scrapped heatsink

eMachines D732Z | CPU: Intel Pentium D P6100 | GPU: Intel HD 3000 | RAM: 2x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 1066MHz SODIMM | HDD: Hitachi 320GB 5600RPM

Acer ES13 | CPU: Intel Pentium N4200 | GPU:  Intel HD 505 | RAM: 1x 4GB (unidentified) DDR3L | HDD: (unidentified) 500GB 5600RPM

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