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Just don't get a Seagate or Toshiba.

Why not, what's wrong with seagate or toshiba? Please explain

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
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I am looking for a cheapish 500gb external for my Mum's photos. This must be very reliable and last for a couple of years. I am looking for it to cost about 40ish quid. Thanks

Here is a Toshiba HDD and a WD HDD, the Toshiba is about 10 quid less expensive but if you somehow don't want that one you can get the WD one.

http://www.staples.co.uk/external-hard-drives/cbs/426980.html?price=incvat&cm_mmc=SEM_PLA-_-google-_-serp-pla&gclid=CIq0-dDFgMUCFZQZtAodgx8AiQ

http://www.staples.co.uk/my-passport-ultra-2tb-usb-3-0-portable-hard-drive-red/cbs/420296.html?price=incvat&cm_mmc=SEM_PLA-_-google-_-serp-pla&gclid=CLLdr9HFgMUCFQTnwgodOp8AcQ

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
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Seagate's aren't very reliable you can look the numbers up yourself and Toshiba's are just slow and cheap things.

If with the numbers you mean that backblaze article, that's not a good representation of how reliable the drives are at all. All kinds of drives are used in different racks and variable amounts.

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If with the numbers you mean that backblaze article, that's not a good representation of how reliable the drives are at all. All kinds of drives are used in different racks and variable amounts.

Yeah that's what I was thinking of as well lol.

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/439354-why-nvidia/
 
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If with the numbers you mean that backblaze article, that's not a good representation of how reliable the drives are at all. All kinds of drives are used in different racks and variable amounts.

I've been in IT for over 10 year the drives that die the most are still Seagate's and the numbers don't lie, also lookup Teksyndicate they have one episode of the Tek were they talk indepth on these failure rates.

 

But yeah if you wan't to save 10 bucks on a HDD that's important to you.





 
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I've been in IT for over 10 year the drives that die the most are still Seagate's and the numbers don't lie, also lookup Teksyndicate they have one episode of the Tek were they talk indepth on these failure rates.

 

But yeah if you wan't to save 10 bucks on a HDD that's important to you.

Yep it is important 10 years of photos. 

 

 

 

 

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