What's the Difference?

[BlackHat2000]

i don't understand the difference between the WD Blue 1tb and the Seagate ST000DM003 1tb..

The WD is 4 dollars more.. Why?

[Amazingasian]

1 minute ago, BlackHat2000 said:

i don't understand the difference between the WD Blue 1tb and the Seagate ST000DM003 1tb..

The WD is 4 dollars more.. Why?

Seagate has slightly higher failure rate but it's barely noticible.  Get whichever's cheaper.

[Syntaxvgm]

1 minute ago, BlackHat2000 said:

i don't understand the difference between the WD Blue 1tb and the Seagate ST000DM003 1tb..

The WD is 4 dollars more.. Why?

Because it's a different brand and different product, despite being similar specs. 

[BlackHat2000]

1 minute ago, Amazingasian said:

Seagate has slightly higher failure rate but it's barely noticible.  Get whichever's cheaper.

 

Just now, Syntaxvgm said:

Because it's a different brand and different product, despite being similar specs. 

 

So just go for the Seagate? 4 bucks cheaper, why not lol Right?

[Oshino Shinobu]

WD drives are generally more expensive. They've gained a very good reputation, so they can charge more. However, at a $4 difference, it's not because one drive is significantly better than the other, it will just be how the pricing works for the store. 

Both drives are good and come with 2 year warranty. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, BlackHat2000 said:

 

So just go for the Seagate? 4 bucks cheaper, why not lol Right?

Might as well. Unless one of them comes with something extra from the store, just go for the cheaper of the two. 

[Syntaxvgm]

4 minutes ago, BlackHat2000 said:

 

 

So just go for the Seagate? 4 bucks cheaper, why not lol Right?

yah I don't see why not. Buy the cheaper one unless you prefer one brand over the other. 

[dizmo]

I'd go with the WD, but that's just me; I've seen more Seagate drives fail than WD.

[Cutout]

Check this out

It's a bit outdated as WD bought HGST between then and now, but you might as well check it out.

[Oshino Shinobu]

4 minutes ago, Cutout said:

Check this out

It's a bit outdated as WD bought HGST between then and now, but you might as well check it out.

BackBlaze's data is completely useless, unless you want to show how HDDs from external enclosures cope with server environment and workloads. (Evidently not well).