WD vs. Seagate

[dominik2905]

I already bought two Seagate drives, but everyone is saying that I should return them and get WD. Are they really so bad and fail so often ? Should I return them and get WD HDDs ? Which WD drives arent so expensive and perform similary to Seagate drives ?

[Murasaki]

Stay away from seacrate drives, if you hold your data dear. Get WD Blue/Black whatever they were if you must, but WD isn't in my top list of reliability.

 

[burnttoastnice]

Western Digital FTW.

 

But seagate drives are quieter.

[Mark77]

Why not consider Hitachi/HGST drives?  Can't say I'm personally a fan of either WD or Seagate, although the choices these days are really waning.  Smart people don't trust anything to a single HDD, and always use some form of redundant RAID.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

I have 2 seagate drives and one has been working for 5 years... Though I do recognise that people are not positive with seagate drives. I just haven't seen how bad they are yet. 

[burnttoastnice]

4 minutes ago, Mark77 said:

Why not consider Hitachi/HGST drives?  Can't say I'm personally a fan of either WD or Seagate, although the choices these days are really waning.  Smart people don't trust anything to a single HDD, and always use some form of redundant RAID.

I have drives from both manufacturers in my server in RAID 1. I'll be interested in seeing which drive goes 'the way of the ghost' first...

 

3 minutes ago, Pohernori said:

I have 2 seagate drives and one has been working for 5 years... Though I do recognise that people are not positive with seagate drives. I just haven't seen how bad they are yet. 

5 years? You should consider buying a replacement drive ASAP. I wouldn't trust any hard drive beyond 2 years.

[scottyseng]

26 minutes ago, dominik2905 said:

I already bought two Seagate drives, but everyone is saying that I should return them and get WD. Are they really so bad and fail so often ? Should I return them and get WD HDDs ? Which WD drives arent so expensive and perform similary to Seagate drives ?

Honestly, you can't go wrong with either. Or even Toshiba / Samsung (Well, Seagate owns them now) / HGST (WD owns them).

 

What you really care about is making sure to scan the drive end to end using the manufacturer tool to make sure the drive doesn't have any damage internally before using it for anything. I would start to get weary of a drive regardless of brand after 4 years.

 

I had my WD Black die after 8 years...25k runtime hours. It lasted more than long enough.

The Seagate SSHD in our old laptop is still kicking strong after 4 years.

 

I personally prefer WD, but that's just a preference.

[JefferyD90]

34 minutes ago, dominik2905 said:

I already bought two Seagate drives, but everyone is saying that I should return them and get WD. Are they really so bad and fail so often ? Should I return them and get WD HDDs ? Which WD drives arent so expensive and perform similary to Seagate drives ?

I do personally think that WD makes a better hard drive.  If I was to buy a platter drive, I wouldn't go anywhere else.

 

But Seagate makes perfectly fine drives and you'll be fine.  If they do die, it will be because of a manufacture flaw or your own foolishness.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

37 minutes ago, burnttoastnice said:

5 years? You should consider buying a replacement drive ASAP. I wouldn't trust any hard drive beyond 2 years.

 

Already backed up. 

[Nena Trinity]

Had no trouble with my Seagate, Toshiba or WD but if you buy Seagate DO NOT BUY THE 3TB VERSION! (it has 75% failure rate in 2014-2015)

[dominik2905]

1 hour ago, Nena360 said:

Had no trouble with my Seagate, Toshiba or WD but if you buy Seagate DO NOT BUY THE 3TB VERSION! (it has 75% failure rate in 2014-2015)

I am buying 2 TB drives

[Nena Trinity]

10 minutes ago, dominik2905 said:

I am buying 2 TB drives

Then none of the three I mentioned is bad!