A good reliable hdd

[Carter29]

Hi I was wondering if there is a good hgst hdd, or a western digital hard drive. My hard drive just failed on me Saturday, and I need a new hard drive. 

My computer has sata interface 

 

Thanks 

 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

There all about the same. Get what ever is cheap and back it up.

[meenmeen1103]

What use will the drive see? Media storage, backups, games, boot drive, other?

[Guest]

Also consider Seagate. 

 

I am using both Seagate and WD on my main desktop. Works great

I also have a laptop with HGST on it still working decent for me

 

Get whatever is cheaper

[Paytend01]

The western digital caviar blue is great

[skimmilk5]

If we're talking a run of the mill, average hard drive, go with a WD Blue or WD Green. If we're talking performance, go with a WD Black. If we're talking performance taking a backseat to reliability, go with a WD Red. If you're an enterprise user, go with a WD SE drive.

[007agentHP]

HGST make great drives

WB BLues are also tough

[007agentHP]

5 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

There all about the same. Get what ever is cheap and back it up.

datacenter testing would like to have a word with you

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, 007agentHP said:

datacenter testing would like to have a word with you

Problem is that that isn't a perfect test. There running the cheapest drives in a datacenter, not your normal use.

 

They aren't also running the eqvlent sku's.

[skimmilk5]

1 minute ago, 007agentHP said:

HGST make great drives

WB BLues are also tough

I agree that HGST makes great drives (guess who else uses them? Me AND every single other OEM manufacturer out there). I do have to disagree that Blues are the tough guys, though. I would instead say that "bulletproof" reliability (please don't shoot your hard drives) come with WD Red, SE or Purple drives, though Purple drives are meant for the unique workload of video surveillance.

[Carter29]

It's just going to be my main drive 

 

[skimmilk5]

1 minute ago, Carter29 said:

It's just going to be my main drive 

 

Again, what do you do? Are you an "average user," hardcore gamer, content creator, performance freak, reliability freak?

[Carter29]

I'll look into it.

[007agentHP]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Problem is that that isn't a perfect test. There running the cheapest drives in a datacenter, not your normal use.

 

They aren't also running the eqvlent sku's.

"they are running the cheapest drives in a datacenter"

WHERE HAVE YOU HEARD THAT

there is a reason why enterprise level HDD's are better suited and better built for 24/7 operation and to ignore vibration for nearby drives

 

 

[Sreno1]

4 minutes ago, 007agentHP said:

datacenter testing would like to have a word with you

So WD's subsidiary makes more reliable drives? That's odd.

[Carter29]

I am an average user. Yeah I play games somewhat, but for the most part it is for homework and just internet.

[007agentHP]

Just now, Sreno1 said:

So WD's subsidiary makes more reliable drives? That's odd.

across 2016 WD is the worse

HGST: 1.03%

SEAGATE: 3.48%

TOSHIBA: 3.06%

WD: 6.55%

 

 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, 007agentHP said:

"they are running the cheapest drives in a datacenter"

WHERE HAVE YOU HEARD THAT

there is a reason why enterprise level HDD's are better suited and better built for 24/7 operation and to ignore vibration for nearby drives

 

 

Look here https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-q3-2015/

 

Those are mostly desktop drives.

 

You should be using segate enterprise or wd se/re

[Sreno1]

Just now, 007agentHP said:

across 2016 WD is the worse

HGST: 1.03%

SEAGATE: 3.48%

TOSHIBA: 3.06%

WD: 6.55%

 

 

 

HGST "A Western Digital Company"

[007agentHP]

Just now, Sreno1 said:

HGST "A Western Digital Company"

that managed to slip my mind at the moment

 

thats a sign of the fact that i need sleep

[meenmeen1103]

Just now, Carter29 said:

I am an average user. Yeah I play games somewhat, but for the most part it is for homework and just internet.

I'd suggest a WD Blue over the other WD color coded options, or one of similar specs from a different Manufacturer

[GDRRiley]

any drive will work. I got a Toshiba in my desktop and a Hitachi in my parents pc 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

I have a Samsung drive in my laptop that's been through hell and back (Fell off a table from waist height three times, stored on the floor of a bus during commutes for 3 years on mountain routes) and it still seems to work perfectly according to S.M.A.R.T. My WD Green from 2008 or something is still working as my main PC boot drive. Never actually had a drive fail on me...yet.