HDD

[Oswin]

hi, i want to conduct a survey on which HDD will you choose? why would you choose it? what are the pros and cons of the product?

 

[deleted_member_030719]

From my own personal experience, Seagate drives suckkkkkkk. Somehow I killed two by normal laptop usage and barely using my laptop at all. 

 

My western digital drives have been under heavy load for 5+ years. They're amazing.

[minibois]

They both make good stuff, I have had good experiences with both companies. If giving the choice though, if both HDD's cost the same I would go for WD. WD drives however are a bit more expensive that Seagate drives (overall), but I still go with WD drives.

[AresKrieger]

I use a 3TB drive, if I had gotten a seagate drive when I built my PC that was 3TB it is likely the drive would be broken right now

 

WD > Seagate on average

[Guest]

I have Seagate 2tb and WD blue 1tb. Hard to pick

[Aytex]

Both suck, SSD master race  

I've encountered multiple problems with both, but the price/reliability is the buying factor for me

[Guest]

Just now, Aytex said:

Both suck, SSD master race  

I've encountered multiple problems with both, but the price/reliability is the buying factor for me

Yes as if you are gonna pay for 1TB SSD to store games

[Aytex]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

Yes as if you are gonna pay for 1TB SSD to store games

I would if I had the money

 

[Oswin]

1 minute ago, Aytex said:

Both suck, SSD master race  

I've encountered multiple problems with both, but the price/reliability is the buying factor for me

well i am asking about HDDs. well a 1 tb ssd is not as cheap as a 1tb HDD, the money is better off used to buy a better gpu

[Oswin]

12 minutes ago, Jed M said:

From my own personal experience, Seagate drives suckkkkkkk. Somehow I killed two by normal laptop usage and barely using my laptop at all. 

 

My western digital drives have been under heavy load for 5+ years. They're amazing.

never used WD drives before. i have been using a hdd from seagate in my previous build. i has been in there for 8 years and counting and still no sign of it dying, but i hope it wont die soon.

[dewman45]

I choose Hitachi over all else most of the time. Hitachi in my experience is good for storage, but not for speed. I am still using a 320GB 7200RPM that has over 6200 days of powered on time(around 7 years total.) Still reads at 100% with no bad sectors, and sadly is my OS drive. 

[Oswin]

Just now, dewman45 said:

I choose Hitachi over all else most of the time. Hitachi in my experience is good for storage, but not for speed. I am still using a 320GB 7200RPM that has over 6200 days of powered on time(around 7 years total.) Still reads at 100% with no bad sectors, and sadly is my OS drive. 

hope you upgrade soon!

[Bananasplit_00]

id go with WD because i trust them a bit more. iv heard a lot of people with Seagate HDDs going bad quickly and not as much of that from WD, but im just sitting here with my 1TB Tochiba HDD and its doing good still lol

[ARikozuM]

I have several from each and both have lemons. I go with WD most of the time since the colors are less difficult to confuse.

[Oswin]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

I have several from each and both have lemons. I go with WD most of the time since the colors are less difficult to confuse.

true, seagate drives are have similar bodies 

[it_dont_work]

I usually buy which ever is cheaper, or if the same price in stock. I've also usually at one point or another over the past god knows how many years a mix of both brands, and occasionally a samsung/toshiba/or hitachi.

 

I've may have been lucky since I've only had one 3.5" drive fail, and that was a 4gb ibm deskstar pretty obsolete by that stage. I have been through some 2.5" recently, a samsung from a rugged external, and a hitatchi from my girlfriends laptop (she drops the dam thing like its some kind of sport).

 

They're both about the same (wd/s), I think wd has a slightly better mtbf I read somewhere from a data center.

[Gautam.Dey]

I've been running 3 X 320GB WD Blue for the past 6+ years. 2 of'em are still going strong and one of'em is showing a few bad sectors [8 to be exact] for the past 1+ year. 

I'm on the look for a upgrade myself. Thinking of WD 2TB Blue or 3TB Blue.

[Captain_WD]

22 hours ago, Oswin said:

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Hi there

 

Just to pitch in with a small note:

HDDs in general are mechanical units which are generally quite reliable and can last many years but failures do happen for one reason or another regardless of the brand and model so the best way to proof yourself against data loss is to have a good and secure backup of your data on multiple storage devices. 

Also, mind that different drives are designed for different purposes so a drive that's best for one thing may not be the best and most reliable solution for another thing.

 

Let me know if you have any questions! 

 

Captain_WD.