What shoud i look at when i buy HDDs?

[ViruZ_HUN]

Hello!

 

i see alot of series by Seagate and WD and other manufacturers off HDDS, but the series confuse me?

 

Which series shoud i look at from example

 

Seagate or WD when buying a HDD?

[Capitalist Jesus]

Moar gigahertz

[ViruZ_HUN]

Moar gigahertz

dafuq?

[Tmh85]

Look at RPM and capacity and reviews

[Jamdude]

Either, they are both great, rpm is what you should be looking at.

[Thermite]

Hello!

 

i see alot of series by Seagate and WD and other manufacturers off HDDS, but the series confuse me?

 

Which series shoud i look at from example

 

Seagate or WD when buying a HDD?

If you need speed get something with higher RPM's, and if you need something that lasts longer than your average drive get a WD red drive. They are meant to run nonstop for a very long time, but they are more expensive. In my opinion the best hdd's to get are WD black hard drives, they are fast, last a long time, and reliable.

[Thermite]

dafuq?

Seagate is also just fine as well. Both companies are great manufacturers of hdd's.

[ViruZ_HUN]

If you need speed get something with higher RPM's, and if you need something that lasts longer than your average drive get a WD red drive. They are meant to run nonstop for a very long time, but they are more expensive. In my opinion the best hdd's to get are WD black hard drives, they are fast, last a long time, and reliable.

i see seagate have the cheapest drives, also i used seagate and WD all my life so i trust them. So is Barracuda series good one?

[Thermite]

i see seagate have the cheapest drives, also i used seagate and WD all my life so i trust them. So is Barracuda series good one?

Yea, it should be just fine. and if for some reason it does fail i'm sure there is a warranty that will help you.

[brob]

Hello!

 

i see alot of series by Seagate and WD and other manufacturers off HDDS, but the series confuse me?

 

Which series shoud i look at from example

 

Seagate or WD when buying a HDD?

 

Depends on how you intend to use the unit.

 

If you are looking for a primary drive. One you will install an o/s on and use as a boot & system drive, look for speed and large cache size. Look at Segate Barracuda and Western Digital Black. If price is a concern, WD Blue is also an option.

 

If you are looking for storage drives, drives you will use to store stuff that you won't use that often you can consider slower drives WD Greens for example. Not to say that Barracuda, Blacks, and Blues won't do a good job, they will simply cost a little more.

[_wky]

Well I just bought a 2TB SSHD from Seagate. Take from that what you will.