Trying to get a Seagate return atm. meh...gonna give WD a shot.
I suspect its pretty much hit & miss across the board though.
Trying to get a Seagate return atm. meh...gonna give WD a shot.
I suspect its pretty much hit & miss across the board though.
Originally Posted by Picard
Definitely hit & miss - had both fail on me in past year
Just a quick note: C#
I've only ever had to return WD, possibly because I've only ever had WD.
The only one that wasn't honoured under Warranty was a 10year old 40mb drive.
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Western Digital for me. I've had Seagate fail me twice before.
Which ever is cheaper, for me.
Same for me. Had problems with both brands, so can't really recommend one above the other.Which ever is cheaper, for me.
The very existence of flamethrowers suggests that at one point someone said to them self, "You know, I'd really like to set those people over there on fire."
The new WD reds look great for the NAS box.
Tough to choose. I would say WD based on the amount of Seagate drives I have seen fail in the past from experience..
Although that being said, now days they both good! As any hard drive is prone to failure at some point.
It's a hit and miss, look after your drives.
Replace them every 2 years as good practice to eliminate your risk
WD for sure! Only problem I've ever had was with Maxtor hdd, returned 4 in the space of a year and a half, got a WD and not a single problem for years now
Given that I'm mostly looking at 3.5" drives for bulk storage (so NAS-ey type stuff) and that Seagate has pulled out of the 'green' market, I come down on the WD side of the fence. And on a related note, Anandtech has now got an answer as to whether the new Red drive range is worth the 'premium' (which, in my world at least, comes in under a lousy R600 more ..over THREE years, pffft!)
Then again, as a prime-mover in porta-land, I definitely wants me some Momentus XT lovin'! So: horses for courses then.
Get one, you won't regret it. For the money the combination of storage space and speed is unbeatable.
Bought a Seagate drive once, lasted about 4 months before it started dying. Returned it and paid the difference for the WD.
They didn't have any WD's in stock at the time and I needed the space urgently.
I have a nice little collection of WD drives from over the years that all still work. 1.6GB, 8GB, 20GB, 80GB, 120GB, 2x320GB, 500GB and a 1TB.
The 2 320's are still in use in a RAID 0 array that's been faultless for the past 6 years now, they've been transferred from PC to PC over the years. Planning on replacing the 500GB with a 2TB+ drive soon.
Think I still have a 400MB Conner drive lying around somewhere O.o
Seagate or WD, they both work well, and they both have the occasional failures.
Much of a Muchness.
Seagate. I've never had a problem with a Seagate drive. Have had WD problems.
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