2TB: Most Affordable and Reliable

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My 2TB Seagate Freeagent Desk has been clicking for a few weeks and it looks like it is on its way out.

I am going to buy another 2TB to transfer the data onto and return the Seagate.

This time I will get an internal drive in the hope that it is more reliable.

What would you guys say is the most affordable and reliable 2TB drive to get?
 
Cloud said:
My 2TB Seagate Freeagent Desk has been clicking for a few weeks and it looks like it is on its way out.

I am going to buy another 2TB to transfer the data onto and return the Seagate.

This time I will get an internal drive in the hope that it is more reliable.

What would you guys say is the most affordable and reliable 2TB drive to get?
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The 2Tb Western Digital Black drive is probably what you're looking for but you also want cheap. You want two contradictory things. I say get the Western Digital Green drive, cheap and more reliable than the seagate.
 
Yeah, I was eyeing the WD Green - it won't be a system drive, no.

What I would like to at least do is stream movies from it, which I could do with the Seagate (through USB and then WiFi) but it would start to stutter as the clicking began. When the clicking subsided the streaming would be smooth again.

I read a bit about the WD Green and it seems there is some kind of configuration that needs to be done (4kb cluster format or something of that nature) before it would work. Also lots of bad sectors and DOA drives.

Seems like 2TB drives are just not up to scratch really, but I have to choose the lesser of two evils.

Anyone own a WD 2TB Green?
 
jeppe777 said:
green drives are very slow
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very slow in comparison to??? yes they are slower but your statement makes it seem as if they perform sluggishly, which is not the case... I use several green drives (for storage).... let's all agree that they are not the ideal drive for any OS partition, but apart from that they serve their purpose well. ;)
 
My samsung 2tb green drive is also very slow. It can only manage to copy at 70MB/s where my other seagate drive can handle 90MB/s.

Define slow. :)

@OP, stay away from variable rpm drives. I have a friend that bought one and every time you start watching something the drive first decides to spin faster, causing lots of stutter for a few seconds. But the 5400RPM Samsung Green drive is awesome in my opinion.
 
Pilgrim said:
My samsung 2tb green drive is also very slow. It can only manage to copy at 70MB/s where my other seagate drive can handle 90MB/s.

Define slow. :)

@OP, stay away from variable rpm drives. I have a friend that bought one and every time you start watching something the drive first decides to spin faster, causing lots of stutter for a few seconds. But the 5400RPM Samsung Green drive is awesome in my opinion.
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No longer available on the latest pricelist from supplier.

Will have to take a chance on the WD Green with variable RPM. Wish me luck!
 
Cloud said:
Yeah, I was eyeing the WD Green - it won't be a system drive, no.

What I would like to at least do is stream movies from it, which I could do with the Seagate (through USB and then WiFi) but it would start to stutter as the clicking began. When the clicking subsided the streaming would be smooth again.

I read a bit about the WD Green and it seems there is some kind of configuration that needs to be done (4kb cluster format or something of that nature) before it would work. Also lots of bad sectors and DOA drives.

Seems like 2TB drives are just not up to scratch really, but I have to choose the lesser of two evils.

Anyone own a WD 2TB Green?
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Samsung spinpoints are quite good. I have 2 western digital caviar green EARS (64mb cache) 2TB's (advanced format drives). They only work straight out of the box on Vista and Win7, they don't work well with linux and you need to tinker with them in XP. I'd avoid the EADS models though, had 2 DOA.

Also have a 1.5TB EARS model and that is great as well. They are slow though, between 40-70MB/s
 
I'm using a Western Digital Green drive 2TB for storage and a SSD for the OS. Before the WD I made the mistake to buy two 1.5TB Seagate drives without knowing that they were prone to fail. Still waiting for the seagates to be replaced, and the new ones will probably fail too.
 
Very happy with my 1.5TB WD Green (internal) which I use as a storage drive. Speed is definitely not an issue with storage drives. USB on the other hand sucks donkey balls.
 
Samsung echo green variable spin drive is great for movies regarding stuttering it does spin at 5400 rpm but being an green green drive would be ideal for external enclosures once in use spins at 7200 rpm
Don't see that as being a major issue. Latest samssung drives are great stay away from seagate as they have been prone to DOA syndrome of late - not what seagate used to be. Rather stick to wd or samsung for peace of mind.
 
Got the drive, ran HD Tune on it. Everything checks out.

Busy transferring data from old Seagate 2TB now. Hoping the drive lasts till its done.
 
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