stuck between three

Scott1 · Apr 7, 2008

basicly is comes down to the company

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
($100)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
($95)

SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
($100)

DOM · Apr 7, 2008

Cache size on them ?

mullered07 · Apr 7, 2008

id have to say the seagate, love there new drives with pr, cant speak for the others as i wouldnt buy a samsung drive and havent bought a wd for a few years (the 36gb raptor) in my specs but i know the seagates are damn good nowadays

alexp999 · Apr 7, 2008

Seagate FTW!!! :rockout:

. Never liked the samsung brand for quality, and Western Digital are known for a slightly lower reliability. And my Seagate is the quietets HDD I have ever had. Cant hear them over my 20dB fans. I can hear my WD tho. :rolleyes:

GJSNeptune · Apr 7, 2008

I'm a Western Digital guy. I tried a Seagate 7200.10 320GB drive for my parents' build a couple months ago and it was as loud as a bandsaw. Well, not exactly, but it was way too loud. I then went with a trust WD16000YS and it's much quieter.

This thread is only as helpful as which company gets the most votes. They're all good drives, really. I only use WD. Someone else will say they only go with Seagate. Someone else will say Samsung's drives are quiet but aren't as fast, etc.

The OP listed the Seagate 7200.10 drive, not the .11.

asb2106 · Apr 7, 2008

Scott1 said:
basicly is comes down to the company

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
($100)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
($95)

SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
($100)

GO WITH THE AAKS WD HD.

I have used many of them over the last 2 years for people and myself, never had a failure!

The drives are quiet and fast!

For my personal computer I only use WD

Scott1 · Apr 7, 2008

DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-E said:
Cache size on them ?

all 16MB

they are all basicly exactly the same, just wondering on quality of the company.

im happy with seagate, i have a seagate external that i have dropped on concrete MANY times and it still runs perfect.

westerndigtal, i have had 4 WD200 20GB IDE drives fail in the past 5-6 years, so im displeased with them.

samsung ive heard good and bad.

GJSNeptune · Apr 7, 2008

The AAKS drives are wonderful. I have a 250GB AAKS. If you can go a little higher, I've read the 640GB AAKS drive is stellar.

If WD's reliability is less than Seagate, I bet it's insignificant. Everyone has drives that fail. I have a 40GB drive still in use from 2002. When did you last try a WD drive?

tzitzibp · Apr 7, 2008

i own both 2. and 3. and the WD seems to be running faster.....but i don't worry about it that much

freaksavior · Apr 8, 2008

buy a 7200.11 500gb. there really fast

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288

GSG-9 · Apr 8, 2008

Buy the Seagates, they are great. I have one of the above and 2 of the 250's.

Pinchy · Apr 8, 2008

My vote goes to seagate. Been most reliable for me from Seagate, Maxtor and WD

. WD Arent bad though. Samsung should be good too

.

Go for the one with the best warranty lol.

cdawall · Apr 8, 2008

GJSNeptune said:
I'm a Western Digital guy. I tried a Seagate 7200.10 320GB drive for my parents' build a couple months ago and it was as loud as a bandsaw. Well, not exactly, but it was way too loud. I then went with a trust WD16000YS and it's much quieter.

This thread is only as helpful as which company gets the most votes. They're all good drives, really. I only use WD. Someone else will say they only go with Seagate. Someone else will say Samsung's drives are quiet but aren't as fast, etc.

The OP listed the Seagate 7200.10 drive, not the .11.

i have the same 320gb and mines silent...maybe you just got a bad drive?

das müffin mann · Apr 8, 2008

i own the sammy and i hate the thing it failed two days after the warrenty expired, i also own the WD and i love that thing have had it for a while now and with the abuse i've put it through i have to recomend it i really like that drive, its fast and i've never had any problems with it

Solaris17 · Apr 8, 2008

id go with seagate but if you really dont care grab the WD because its cheaper and all the HDD's listed are basically the same.

das müffin mann · Apr 8, 2008

WD or seagate they are almost the same just one is slightly cheaper

GSG-9 · Apr 8, 2008

Solaris17 said:
id go with seagate but if you really dont care grab the WD because its cheaper and all the HDD's listed are basically the same.

True that, im just a seagate fan boy...and a prefered seagate partner... :rolleyes:

das müffin mann · Apr 8, 2008

GSG-9 said:
True that, im just a seagate fan boy...and a prefered seagate partner...

btw did you ever talk to the seagate lady or did you just give up?

Snipe343 · Apr 8, 2008

I agree with freaksavior, the 7200.11 really has a good preformance boost, also a 32mb cache

GSG-9 · Apr 8, 2008

das müffin mann said:
btw did you ever talk to the seagate lady or did you just give up?

The Rep and I never got in contact...probably my bad :wtf:

GJSNeptune · Apr 8, 2008

cdawall said:
i have the same 320gb and mines silent...maybe you just got a bad drive?

I must have. Most people said their drives were quiet. I RMA'd it as defective for a refund.

cdawall · Apr 8, 2008

GJSNeptune said:
I must have. Most people said their drives were quiet. I RMA'd it as defective for a refund.

thats to bad its a solid drive

GSG-9 · Apr 8, 2008

cdawall said:
thats to bad its a solid drive

Yeah I like em

GJSNeptune · Apr 8, 2008

It was my first time trying a Seagate. It was at a decent price. Since my first impression was bad, I went back to WD.

Plus I went with a smaller capacity drive, and the price difference helped me get my parents a SATA DVD/RW drive.

cdawall · Apr 8, 2008

sounds like a good deal in the end mine was $60 @ BB so i'm not going to complain at all about it

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