Western Digital or Samsung HDs?

bombfirst885 · Nov 18, 2007

Is there much of a difference in these two? Figure I won't see much of a decrease in the next week on these HDs anyway so might as well buy now.

Samsung......

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152052

Western Digital......

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136178

erocker · Nov 18, 2007

Wd Ftw!

pt · Nov 18, 2007

i would go for seagate, if not seagate then wd

Batou1986 · Nov 18, 2007

erocker said:
Wd Ftw!

i second this notion i have a wd hd that has worked flawlessly for the last 5 years not a single bad block yet

bombfirst885 · Nov 18, 2007

erocker said:
Wd Ftw!

Any particular reason? Seems like the majority of customers have preferred, and voted for the Samsung.

EnglishLion · Nov 18, 2007

I would go for the samsung, the latest spinpoints are exceptionally quiet. Either will be fine though, just stay away from Maxtor in my experience.

I have some samsung that I'm happy with, oh and I just bought a great samsung washing machine - not that, that's really relevent.

imperialreign · Nov 18, 2007

My pick is Western Digital - from experience, they seem to be amougnst the quietest of HDDs (except for the Raptors :laugh:

). Very stable, too, never had any problems with one - OE or aftermarket.

My personal preference, though, would be to recommend a Seagate HDD. Especially out of the Barracuda lineup.

bombfirst885 · Nov 18, 2007

Went ahead with thw two times 500GB WD drives. Thanks guys.

AsRock · Nov 19, 2007

Seagate is 16MB cach and WD's is 8 MB but still would go for the WD's.

KennyT772 · Nov 19, 2007

AsRock said:
Seagate is 16MB cach and WD's is 8 MB but still would go for the WD's.

All manufacturers have 16mb drives out... :nutkick:

Seagate drives are hella fast, my second choice is the WD's.

intel igent · Nov 19, 2007

seagate = maxtor

WD also has 16m cache drives.
why does everyone say raptors are loud? i have owned one for the last 3yrs and ive never heard a noise out of it.

maybe ppl are upset cuz @ 115$ for 36g theyre not cheap.

for me first choice would be WD and second choice?

you guessed it WD.

:toast:

bassmasta · Nov 19, 2007

WD caviar are the best harddrives under 500 gb, at least as far as I can tell. all of our workstations use wd under 500, seagate over 500. raptors on weapon systems.

AsRock · Nov 19, 2007

KennyT772 said:
All manufacturers have 16mb drives out...

Seagate drives are hella fast, my second choice is the WD's.

Yes i know i have 2 250KS's with 16MB but i did not see a 500GIG 16MB drive at newegg.

hbkl · Nov 19, 2007

in my country western digital got the 1st place in bad hard drives i buy one of 250gb and it suck great performance but those hard drives dont suport electrical downs i go for the samsumg..

bombfirst885 · Nov 19, 2007

Obviously no one checked my link cuz the HDs were 8MB cache. Luckily I cancelled, and got the 16MB ones for four dollars more. What exactly does the cache do on the HD?

panchoman · Nov 19, 2007

samsung drives are really good

erocker · Nov 19, 2007

Whatever has the best warranty I guess. I prefer WD.

MrW · Nov 19, 2007

I've had drives from WD, Seagate, Maxtor, Samsung, Hitachi, Fujitsu. The Samsung drives were by far the most silent, followed by Hitachi and Western Digital. If your looking for Silence, Get one of those brands. Avoid Maxtor drives, mine are fairly loud.

AsRock · Nov 19, 2007

bombfirst885 said:
Obviously no one checked my link cuz the HDs were 8MB cache. Luckily I cancelled, and got the 16MB ones for four dollars more. What exactly does the cache do on the HD?

the extra cache i have never noticed any differance from 8 to 16MB.

Cache explained here
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/technolo/writecache/writecache.htm

panchoman · Nov 19, 2007

bombfirst885 said:
Obviously no one checked my link cuz the HDs were 8MB cache. Luckily I cancelled, and got the 16MB ones for four dollars more. What exactly does the cache do on the HD?

lol, you caught me red handed, i didn't check the links lmao. but i dont think theres that much of a performance difference between 8 & 16 mb though the extra cache isn't a bad idea!

bombfirst885 · Nov 19, 2007

panchoman said:
lol, you caught me red handed, i didn't check the links lmao. but i dont think theres that much of a performance difference between 8 & 16 mb though the extra cache isn't a bad idea!

I'll let it slip this time. :laugh:

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