Which HDD maker is reliable

FatForester · Jul 2, 2008

cdawall said:
isn't it just a way of saying the revision of the drive? ie 7200.9 is an older drive than a 7200.11?

Yea, it's whatever generation Seagate is on. So a 7200.11 is still a 7200RPM drive (not 7200.11 RPM) under revision 11. It's also in their serial numbers, but it's easier for people to distinguish what is older vs. what is newer that way.

Also, if you're buying from newegg or want a general idea, go to http://diskcompare.com/ and punch in what you want. It only shows newegg pricing though, so you'll want to check out zipzoomfly as well. ZZF has the Samsung's 5-10 bucks cheaper than newegg does, not to mention ZZF packages OEM hard drives a lot better than newegg's toss-it-in-a-box-and-pray.

EDIT: It's not on your list, but you'll want to avoid Hitachi desktop drives as well. Some are great, but their reliability as a whole is somewhat tarnished. My Hitachi 2.5" 7200RPM drive works great though.

JoshBrunelle · Jul 2, 2008

Seagate/Maxtor

I have to say Seagate/Maxtor drives are the best reliability wise. I have had several WD's crap out on me, including 2 80's and a 320. Maxtor still sells stuff under that brand, btw, so whoever said Maxtor doesn't exist anymore is just plain wrong, they are just owned by Seagate now. All their dirves come with 5yr warranty, and even older maxtor drives before being acquired by Seagate have their warranties honored. I had a 200gb ata that was laying around for a few years cause it died on me, and Seagate RMA'ed it and sent me a new one no questions asked. This is out of about 60 drives or so. Just don't go for crap like the new excelstor POSs.

Seagate all the way.

suraswami · Jul 2, 2008

woo hoo, pcgolfer finally replied and said he shipped the seagates. So Seagate then. Let see how it goes.

I decided to keep the WD 500 16MB drive too.

Damn I need a new board to accomodate all the drives (mine has only 2 SATA ports).

Davidelmo · Jul 8, 2008

I had a seagate 250Gb die on me after only a few weeks. I was very surprised.. I've never had a HD actually die on me before.

That said, I have two more 250gbs (same model) that have been running 24/7 for a long time now and they are perfectly fine.

suraswami · Jul 9, 2008

2 Seagates arrived yesterday. One is good. Second one is bad. wierd problem, Windows will recogonise but will not copy files or cannot run any tests on the drive. Damn F..k Seagate. I should have gone with WD.

PVTCaboose1337 · Jul 9, 2008

I will always be a fan of WD drives. Always. I don't buy Samsung after my failed drive. I don't buy Maxtor after 3 failed drives. Seagate is reliable.

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Which HDD maker is reliable

Which HDD Manufacturer should I go with?

WD

Seagate

Samsung

Maxtor

FatForester

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JoshBrunelle

suraswami

Davidelmo

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suraswami

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