Nerm Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 I have used a lot of different brands, but I have had the best luck with WD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 I haven't owned enough hard drives to have a favourite brand based on failure rate. I'll tend to go for Seagate for that nice 5 year warranty though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 I'll say Seagate or WD. However, if I need alot of storage for somthing like snapstream, the answer is whatever is cheap/on sale. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Ive used Seagate, maxtor and western digital drives. One drive that died on me was a western digital. Ill be sticking with seagate from now on.. You just can't beat those warranties... For my next Build: Two Seagate 160 GB, 16 MB Cache, SATA II in RAID 0. mmmmmm, thats nice... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireonice Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Ive used Seagate, maxtor and western digital drives. One drive that died on me was a western digital. Ill be sticking with seagate from now on.. You just can't beat those warranties... For my next Build: Two Seagate 160 GB, 16 MB Cache, SATA II in RAID 0. mmmmmm, thats nice... Seagate all the way And why dont you just get 320 gb's sence there only 20$ or so more than 160gb's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Its just what I am planning right now, its bound to change in three of four months when I build it. Also, I will have to spend no more than 1000$, therefore, even though the price per GB may be less for a larger drive it would still get me closer to my budget max.... I might even settle for less than 160GB's. But again, Its all suject to change in the three to four months I have to wait... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 this is a tough question for me. my choice has always been quantum because of the atlas series of drives. the BEST drives period. when maxtor (who at the time was the best in marketing the worst in drives) bought quantum, and basically closed thier plants in favor of using quantum's they became the winner by default. now with seagate buying out maxtor... I'm divided here. seagate drives to me are not all thier cracked up to be and it seems the great atlas will be GONE in favor of the craptacular high end 10k / 15k 'cudas. WD... I have to say I don't care for them cuz thier prices are outrageous, plus they truely lack the high end enterprise class drives I like (find me 15k scsi's in thier parts for prices similar to what everyone else has). Seagate / Toshiba (TSST) is my choice in 2.5, 1.8" and budget desktop drives. and they're quickly becoming my choice for big enterprise stuff too. quality is good, prices are even better. hitachi seems to go in spurts of decent and good. which isn't what I can tollerate. I expect the old days of Quantum ALL the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 so who'd you vote for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 NONE. I really don't have a clear favorite anymore. plus I choose different drives based on my needs and what's working best at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire_storm Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 I usually buy the best drive at the time. But in the past few years I have been using WD in a lot in of my systems and ones I build for other people and have had good luck with them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMeeD Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 I havent owned enough to have a favorite either. Ive owned a few maxtors and although I always expected them to die, they have been working fine. One is four years old and has been running in a steamy dell for its whole life, it still runs fine. Although, if I were to buy another drive it would probably be WD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchalogamer Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Seagate's warranty ftw!, however the practice of making the new drives running on ATA/133 run slower than the newest SATA pisses me off even if im not buying them (other comapnies dont seem to handicap the drive based on interface, they claim it's for noise prevention, if so why not a SATA version (small cable better air flow silent system afterall) Ive bene buying WD recently due to price/performance, Ive never had a WD/Seagate drive fail on me...so warranty always tells me to go Seagate, but the 5-10% premium the last few times i bought for slightly slower drives told me go WD...and I listened hehe. Ive also considered Samsung and Hitachi for drives but havent found the drive i need at the price i want with them at the right time yet. I'm ok with my laptop's Fujitsu HDD and my previous Toshiba laptop's...Toshiba HDD was silent yet still had speed (it was a VERY nice for a 4200rpm model). However idk about their reliability as my first 2 lapopst were relaced after less than 2yr use and the 3rd was a yr old in Feb. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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