x3r0 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 I personally prefer Hitachi... because it is well-known IBM brand heritage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nima Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Always WD, the most famous H.D.D brand with the highest quality hard drives, using this brand's products for many years and always happy with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 over few years I had one gold rule regarding brands of HDD- there are no rules!Only two makes never failed me personally- Seagate and WD, so kinda sticking to those, but matter of fact, that there are so many re-branding tricks as well, it become more issue of luck, than brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted March 1, 2011 Administrator Share Posted March 1, 2011 I've used Samsung, Seagate and Western Digital till now. I liked them when I used them. But now seeing that things, WD is the better one. So yeah WD. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
implague Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 i used WD which suxx i hate WD it troubled me more than 4 times for now i ll prefer samsung or hitachi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brrownie Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Wd & only WD .. :dance2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Aside from Seagate, my next pick would be Fujitsu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac2003 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Samsung, WD and Seagate are all good. Sometimes you just have bad luck when you get a f*upped item or it fails after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 it really matters where you are at in the world. certain places will have certain brands only. just as certain online sites will sale brands and models that might be junk or fakes from our got to love big C.the key is not to be the first one to buy a new model with its new firmware.first harddrive to fail 20 GB Maxtor. paid around $250-$280 for it. didnt last for shit. thats when i try to get it replaced. i figure it was best not to because i didnt know what was all on the harddrive. had copy stuff for a couple of others onto it. so i ate the cost and got a 40 GB for less then what the at the time 20 GB cost. it was i think WD.for shits and giggles here is a link with dead harddrive makers on itDOA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck_kent Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I prefer Seagate mainly because of its long warranty period. But I also like Western Digital. Although I have had problems with both Seagate and Western before. I found it easier here in our country to RMA Seagate HDDs. In my opinion, even top quality brands (computers/electronics) produce lemons. I just cross my fingers everytime I buy one that I would not get a lemon. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr.jack hackett Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 At the montent im on Hitachi's, I have one of their 7.2K 2.5" 16mb cache. Hardly know its their :) storage is a pair of 3.5" 320's (getting a bit full too lol)Used to favour Samgsungs for teh cool quiteness but these days they no better than others.Mostly though Hitachi's seem to be a touch cheaper here in the UK.fifw, of the 3 drive faliures I've had out of, lemme see now... ooh 14 drives that I have used long term in my desk tops all three were samsungs, but then two of the failed drives were the running pair, 'C' + data drive. (the other was nailed by cheap shit psu) That must of had something like 2-3 years on both of them so...keep them drives fresh people, clone into a new one every 14-18 months for peace of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x3r0 Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 A very nice article about hard drive reliability from uncle Tom:http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hdd-reliability-storelab,2681.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostza Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Only Seagate please , WD can't take the heat (38-45C) where I'm living. Seagate goes on and WD fails after 6 or 8 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaffarano Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Western Digital gets the vote from me.Currently using two WD HDDs: A 320GB Caviar Blue and a 1TB Caviar Black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurplebeanZ Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Hitachi and Fujitsu for me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northboun Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Want your Hard Drive to last longer? Monitor its temperature with a program like Hard Disk Sentinel and cool it with a fan. The fan can be either an actual HD fan that attaches to the hard drive or a regular system fan in the front of your case that blows air across the hard drive(my preference). My hard drives run between 26 to 30 Celsius. I repair many computers and I find many hard drives running at 45 to 50+ Celsius and even worse some laptops at 55+ when there going bad(killing other system parts with excess heat). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darker_Than_Black Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Seagate :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olexijl Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 How to add SSD drives? I personal use this: http://www.ocztechno...ii-2-5-ssd.html (OCZ Vertex 2 SSD Drive )Bought 120 GB drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Western Digital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marke68 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 I personally prefer Hitachi... because it is well-known IBM brand heritage...+1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 WD, seen some good customer service on RMAs with a quick TAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookoo911 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Fujitsu ! lol ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumia Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 WD and seagate for my 2 PCs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beer Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 WD ! :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezurrection Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 wd ( samsung f4) r damn good ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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