Hard drive brands

2008-11-06 01:19:47

#1

Benzin: Member; +576|6265

Which do you prefer?

I've personally bought nothing but Seagate. Their SATA drives have always been really cheap (usually the cheapest) and get the highest review scores.

Had a Maxtor one time and it was a POS. Loud and slow.

2008-11-06 01:28:12

#2

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7032|Cambridge (UK)

Have had Western Digitals and Maxtors in the past - the WD's I've had were better than the Maxtors I've had, but neither even touch my current favourite HDD brand - Hitachi - Deskstars to be precise.

2008-11-06 01:32:17

#3

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7110|Reykjavík, Iceland.

Got 3 WD and 2 Samsungs

All are good and have never let me down

2008-11-06 01:34:39

#4

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7076|Nårvei

Have always been a Seagate fan

Have an external WD though ...

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2008-11-06 01:39:32

#5

rammunition: Fully Loaded; +143|6128

Samsung have never let me down, the spinpoints are top drives and are cheaper than most brands

2008-11-06 01:55:26

#6

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|6898|Finland

I really don't care, although I'm done with Maxtors. Running one Seagate, one WD and one Samsung atm, all seem fairly good.

I need around tree fiddy.

2008-11-06 02:12:15

#7

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6720|The Twilight Zone

I'm done with Maxtors as well. WD.

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2008-11-06 02:16:11

#8

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6463|Winland

Samsung, WD and Seagate are the best consumer-level brands.

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
Have had Western Digitals and Maxtors in the past - the WD's I've had were better than the Maxtors I've had, but neither even touch my current favourite HDD brand - Hitachi - Desk Deathstars to be precise.

Ticka ticka ticka ticka - KRR KRR KRR - ticka ticka ticka ticka - KRR KRR KRR

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-11-06 02:21:55

#9

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6720|The Twilight Zone

Hitachi sucks TBH. Have one and it does what Freezer says "Ticka ticka ticka ticka - KRR KRR KRR - ticka ticka ticka ticka - KRR KRR KRR"

2008-11-06 02:26:32

#10

rammunition: Fully Loaded; +143|6128

whats wrong with maxtor????

i just bought one for £25?????

2008-11-06 02:27:54

#11

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6463|Winland

rammunition wrote:
whats wrong with maxtor????

i just bought one for £25?????

That's what's their problem.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-11-06 02:30:16

#12

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6720|The Twilight Zone

rammunition wrote:
whats wrong with maxtor????

i just bought one for £25?????

1 of my Maxtors died, 1 of my sister's Maxtor died and in our home we only had 2 HDD dye on us...

2008-11-06 02:31:29

#13

Braddock: Agitator; +916|6556|Éire

My Porsche hard drive has always been pretty reliable and problem free between Mac and PC.

2008-11-06 02:32:31

#14

rammunition: Fully Loaded; +143|6128

surely all HDD die and have problems, i have never had a HDD die on me

2008-11-06 02:36:00

#15

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6720|The Twilight Zone

rammunition wrote:
surely all HDD die and have problems, i have never had a HDD die on me

yet

2008-11-06 02:38:29

#16

CrazeD: Member; +368|6939|Maine

rammunition wrote:
surely all HDD die and have problems, i have never had a HDD die on me

I hear of Maxtor's dying more than any other hard drive brand. Maxtor sucks, get over it.

I'm a Seagate fan, personally. They usually are cheaper than the WD equivalent, and usually with more cache too. I had one Seagate 250GB that got messed up in a thunderstorm (partition tables got fuckz0red, half the drive completely disappeared into oblivion) and I sent it back for warranty, which took about 2 weeks and was completely hassle free. Awesome.

I've used WD in the past too, and I like them also.

2008-11-06 02:55:53

#17

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6848|SE London

For internal SATA drives (it's different when you look at SCSI drives, but fairly similar for PATA):

Samsung and Western Digital (who make shitty unreliable externals btw - not the drives, but the enclosures are rubbish) are the most reliable brands of drives without a shadow of a doubt.

Maxtor are worst, in every conceivable way. Seagate are often unreliable and flakey (but they are best of the rest, and can perform pretty damn well). Hitachi, whilst they have improved from the old days of the IBM Deathstars, are still fairly shoddy.

One of my Samsung F1s is a bit loud now, but to be honest I'm surprised it still works after I dropped it on a hard wood floor.

2008-11-06 03:02:28

#18

Brasso: member; +1,549|6897

i've had 3 seagates over the years. two 250gb IDE drives. one of them ended up dying after about a couple years or so, but it gabe me signs in advance so i was able to back up my data. the rma from seagate was very smooth. the replacement has been just fine.

i also got a 160gb sata wd about a year ago. no problems with that.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-11-06 03:18:36

#19

Benzin: Member; +576|6265

Seagate has that 5 year warranty and their customer service seems to be top notch (backed up from what you guys have been saying about them).

I don't know if WD or Samsung are actually better. I'd rate all 3 the same?

2008-11-06 03:26:55

#20

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7076|Nårvei

CapnNismo wrote:
Seagate has that 5 year warranty and their customer service seems to be top notch (backed up from what you guys have been saying about them).

I don't know if WD or Samsung are actually better. I'd rate all 3 the same?

One of my Seagates broke down last months after 3 years of good service, am expecting a replacement any day now

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2008-11-06 03:27:18

#21

Microwave: _; +515|6921|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

I've got a Western Digital Raptor, a Samsung Spinpoint F1, an olddddd Seagate and an external Western Digital.

...I like WD.

2008-11-06 03:48:01

#22

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6834|NYC / Hamburg

Samsung ≥ WD > Seagate >>>>>>>>>>>>> Maxtor > Hitachi
is my ranking. Maybe Maxtor (which are Seagates now) and Hitachi improved their quality now, but I still don't trust them after the horror stories of the '90s and early '00s

Also Maxtor fans write like this:

rammunition wrote:
whats wrong with maxtor????

i just bought one for £25?????

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-11-06 07:36:37

#23

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7002|Salt Lake City

In the office where I work (IT) we have had a significantly higher failure rate for WD than Seagate, but these two are also the only brands we use.

2008-11-06 07:40:12

#24

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6463|Winland

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
In the office where I work (IT) we have had a significantly higher failure rate for WD than Seagate, but these two are also the only brands we use.

What kind of drives were that? WD had a bad era around 2000-2002

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-11-06 07:48:37

#25

Jussimies: Finnish commander whore; +76|6851|Finland

I always end up buying Seagate, but there is nothing wrong with Samsung or WD.

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