p.3 #2 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
Had three WDs all fail in a row. Have five Maxtors, one is 4+ years old...never a problem from Maxtor, will never buy a WD again. Sure it is small sample size, but hey, it is MY sample...and that shows that WDs fail 100% of the time.
p.3 #3 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
+1 for Samsung drives.
Got 4 internal and have had various Samsungs running for the last few years with zero trouble. Newegg.com often has great Samsung 1TB deals. $69 a drive or less.
p.3 #4 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
I have had excellent results with Western Digital, but do not buy the "green" drives. I buy the "black" - they have much larger cache, and a 5-year warranty.
p.3 #5 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
Funnny the amount of seagate failures listed.
Every WD drive I have ever bought save a pair of Raptors failed in less than a month.
I have multiple arrays of Seagates (SATA and SCSI) that have been performing flawlessly and never a single hiccup from seagate. Seagate buyung Maxtor hs nothing to do with them wanting to use maxtor technology, usually a move like this has the inverse effect The move is more about eliminating competition.
p.3 #6 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
I just got done doing research and purchasing a Seagate 2T external HD. My final choice between Seagate and WD models with similar specs and prices turned on the length of the warranty.
