Hard Drive Polling
#1
Posted 06 November 2008 - 10:19 AM
#2
Posted 06 November 2008 - 12:27 PM
Out of all the brands, Maxtor and Seagate are on my top list for defective drives. If I get a defective computer drive it's more often than not a Seagate or Maxtor.
Western Digital is near the top along with the likes of Samsung and Hitachi for most reliable drives. A tossup for the most part.
#3
Posted 06 November 2008 - 01:29 PM
#4
Posted 06 November 2008 - 01:53 PM
Seagate & WD =
Tomato & Tumato
Can't judge a brand by its DOA rate because you really have no idea what happened to them before you got your hands on them. Judging by performance it's to close to call. [on 7200 drives obv.]
WD and SG both have strong points and innovations the other doesn't have, but TBH it's neck-n-neck.
Samsung and Hitachi = Less-popular but surprisingly good alternatives, around here stores carry these rather than WD/SG.
Maxtor = Coaster :)
#5
Posted 06 November 2008 - 02:26 PM
#6
Posted 06 November 2008 - 04:10 PM
I'm also glad to see Hitachi turn the Deathstar brand back into the Desktar. Between them and Samsung they are a close second.
All but one of my Maxtor drives has failed after 2 years.
I haven't used a Seagate drive from back in the scuzzy days so I'm not at liberty to speak for them
I can also say that Fujitsu makes the best Ultra Scuzzy disks, from the performance of our work servers ;)
#7
Posted 06 November 2008 - 04:27 PM
Seeing as how alot of the machines I service were either built or upgraded by me. Also taking owners into the equation of how they take care of their stuff, yes I can judge the failure rates of harddrives.
What I meant was, for example, the new egg reviews that say "I ordered this drive and when i got it it didn't work I'M NEVER BUYING X Brand EVER AGAIN THEY SUCK"
Obviously not to that degree but we've all read something similar to that, failure rate yea you can judge, DOA rate.....is a mystery.
And when I said "before you got your hands on them" I meant ordering a brand new drive, not servicing one.
#8
Posted 06 November 2008 - 04:36 PM
#9
Posted 06 November 2008 - 04:47 PM
#10
Posted 06 November 2008 - 05:02 PM
#11
Posted 06 November 2008 - 05:24 PM
WD is by far the best and has been for over 6 years now.
+fucking 1, my first Seagate was my last because after less than a month of ownership, it one day decided not to boot into Windows. Fuck Seagate. Western Digital for life.
#12
Posted 06 November 2008 - 06:22 PM
I have a WD external that I've had for 2 years and it's awesome.
on my old computers, i've had 2 Maxtors die within a year of use. and 1 defective right out of the box lol.
#13
Posted 06 November 2008 - 08:30 PM
I generally stick with WD though.
Dave
#14
Posted 06 November 2008 - 09:57 PM
Edited by Haven, 06 November 2008 - 09:57 PM.
#15
Posted 06 November 2008 - 10:00 PM
#16
Posted 07 November 2008 - 01:37 PM
Imo....it's amazing how cheap the sh*t is getting...
cheap quality, or cheap price?
I want a new HDD, and i know the pirces are low, I'm just concerned with installing a hunk of spinning sh*t in my pc.
#18
Posted 07 November 2008 - 06:23 PM
#19
Posted 07 November 2008 - 06:28 PM
yea not bad. You guys seem to lean WD, and like I said, My external is awesome. Might have to try it out when I get PIZZAID! Or not, but at least I have something to think about.
#20
Posted 07 November 2008 - 07:12 PM
other 3 are WD's and have never had a problem with them
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