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Looking for a Hard Drive by MeEtc on 09-10-2007 at 11:05 PM
So I'm in the market for a new hard drive. What I'm looking at is either a Seagate Barracuda or WD Caviar, both 7200 320Gb. WD is $2 more, but that is irreverent, mostly. Looking for opinions on what manufacturer to take.
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by Voldemort on 09-10-2007 at 11:13 PM
Both have worked perfectly fine in the past for me, although i like WD better, for some reason
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by markee on 09-10-2007 at 11:33 PM
We had a 80GB WD HDD that lasted about 5 years and we used that computer quite a lot. I think I've only ever used WD and I find them good (been waiting for the raptors to come down in price personally 
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RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by prashker on 09-10-2007 at 11:50 PM
I have a WD External 500GB HD and it's been on 24/7, had no problems yet .
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by Kenji on 09-11-2007 at 02:19 AM
Seagate, Im only saying that because I have never used a WD. My Seagate has been on 24/7 for 10 months now, and still works like its brand new
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by ShawnZ on 09-11-2007 at 02:24 AM
seagate and wd are the two best
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by NanaFreak on 09-11-2007 at 07:49 AM
quote:it had like 1 & 1/2 years of access time =\
Originally posted by markee
We had a 80GB WD HDD that lasted about 5 years and we used that computer quite a lot. I think I've only ever used WD and I find them good (been waiting for the raptors to come down in price personally
so yea WD is awesome ;o
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by toddy on 09-11-2007 at 08:01 AM
maxtor ftw
250GB, 2/3 years old, always on. works fine 
yes i kno Seagate bought out maxtor
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by Jhrono on 09-11-2007 at 11:21 AM
WD all the way.
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by Verte on 09-11-2007 at 02:41 PM
Both "Barracuda" and "Caviar" sound a little fishy. 
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by rav0 on 09-13-2007 at 11:25 AM
Like Seagate because they are innovative (WD is al well I guess) and Seagate has the bottom of the drive covered (innovation!) while other brands are open. Neither of them have died ever for me though the WD hiccupped couple of times. The Seagate is quieter and cooler by far.
Seagate's product range is more simple, sometimes two WD drives get confused as being the same thing. Fujitsu is also reasonable. The only dead disk I've ever had was a Maxtor but some people use them without problem.
I'd buy the Seagate drive (they even have cool names).
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by Wally on 09-13-2007 at 01:29 PM
Seagate FTW!
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by rix on 09-13-2007 at 02:36 PM
Personally i prefer Seagate products, but atm im using a 320 GB WD WD3200JB disk. I've been using it since august. First i had a few problems with blue screens, but im not sure if those were occured due to HDD (it might have been Radeon 9700).
I love the low acoustic of this WD drive. ^^
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by MeEtc on 09-14-2007 at 12:26 AM
thanks everyone. i have made my purchase 
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by markee on 09-14-2007 at 09:06 AM
I can get that same HDD for under A$100, i think you just got ripped off.... sorry to tell you so
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by Phillip on 09-14-2007 at 09:40 AM
As if get WD I've had at least 3 die on me in the last year.
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by joey on 09-14-2007 at 11:21 AM
you really shouldnt have posted the invoice thing,
quote:
Originally posted by markee
I can get that same HDD for under A$100, i think you just got ripped off.... sorry to tell you so
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by MeEtc on 09-14-2007 at 11:27 AM
honestly, thats the cheapest you'll ever find for a drive anywhere here.
comparison:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTool...=3227029&CatId=523
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144408
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?l...0FS10035171&catid=
- only 250 GB, but almost twice as much
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by rav0 on 09-14-2007 at 11:28 AM
That price seems reasonable. By under 100 AUD do you mean 96 AUD? 96 AUD is MSY's price and they are apparently the one of the cheapest in Sydney (they are cheaper than my local stores - 113.30 AUD - but I've just never been to MSY, too far to go for just one or two things).
RE: Looking for a Hard Drive by markee on 09-14-2007 at 11:50 AM
quote:I meant A$97 at my local computer shop.
Originally posted by rav0
That price seems reasonable. By under 100 AUD do you mean 96 AUD? 96 AUD is MSY's price and they are apparently the one of the cheapest in Sydney (they are cheaper than my local stores - 113.30 AUD - but I've just never been to MSY, too far to go for just one or two things).