Seagate or WD?

**peat moss** · 12-17-2006, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by Skizo

Originally Posted by tralalala

ummm... am looking for at least 300GB.. 150 aint enough.. but you're saying WD 7200RPM 320GB is fine?

Yep. Either way you go, you'll be fine. I've always stuck with WD because they have always treated me right, but I also have a Seagate 200GB as well right now. No complaints.

I think they are both quality. It all comes down to preference - Chevy vs Ford type thing.

You said it all right there ! I just bought a WD 250 GB FOR $88.00 cnd I'm happy like I had sense .

**MultiForce** · 12-18-2006, 11:37 AM

Everything that's not Maxtor is fine.

I personally always preffer WD as I have been through 23 HDD's the last 6 years and none of them has ever failed.

I have had 10 Seagate disk too and 3 of the died, but that might just be bad luck as I have a friend that has 40 Seagate disks (yeah he got too much money) and no problems.

**General2k** · 12-19-2006, 01:06 AM

I wouldnt go with WD pieces of crap. Ive have a 160gb Samsung drive and it has last me for 5 years and its still going. Got a 3 year old WD drive and the POS didnt work and was very noisy. So I got another 250gb Samsung and its running excellent.
When I got the new Samsung the computer tech said that Samsung will no longer be selling to Canada and that they will be replacing them with Seagates which are comparible in quality.

**S!X** · 12-19-2006, 01:12 AM

If I may add...... STAY AWAY from Maxtor harddrives. They are very,very evil things.

**Snee** · 12-19-2006, 01:21 AM

Maxtor is the spawn of satan

You might wanna have a look at Samsung's Spinpoints as well, tralala. They are all right as far as the performance goes, quiet, and usually cheap-ish.

**JordoR** · 12-19-2006, 01:22 AM

Originally Posted by Linkin Park

If I may add...... STAY AWAY from Maxtor harddrives. They are very,very evil things.

I second that... I personally would go with WD HD myself. The only problem I've had with them, was it not fitting properly into my PS2 to connect to the network adapter

... but in terms of PC use, their top notch.

**Chewie** · 12-19-2006, 02:29 AM

Well, I've been using Maxtor drives for about 8 years now and had my first failure last year. They replaced it without quibble.
Maxtor are now owned by Seagate.

Oddly enough, I've seen two (and heard of another) Western Digital drives that have gone faulty - a loud click and then inaccessible through DOS or Windows.

My latest is Samsung SATA. I bought it cos everyone seems to be selling them at the local fairs st very reasonable prices. Apart from the very quiet motor whir it's silent even when reading/writing. I'm impressed.

The point of all this?
They're all about as reliable as each other so you can really base your choice on performance & price.

**tralalala** · 12-19-2006, 12:14 PM

well the main reason i asked was because the PC place i usually go to deals with WD, and was just trying to figure out whether or not it's worth while going forward with it

thanks for all the replies guys