Hard Drive purchase assistance.

Altanore · 08-12-2006, 09:09 AM

I am planning on buying another hard drive since my 120GB drive is proving not to be enough space.

Anyway, I have my eyes on two drives...

firstly,

$165 Samsung 400GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II

I found it surprising it was very cheap... I was thinking of getting two of these to get more space. However, I just want to make sure these hard drives are not low quality since the price seems very low. However, I believe Samsung is a good company.

If not that, I planned to purchase:

$439 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB 16MB SATA II

Course, with Samsung, I'd be getting more space for a cheaper price.. but the quality of their drives is what im concerned of.

Any suggestions?
Thanks

m0nk3ys1ms · 08-12-2006, 04:52 PM

The reviews on the Samsung Spinpoint drives are very great, thats what I would go with. Also, with two drives you can run them in RAID for increased performance.

**The_Other_One** · 08-12-2006, 06:13 PM

I've heard good stuff about Samsung drives, but the last one I used was a 3.2G(IE, a while back

) so I don't have much experience on current drives.

Personally, I'd go with Western Digital. Out of all the drives I've had, they have been the most reliable and the fastest. However, if you only can get the two you mentioned, I'd get a pair of Samsung's, as monkeysims mentioned.

Altanore · 08-12-2006, 06:49 PM

Hey, thanks for the reply's

I was thinking of western digital too since I know they are reliable. I found this:

$245 WD WD4000YR 400GB 16MB SATA Raid Edition

Could get two of those but they are much more expensive than the samsung drives and don't have SATA2 (Although I can't take advantage of SATA2 but will be useful in the future when I upgrade to a new motherboard).

Course, reliability certainly won't be a concern with this drive and looking at the reviews, it seems to out perform some of it's competitors. In the review, it was better than a Samsung P80 spinpoint but it was a 160GB version. I just might go ahead with the western digital. Afterall, it is a raid edition

SirKenin · 08-12-2006, 07:24 PM

Western Digitals are NOT reliable at ALL. As I mentioned in another thread, I am a former Western Digital Authorized Reseller. Former for a reason. The infamous click click click and the ever so bloody annoying wiping out of the MFT for no logical reason. Those drives are crap. I have RMAed more WD SE HDDs than any other manufacturer save for Fujitsu. Not only are they unreliable, they choke under heavy load. They are for light duty household use only.

If you are gung ho for Western Digital, you want either the RE or the Raptor. Both are enterprise level HDDs.

The Spinpoint is a good drive. It has done very well for itself and I have no problems recommending one. The Seagate is a very good drive as well. They made a name for themselves with their SCSI drives. Incidentally were you aware that Seagate bought out Maxtor for almost $2B back in May?

m0nk3ys1ms · 08-12-2006, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirKenin

Western Digitals are NOT reliable at ALL. As I mentioned in another thread, I am a former Western Digital Authorized Reseller. Former for a reason. The infamous click click click and the ever so bloody annoying wiping out of the MFT for no logical reason. Those drives are crap. I have RMAed more WD SE HDDs than any other manufacturer save for Fujitsu. Not only are they unreliable, they choke under heavy load. They are for light duty household use only.

If you are gung ho for Western Digital, you want either the RE or the Raptor. Both are enterprise level HDDs.

The Spinpoint is a good drive. It has done very well for itself and I have no problems recommending one. The Seagate is a very good drive as well. They made a name for themselves with their SCSI drives. Incidentally were you aware that Seagate bought out Maxtor for almost $2B back in May?

Yeah, I was in the middle of RMA'ing a drive when they were doing that and I called 1-800-2-MAXTOR and it said like "Welcome to Seagate Maxtor", and I was like, are Maxtor's gonna be better, or are Seagate's gonna be worse. From some of the things I've heard, I think Seagate's gotten worse.

Altanore · 08-12-2006, 07:50 PM

Hmm interesting. I have one 80GB Western Digital HD in my old computer.. has been there for 3 years now and is still healthy and running strong. So is my current WD HD but it's only a year old. However, companies change overtime so maybe they have gotten worse?

Only thing that threw me off on the Samsung was the low price (course, the low price is great) but I wanted to know if it was cheap due to being built cheaply or that it's just a grand deal. Maybe i'll go samsung and use the extra money saved on a creative sound blaster X-Fi.

SirKenin · 08-12-2006, 08:01 PM

Yeah, the Samsung is great value for the dollar I think.

**The_Other_One** · 08-12-2006, 08:08 PM

Odd... I've had about 7 Western Digital drives within the last couple years and none of them have failed. I've had about 8 Maxtor drives, and all of them have failed... I've had about 5 segate drives, and one of them failed... Plus there's the one Seagate I encounted at work that failed(brand new)

Altanore · 08-12-2006, 08:24 PM

Any idea on the size? After a bit more reading, WD hard drives seem to be poor quality anywhere above 300GB's.

08-12-2006, 09:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Altanore Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Age: 22 Posts: 255	Hard Drive purchase assistance. I am planning on buying another hard drive since my 120GB drive is proving not to be enough space. Anyway, I have my eyes on two drives... firstly, $165 Samsung 400GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II I found it surprising it was very cheap... I was thinking of getting two of these to get more space. However, I just want to make sure these hard drives are not low quality since the price seems very low. However, I believe Samsung is a good company. If not that, I planned to purchase: $439 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB 16MB SATA II Course, with Samsung, I'd be getting more space for a cheaper price.. but the quality of their drives is what im concerned of. Any suggestions? Thanks __________________ Processor: AMD Athlon64 3200+ S939 Ram: 2x 1GB PC3200 Corsair DDR @dual Channel Video Card: PCI express ATI Radeon X800XL 256mb DDR3 Overclocked Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Drive: LG 16x16 DL DVD±RW w/Light Scribe Hard Drive: Western Digital Sata 120GB 7200rpm, 2x Seagate 320GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II, WD 150GB Raptor 10k RPM, SATA, 250GB Lacie External HD Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Power Supply: Enermax 535W FMA2 Cooling: Many fans, Thermaltake Bigwater SE.

08-12-2006, 06:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,432	I've heard good stuff about Samsung drives, but the last one I used was a 3.2G(IE, a while back ) so I don't have much experience on current drives. Personally, I'd go with Western Digital. Out of all the drives I've had, they have been the most reliable and the fastest. However, if you only can get the two you mentioned, I'd get a pair of Samsung's, as monkeysims mentioned. __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

08-12-2006, 06:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
Altanore Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Age: 22 Posts: 255	Hey, thanks for the reply's I was thinking of western digital too since I know they are reliable. I found this: $245 WD WD4000YR 400GB 16MB SATA Raid Edition Could get two of those but they are much more expensive than the samsung drives and don't have SATA2 (Although I can't take advantage of SATA2 but will be useful in the future when I upgrade to a new motherboard). Course, reliability certainly won't be a concern with this drive and looking at the reviews, it seems to out perform some of it's competitors. In the review, it was better than a Samsung P80 spinpoint but it was a 160GB version. I just might go ahead with the western digital. Afterall, it is a raid edition __________________ Processor: AMD Athlon64 3200+ S939 Ram: 2x 1GB PC3200 Corsair DDR @dual Channel Video Card: PCI express ATI Radeon X800XL 256mb DDR3 Overclocked Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Drive: LG 16x16 DL DVD±RW w/Light Scribe Hard Drive: Western Digital Sata 120GB 7200rpm, 2x Seagate 320GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II, WD 150GB Raptor 10k RPM, SATA, 250GB Lacie External HD Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Power Supply: Enermax 535W FMA2 Cooling: Many fans, Thermaltake Bigwater SE.

08-12-2006, 07:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
Altanore Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Age: 22 Posts: 255	Hmm interesting. I have one 80GB Western Digital HD in my old computer.. has been there for 3 years now and is still healthy and running strong. So is my current WD HD but it's only a year old. However, companies change overtime so maybe they have gotten worse? Only thing that threw me off on the Samsung was the low price (course, the low price is great) but I wanted to know if it was cheap due to being built cheaply or that it's just a grand deal. Maybe i'll go samsung and use the extra money saved on a creative sound blaster X-Fi. __________________ Processor: AMD Athlon64 3200+ S939 Ram: 2x 1GB PC3200 Corsair DDR @dual Channel Video Card: PCI express ATI Radeon X800XL 256mb DDR3 Overclocked Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Drive: LG 16x16 DL DVD±RW w/Light Scribe Hard Drive: Western Digital Sata 120GB 7200rpm, 2x Seagate 320GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II, WD 150GB Raptor 10k RPM, SATA, 250GB Lacie External HD Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Power Supply: Enermax 535W FMA2 Cooling: Many fans, Thermaltake Bigwater SE.

08-12-2006, 08:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,432	Odd... I've had about 7 Western Digital drives within the last couple years and none of them have failed. I've had about 8 Maxtor drives, and all of them have failed... I've had about 5 segate drives, and one of them failed... Plus there's the one Seagate I encounted at work that failed(brand new) __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

08-12-2006, 07:24 PM	#5 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	Western Digitals are NOT reliable at ALL. As I mentioned in another thread, I am a former Western Digital Authorized Reseller. Former for a reason. The infamous click click click and the ever so bloody annoying wiping out of the MFT for no logical reason. Those drives are crap. I have RMAed more WD SE HDDs than any other manufacturer save for Fujitsu. Not only are they unreliable, they choke under heavy load. They are for light duty household use only. If you are gung ho for Western Digital, you want either the RE or the Raptor. Both are enterprise level HDDs. The Spinpoint is a good drive. It has done very well for itself and I have no problems recommending one. The Seagate is a very good drive as well. They made a name for themselves with their SCSI drives. Incidentally were you aware that Seagate bought out Maxtor for almost $2B back in May?

08-12-2006, 08:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	Yeah, the Samsung is great value for the dollar I think.

08-12-2006, 08:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
Altanore Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Age: 22 Posts: 255	Any idea on the size? After a bit more reading, WD hard drives seem to be poor quality anywhere above 300GB's. __________________ Processor: AMD Athlon64 3200+ S939 Ram: 2x 1GB PC3200 Corsair DDR @dual Channel Video Card: PCI express ATI Radeon X800XL 256mb DDR3 Overclocked Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Drive: LG 16x16 DL DVD±RW w/Light Scribe Hard Drive: Western Digital Sata 120GB 7200rpm, 2x Seagate 320GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II, WD 150GB Raptor 10k RPM, SATA, 250GB Lacie External HD Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Power Supply: Enermax 535W FMA2 Cooling: Many fans, Thermaltake Bigwater SE.

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