Which Hard Drives Brand do you go for?

Which Hard Drives Brand do you go for?


  • Total voters
    2,004

WhiteShadows

Senior Member
Joined
Aug 31, 2005
Messages
2,147
Reaction score
0
For 3.5" hard drives, SATA/PATA.

Hitachi (3 Years)
Maxtor (3 Years)
Seagate (5 Years)
Samsung (3 Years)
Western Digital (3 Years, 5 Years for Raptors)

For me:
Seagate>Hitachi>Western Digital>Samsung>Maxtor.
 

dreant

Arch-Supremacy Member
Joined
Sep 23, 2001
Messages
10,020
Reaction score
72
It used to be Hitachi first for me; until Seagate offered their 5 year warranty...
 

ISS

High Supremacy Member
Joined
Oct 24, 2000
Messages
34,607
Reaction score
0
For me, its seagate due to its 5yrs warranty.
 

acidboy84

Senior Member
Joined
Nov 19, 2000
Messages
2,327
Reaction score
0
WD for their Raptors and Seagate for anything else.

Both has 5 yr warranty. :D
 

ab_cat

Supremacy Member
Joined
Mar 6, 2005
Messages
8,285
Reaction score
0
Western Digital , Seagate and now trying Hitachi, I think Hitachi its a good try for me as the poll I view now is in the top now :)
 

ab_cat

Supremacy Member
Joined
Mar 6, 2005
Messages
8,285
Reaction score
0
and whats more Hitachi is also cheaper than Maxtor and some other brand also :)
 

sigh

Senior Member
Joined
Jan 31, 2001
Messages
1,353
Reaction score
25
Using HGST since started buying HDD. Recently started using Maxtor

2.5" HDD seems to be dominated by Samsung.
 

PsyNidE

Arch-Supremacy Member
Deluxe Member
Joined
Mar 28, 2002
Messages
19,935
Reaction score
0
AndyS said:
because Samsung 2.5" HDDs are almost noiseless... my notebook with the MP0402H startup and during usage is noiseless except when the optical drive is spinning...
and also all Samsung 2.5" & 3.5" HDDs are ALL 3-Years One-to-One exchange warranty
i 4C samsung HDD 2b da nxt popularly used HDD in due time .. as they r basically quiet during operation & so far i used one 2.5" myslf + i recommend 2 3.5" HDD to my clients .. so far no complaints
 

PsyNidE

Arch-Supremacy Member
Deluxe Member
Joined
Mar 28, 2002
Messages
19,935
Reaction score
0
PaLmEr said:
why so "many" ppl voted for maxtor and samsung ar? :s13:
Samsung is quiet in its operations ..... ur WOLS .. hehe ...i got 2 of my customers 3.5" HDD & 2.5" for myslf as portable hdd .. wrking fine till now .. samsung hdd is still made in Korea AFAIK
 

tUx

High Supremacy Member
Joined
Jan 9, 2001
Messages
34,028
Reaction score
0
Used to use all Hitachi drives.. But now I'm using all WD drives. :D

Would have stuck to HGST, but since I got a Raptor and I want all my drives to be the same brand, naturally I changed my storage drives to WD as well.

It doesn't really bother me much even though WD's performance might not be always at the top because I use 7200rpm drives solely for my storage and all my apps are run from the Raptor.

If I have to choose a drive from scratch at this point of time, I'll pick the WD 4000KD though.
 
Important Forum Advisory Note
This forum is moderated by volunteer moderators who will react only to members' feedback on posts. Moderators are not employees or representatives of HWZ. Forum members and moderators are responsible for their own posts.

Please refer to our Community Guidelines and Standards, Terms of Service and Member T&Cs for more information.
Top