FrankTB 14 Posted October 29, 2012 Hi folks would appreciate any advice on how western digital and seagate hard drives stackup against each other.as it seems like my present 1tb seagate barracuda is probably on the way out as its getting awful noisy when it starts up. Maybe a good chance to also look into possibly adding a ssd drive as well? Thanks to anyone in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dsawan 620 Posted October 29, 2012 Western digital is reliable. No probs with failure yet and affordable. I have 2 running on my pc and preparing to get more when can. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+suhsjake 11 Posted October 29, 2012 As a computer technician and working with hard drives everyday, WD hands down for mechanical and OCZ for SSD. To test if your current drive is going out, use this and run a full error scan and look for bad sectors. Most times, loud noise isn't indicative of the HDD going out. When you start it up and hear click click is when you want to worry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted October 29, 2012 I'll 2nd that WD recommendation. It's been quite some time since I bought a non-WD drive. I think it was a Maxtor. Not to say I've never had a WD fail, I have. Just that there is a lower percentage of them that do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrankTB 14 Posted October 29, 2012 Thanks chaps for the great response,suhsjake will certainly give the hd tune a go and ocz ssd was the one I was considering could afford a 128gb as they are not to expensive these days. as for the WD hd would the Cavier black over the blue be the better choice? One thing that also drew my attention to WD is that they have a 5 year warranty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+suhsjake 11 Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) Caviar Blue are orentated towards mainstream computer use. Caviars Blacks are for enthusiast, performance, and IT users and have close to double the speed of the Blues depending on model plus better customer support. As for warranties, I think all HD Manufactures switched to 3 and 1 year warranties after the Thailand floods. I haven't caught up on my reading material though. Edited October 29, 2012 by suhsjake Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted October 30, 2012 IIRC the Blacks still have 5 yrs, the Blue and Green have 2, which is also part of the reason for the price difference. I've only bought Blacks myself. Never bothered with Velociraptor due to higher cost and noise. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/internal/desktop/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrankTB 14 Posted October 31, 2012 That sorts it out for me, the black it will be and they are reasonably priced thanks again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
