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Question re: internal HDs used externally (pg. 3)
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| smuncky |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
which enclosure did u go with?
I just bought a 250 WD too for 79$ 1 week ago. |
dell was selling the 320gb seagates for $79 2 weeks ago. unfortuently i didnt jump on the wagon.
hopefully theyll bring down the price again soon. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by smuncky
dell was selling the 320gb seagates for $79 2 weeks ago. unfortuently i didnt jump on the wagon.
hopefully theyll bring down the price again soon. |
Love the 5 year warranty on Seagates. :D :D :D :D
Have had 3, no problems.
Generally I either go w/ WDs (preferred), or Seagates (bc of the warranty, 5 yrs vs. only usually 1 yr w/ most others) |
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| smuncky |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
Love the 5 year warranty on Seagates. :D :D :D :D
Have had 3, no problems.
Generally I either go w/ WDs (preferred), or Seagates (bc of the warranty, 5 yrs vs. only usually 1 yr w/ most others) |
yeh definitely a ^5 on the 5 year warranty.
i actually never had a WD. ive had a samsung (lol) and 2 maxtors. the samsung ran for about 4 years and then i sold it off for $40, so hopefully its still running. one maxtor ive had for 3 years i think and the other for 1.5 or 2 with no problems (knock on wood).
as long as u got enough air flow and u keep it cool in ur rig, then the parts will last a while...unless u get some defective part. |
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| Chris Allen |
1TB external HDD with Google search technology: pure awesome.
LINK |
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| smuncky |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chris Allen
1TB external HDD with Google search technology: pure awesome.
LINK |
looks to much like a product for Apple.
although imagine how much porn would fit on there. WOW |
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| DigiNut |
Might as well put in my two cents. Stats on my drives:
- 1 x 18 GB, 1 x 27 GB, 1 x 36 GB Western Digital IDE, taken out of commission because they weren't big enough. Each ran from 3-4 years, never failed or reported errors.
- 3 x 160 GB Seagate IDE, running for ~3 years, no failures.
- 1 x 200 GB Seagate SATA, ran for ~2 years, started reporting SMART errors, had to send in for RMA.
- 1 x 250 GB Seagate SATA, running for ~1 year, no problems.
- 1 x 500 GB Seagate SATA, bought to replace failing 200 GB, passed all diagnostics but system refused to boot from it. I think the boot sector is damaged in a way that the diagnostics can't detect.
- 1 x 500 GB Western Digital SATA, bought to replace defective Seagate SATA (the Seagate was bought online so there was no time to go through the return process), running for ~2 months with no problems and performs significantly faster with large files/swap files than any of the others.
So it's a bit of a crap shoot with hard drives these days. I know a lot of people have horror stories about Western Digital drives, but so far, all my problems have been with Seagate, which I used to think was the best. Somebody actually did benchmarks on the new 500 GB drives as well, and showed in several tests that the WDs really do perform better in most cases.
Also, Seagate offers a good warranty but I now know firsthand that their service department can be a bitch to reach - their operating hours are best described as "whenever you're not home". I managed to squeeze my RMA through their tech support department with a little bit of persuasive effort, but some people might not be so lucky. |
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| Hantu |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
I know a lot of people have horror stories about Western Digital drives, but so far, all my problems have been with Seagate |
I would have to agree with you here. I've had zero problems with the Western Digital drives I've used over the years (3x10GB, 1x20GB, 1x40GB, & 2x250GB) and the problems I've had has been my Seagate drives (1x20GB, 1x40, & 1x80GB). All my Seagates have not seen much past 1 year, and thus far all my WD's are all still in use, except the 10GB I dropped.... |
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| Chris Allen |
| I will also echo the love for WD HDD's. |
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| MikeyN |
make sure that if you buy an enclosure it has a good fan on it, one of my hard drives quit on me from overheating when summer comes around, my PC likes to run at a cool 42 degrees. the room is probably in the 30s...
as for that one terabyte drive, we sell that at costco, for like 479 i think, maybe less...449 perhaps. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by MikeyN
make sure that if you buy an enclosure it has a good fan on it, one of my hard drives quit on me from overheating when summer comes around, my PC likes to run at a cool 42 degrees. the room is probably in the 30s...
as for that one terabyte drive, we sell that at costco, for like 479 i think, maybe less...449 perhaps. |
you might as well tell them to come to you directly when buying them :tongue2 |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Might as well put in my two cents. Stats on my drives:
- 1 x 18 GB, 1 x 27 GB, 1 x 36 GB Western Digital IDE, taken out of commission because they weren't big enough. Each ran from 3-4 years, never failed or reported errors.
- 3 x 160 GB Seagate IDE, running for ~3 years, no failures.
- 1 x 200 GB Seagate SATA, ran for ~2 years, started reporting SMART errors, had to send in for RMA.
- 1 x 250 GB Seagate SATA, running for ~1 year, no problems.
- 1 x 500 GB Seagate SATA, bought to replace failing 200 GB, passed all diagnostics but system refused to boot from it. I think the boot sector is damaged in a way that the diagnostics can't detect.
- 1 x 500 GB Western Digital SATA, bought to replace defective Seagate SATA (the Seagate was bought online so there was no time to go through the return process), running for ~2 months with no problems and performs significantly faster with large files/swap files than any of the others.
So it's a bit of a crap shoot with hard drives these days. I know a lot of people have horror stories about Western Digital drives, but so far, all my problems have been with Seagate, which I used to think was the best. Somebody actually did benchmarks on the new 500 GB drives as well, and showed in several tests that the WDs really do perform better in most cases.
Also, Seagate offers a good warranty but I now know firsthand that their service department can be a bitch to reach - their operating hours are best described as "whenever you're not home". I managed to squeeze my RMA through their tech support department with a little bit of persuasive effort, but some people might not be so lucky. |
Thanks for the extensive info Aaron. Appreciated input. |
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| VERTiG0 |
| This thread needs more IBM 75GXP Deathstar, errrm, Deskstar lovin'. I had 2 of the DTLA3030s in a RAID-0 config many moons ago, and one of them crashed the head through the platters. It was neat to look at. |
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