Posted: 6/25/2012 12:17:31 AM EDT
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What brands are acceptable right now? Looking for 2 TB preferably, but nothing extremely expensive. I see a few 2 TB drives online in fancy boxes for 400 dollars and think - WTF? I think I saw a 4 TB for a decent price, but it was WD iirc.
I have a 2 TB WD that has lasted at least a year, but I see all these folks online saying their drive died in a year or less. Ideas or opinions welcome... Thanks 
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What brands are acceptable right now? Looking for 2 TB preferably, but nothing extremely expensive. I see a few 2 TB drives online in fancy boxes for 400 dollars and think - WTF? I think I saw a 4 TB for a decent price, but it was WD iirc. I have a 2 TB WD that has lasted at least a year, but I see all these folks online saying their drive died in a year or less. Ideas or opinions welcome... Thanks If you are going to build your own, the 2TB 5400 rpm samsung drives on newegg have good reviews. |
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I would think any of the major brands are fine - Western Digital, SeaGate, or Samsung. I'm assuming this is for backup. Just check the drive occasionally and replace it if it goes bad. As long as you check once a week or so the chances of the backup drive crapping out the same week that your main HDD craps out are slim.
BTW, are drive prices still insane from the tsunami BS awhile back? |
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Western Digital Blue or Black is what I prefer but cost and warranty are factors too. Samsung is the same as Seagate IIRC.
I'd just go with whichever one has the best warranty and price. This Hitachi seems to be the best use of funds when you look at the warranty. You pay a little more for the drive but it has free shipping which is about break even with the cheaper HDD's that don't have free shipping and have a shorter warranty. The $400 stuff you're seeing is probably network attached storage boxes which hold a few drives to allow for RAID redundancy. |
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Thanks for the replies. I'm at work so typing on the phone is a pain. My "mission" is backing up data (photos, music, video, docs). Things I don't wanna lose. My 2 TB is full and I need to back it up. Plus I need to start a new empty place for data. I just worry when I see all these people online saying their drive died in such a short period of time.
How do I tell between the blue or black lines mentioned above? I don't recall ever seeing that in the WD product info. |
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Thanks for the replies. I'm at work so typing on the phone is a pain. My "mission" is backing up data (photos, music, video, docs). Things I don't wanna lose. My 2 TB is full and I need to back it up. Plus I need to start a new empty place for data. I just worry when I see all these people online saying their drive died in such a short period of time. How do I tell between the blue or black lines mentioned above? I don't recall ever seeing that in the WD product info. It's in the name. WD Caviar Green, WD Caviar Blue, and WD Caviar Black. The Caviar are 3.5" desktop drives while the Scorpio are 2.5" laptop drives. The Black I use for security DVR storage and it comes with a 5yr warranty. For general computer use I go with the Blue. I have no need for the Green by my usage and the warranty on the drive doesn't imply it's any more reliable than the Blue. The Green just gets you up to 3TB of storage. http://wdc.com/en/products/internal/desktop/ |