REVscene Automotive Forum - View Single Post - cheapest and largest hard drive, seagate or WD Green

InvisibleSoul · 02-07-2011, 10:02 AM

I used to be a dedicated Seagate guy, and in the early 2000's, they had great drives with excellent reliability.

This has completely changed in the last few years... there are major reliability issues with their last couple generations of drives.

Look at the reviews of the Seagate 2TB:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-413-_-Product

29% of the reviews are single eggs... as in almost one out of every three people had a very bad experience with it.

The WD Green is better, but not by much:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-514-_-Product

24% of reviewers had a very bad experience.

So then what? I personally would choose to get the Hitachi 2TB.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-245-_-Product

Only 7% one-egg reviews.

The drive costs $10-20 more than the Seagate or WD, Considering the hassle and cost of doing a RMA on a defective drive, I will happily pay the difference to get ~20% higher reliability.

They don't distribute that Hitachi in Canada though for whatever reason... so the only place you can buy it is from NewEgg Canada.

02-07-2011, 10:02 AM	#15
InvisibleSoul The RS Freebie guru Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: East Vancouver Posts: 22,032 Thanked 2,491 Times in 860 Posts Failed 137 Times in 67 Posts	I used to be a dedicated Seagate guy, and in the early 2000's, they had great drives with excellent reliability. This has completely changed in the last few years... there are major reliability issues with their last couple generations of drives. Look at the reviews of the Seagate 2TB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-413-_-Product 29% of the reviews are single eggs... as in almost one out of every three people had a very bad experience with it. The WD Green is better, but not by much: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-514-_-Product 24% of reviewers had a very bad experience. So then what? I personally would choose to get the Hitachi 2TB. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-245-_-Product Only 7% one-egg reviews. The drive costs $10-20 more than the Seagate or WD, Considering the hassle and cost of doing a RMA on a defective drive, I will happily pay the difference to get ~20% higher reliability. They don't distribute that Hitachi in Canada though for whatever reason... so the only place you can buy it is from NewEgg Canada.