- Thread starter Wozzaaah
- Start date
barracuda816
Member
- Messages
- 612
- Location
- Bavaria, Germany
I tend to stick with western digital blue hdds. Not had one fail yet. I have also had a samsung fail but cant remember the model.
Worth a read, but i cant say how accurate the results are.
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-for-q2-2015/
Worth a read, but i cant say how accurate the results are.
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-for-q2-2015/
- Messages
- 17,539
I'm looking at replacing two 1Tb drives, possibly with 2tb ones, so SSD's are out but thanks for the suggestion.
WD blue seem fairly well priced though 7200rpm ones seem hard to get hold of.
I probably don't need 7200 as I believe modern 5400 rpm ones are way faster than the older 7200 rpm ones.
WD blue seem fairly well priced though 7200rpm ones seem hard to get hold of.
I probably don't need 7200 as I believe modern 5400 rpm ones are way faster than the older 7200 rpm ones.
gaz1
Member
- Messages
- 20,141
- Location
- westyorkshire
7200 is the speed of the drive that its spins up at 5400rpm is the lower speed also the green mark nowadays
blue is the next colour and black blue is 7200rpm and black is the 10,000 rpm ssd are supposed to nbe faster but there not as you need to look at read and write speed
also to consider is the read and write speed at same time
western digital and seagate are the older makes for hard drives so id choose between those makes myself for reliability ive had seagates and western digital go down on me even when they are brand new never opened out of the bag on a new install of a pc system
blue is the next colour and black blue is 7200rpm and black is the 10,000 rpm ssd are supposed to nbe faster but there not as you need to look at read and write speed
also to consider is the read and write speed at same time
western digital and seagate are the older makes for hard drives so id choose between those makes myself for reliability ive had seagates and western digital go down on me even when they are brand new never opened out of the bag on a new install of a pc system
Shedendman
Member
- Messages
- 5,461
before you go looking at replacing them Google this
"win 10 telling me my hdd are failing" minus quotes
This warning happened to my neighbours lappy,turned out HD's were fine,its WIN10 was the problem
"win 10 telling me my hdd are failing" minus quotes
This warning happened to my neighbours lappy,turned out HD's were fine,its WIN10 was the problem
- Messages
- 17,539
Thanks, I know all that but I've also found out that in performance tests modern 5400 rpm ones will pee all over older 7200 rpm ones such as mine and as I've never had an issue with the speed of mine I'm pretty sure 5400 ones would be fine for my usage.
- Messages
- 17,539
Hmmmm....time to run some diagnostic software then.
Shedendman
Member
- Messages
- 5,461
Also do a virus check
tomsutton529
Member
- Messages
- 837
- Location
- North West
I only ever use Western Digital, i have had a few over the years and all are going strong.
rtbcomp
Moderator
- Messages
- 18,574
- Location
- Sheffield UK
Samsung drives are made by Seagate - they bought the brand name off Samsung for HDDs
http://samsunghdd.seagate.com/gb/en/
I've got a couple WD USB HDDs and they've been fine for a few years now.
Have a look at CPC for prices, append 41 to the catalogue part numbers until 2nd Sept 2016, they're on offer until then.
http://samsunghdd.seagate.com/gb/en/
I've got a couple WD USB HDDs and they've been fine for a few years now.
Have a look at CPC for prices, append 41 to the catalogue part numbers until 2nd Sept 2016, they're on offer until then.
- Messages
- 23,235
- Location
- Birmingham
Another vote for Seagate, I've been using them since the mid 90's when it was cheaper to build a PC rather than buy one!
- Messages
- 23,235
- Location
- Birmingham
skotl
Forum Supporter
- Messages
- 10,159
- Location
- Edinburgh, UK
There's really no "bad" manufacturers of drives so, to be honest, just buy the most-bang-for-your buck that you can.
If you fancy doing complete Windows reinstall then you might still want to consider a 300GB SSD for the boot disk, and make sure that all programs and data are installed on the 1TB or 2TB spinny disks. The difference in performance when running Windows from an SSD is night and day...
If you fancy doing complete Windows reinstall then you might still want to consider a 300GB SSD for the boot disk, and make sure that all programs and data are installed on the 1TB or 2TB spinny disks. The difference in performance when running Windows from an SSD is night and day...
