New Hard drive?

[Zak33]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-H...NCQ-Retail-Box

Hitachi 1 TB £50.85

Fast, quiet... I have 3 now

[Sputnik]

I have to agree with peterb, It all is dependent on the full facts. Samsung and WD are extremely popular drives so the amount that fail are probably a low percentage in reality.

[Attila the Bun]

It just goes to show when you're a newbie your tendency is to take any advice from "experts" at face value.

peterb's comments have made me think that more info is needed. For instance; is it particular models that fail, are they from overclocked gaming machines etc etc etc. This is why I ask questions when I don't know about the subject...it's no point blagging.

And I mean no disrespect to retrodata here, his area of expertise is dealing with failed hard drives and I because of which, will risk the small probability of a mauling and email him for his thoughts.

The positive effect here is that retrodata has made me look at Hitachi when previously I was looking 75% Western Digital because it had a 6gb SATA model for around £55 - £60 and 25% Samsung because of their perceived reliability. It certainly has made me think about what other brands offer.

As I've said in a previous thread all advice is gratefully accepted.

[Sputnik]

The positive effect here is that retrodata has made me look at Hitachi

Hitachi had a terrible name at one time because of the so called "death star" but, I've no doubt they have left them days in the past now.

when previously I was looking 75% Western Digital because it had a 6gb SATA model for around £55 - £60

I cannot see any point in a hard drive having such a high speed interface

and 25% Samsung because of their perceived reliability. It certainly has made me think about what other brands offer.

I seem to remember the early F1 1TB drive failing but, Again I have no idea of the percent of them that did fail - I hope my one does not fail now I have said that :S

[Attila the Bun]

I cannot see any point in a hard drive having such a high speed interface

My thinking was "high speed interface" = cheaper option than Solid State but following advice received and articles read, my thinking is turning towards 2 HDD drives (small fast for boot/OS, larger for storage) and use the SATA 3 for external data transfer.

[Behemoth]

Hitachi had a terrible name at one time because of the so called "death star" but, I've no doubt they have left them days in the past now.

Only because they inherrited that from IBM.

[Sputnik]

Only because they inherrited that from IBM.

Of course. But, some people will be put off by that.

[Behemoth]

I've always been happy to buy a Hitachi drive, had one for ages till I filled it up and sold it. Fastest drive out of all the ones I had in my PC at the time.

If we are talking brands with very poor failure rates I won't touch a Seagate drive (not for internal use anyway) with a ten mile long barge pole.

[Attila the Bun]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-H...NCQ-Retail-Box

Hitachi 1 TB £50.85

Fast, quiet... I have 3 now

Thank you Zak...that will be one for the bag especially if it goes on offer this w/e

[nibbler]

Saracen you said it's inevitable that HDs will fail. Am I running the gauntlet then by using an old maxtor 200GB HD with no backup whatsoever?

[Behemoth]

Saracen you said it's inevitable that HDs will fail. Am I running the gauntlet then by using an old maxtor 200GB HD with no backup whatsoever?

I'd say your flaunting it, not running it !

[nibbler]

I just cant be bothered buying a new one and backing up and possibly having to reinstall everything.
I know, I know, I'm a terrible person what a shame.

[shakerist]

dude u can use ur new hard drive like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmiqS8gKu8

[nibbler]

dude u can use ur new hard drive like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmiqS8gKu8

like to see that on a 10k raptor drive or a 15k SAS drive

[shakerist]

like to see that on a 10k raptor drive or a 15k SAS drive

yes it would be interesting put one in the kitchen to sharpen knives

[ik9000]

PC Pro just did a hard-drive group test. Tested all the samsung F1, F2 and F3 as well as hitachi and seagate, western digital etc. They did noise comparisons and data transfer. Not sure if that'll be any help, but I found the article interesting. Most of the review info is online or you can go to the issue itself. Not in the shops anymore but your library will probably have a copy. Or at least mine does. Or at least used to. Been a while since I've been there mind. 10 years in fact. Wow time flies.


http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/mechanical-hdds