[SOLVED] WD vs Seagate barracuda 4tb HDD reliability? - Tom's …
Jan 27, 2021 · As my Seagate Barracuda 4tb bought 15 months ago is failing (slower and slower), I am searching for the best replacement. Unfortunately we don't have but this choice in my country: -WD Blue 4tb WD40EZRZ. -WD Purple 4tb WD40PURZ. -WD Red 4tb WD40EFRX / WD40EFAX. -Seagate 4TB ST4000DM004. I know the Seagate is the fastest one, but I …
Seagate vs WD - Tom's Hardware Forum
17,040. Feb 5, 2018. #13. In my experience, Seagates are speedier and quieter, and WD's are slower, louder, and FAR more reliable. I went through 4 Seagate SSHDs (all started failing with bad sectors and read errors) before I gave up on them. Somehow my 3 TB Seagate has been rock-solid reliable.
Question seagate firecuda vs western digital black drive - reliability?
Apr 11, 2023 · to replace the above mentioned seagate 4 TB drive , and the other drive (seagate firecuda or western digital black) drive would replace the other 3.5 drive in my system so I have two bigger hard drives with the old hard drives becoming the new "offline file backup storage" type drives. The seagate is still working well for me but I figure at 7 ...
Hitachi vs Seagate vs Western Digital | Tom's Hardware Forum
Jul 20, 2016. Solution. #5. Most of the Seagate hate is based on two things. The 1.5TB drives they put out nearly a decade ago which had an abysmal failure rate, and Backblaze's early HDD reliability reports (which included a lot of those 1.5TB Seagate drives). Seagate doesn't sell those 1.5TB drives anymore.
[SOLVED] 14Tb Enterprise-class drive, WD or Seagate? - Tom's …
Dec 10, 2019 · If you were to go around to all the companies within a 2 mile radius of your house, you'd probably find a 40/40/20 mix. 40% Seagate, 40% WD, 20% other. All companies running just fine. Fleetwide reliability doesn't mean a whole lot for your single instance drive. They are mostly the same, there is no clear winner.
Question Seagate Barracuda or Western Digital Blue? - Tom's …
Jul 25, 2019. #1. I want to get a 2TB hard drive for storage for my upcoming build. At first, I was more than willing to go for Seagate's Barracuda over Western Digital's Blue. However, after watching some videos and hearing some rumors about Seagate's lack of reliability, I started to change my mind. In terms of performance and speeds, the ...
Seagate Barracuda vs WD Green - Tom's Hardware Forum
77. 0. 4,640. Apr 1, 2015. #1. I want to build a new gaming PC, and I want a fairly large hard drive for my game library, so where I live the seagate 2TB is the cheapest 7200 RPM hard-drive, but the WD Green 2TB is about the same price (its a bit cheaper but its negligible). now, because its 5400 RPM I didn't want to go for it, but when I did ...
Seagate and Western Digital Reliability | Tom's Hardware Forum
Mar 7, 2008 · I have used WD and Seagate all my life, as have my friends and family. I currently have a WD 250gb a 7200.11 250gb Seagate and a 7200.11 1TB from Seagate. All are working well, fast, and quiet. The WD hard drive does run the warmest out of all of them though.
Which is better - Seagate, WD or HGST | Tom's Hardware Forum
Jul 17, 2015 · I'm going to buy a new computer. but does not know which brand make good internal hard drive, Seagate WD or HGST for 1 tb and 7200 rpm. I'm new in computer hardware, so if you have any suggestion or advice for buying internal hard drive, please tell me. Thank you. Sorry for bad english.
WD RED Vs Blue Reliability - Tom's Hardware Forum
18,860. Nov 29, 2013. Solution. #3. The best reliability will be in the WD Black drives. 5 year warranties. The Red is 2nd best. As for the Green failing after only 2 years, that's a bit unusual and you might want to check if your warranty is still valid. The Blacks do cost a little more, but they are #1 in reliability.