Seagate vs WD - Tom's Hardware Forum
Feb 5, 2018 · 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.
Hitachi vs Seagate vs Western Digital | Tom's Hardware Forum
Jul 20, 2016 · Seagate, WD, and Toshiba. Hitachi merged with WD, but governments forced them to sell their 3.5" production to Toshiba in order to gain approval for the merger. Statistically, the model of drive you get matters more for reliability than on the manufacturer of the drive.
[SOLVED] WD vs Seagate barracuda 4tb HDD reliability? - Tom's …
Jan 27, 2021 · Seagate far worse than any WD despite of the fact there is a typical WD and Seagate HDD disease, a slowdown (named "slow responding issue" - usually it has one or more weak heads and the resulting unstable / bad sectors that are diligently collected by the firmware and this slows down the drive - i.e. the firmware overrides certain processes ...
Which is better - Seagate, WD or HGST | Tom's Hardware Forum
Jul 17, 2015 · - 4,76% WD Black WD4001FAEX - 4,24% WD Black WD3001FAEX - 3,83% WD SE WD3000F9YZ - 2,56% HGST Travelstar 7K1000 - 2,39% Toshiba DT01ACA300 Again, that shouldn't be taken to mean that "WD is the worst".... all it can be taken to mean is that at the time 3 of their larger 3 - 4 TB models have some issues. Six months later it is entirely possible ...
WD my book vs Seagate Expansion 4tb | Tom's Hardware Forum
Feb 21, 2017 · Personally I am using 2 green internal WD HD drives - 160 Gb (for nearly 8 yrs) & 2 TB (nearly 2 yrs age) without any issue ever. Personally I have no experience with Seagate. Thanks in advance.
Seagate Barracuda vs WD Green - Tom's Hardware Forum
Apr 1, 2015 · If your choice, based on availability, is Seagate Barracuda (2TB or 3TB) vs. WD Green, get the Seagate. No reason to have the Green power idle hassles. When looking at performance, look at speed (hopefully you're looking at 7200RPM, not 5400RPM).
WD Blue vs Seagate BarraCuda - Tom's Hardware Forum
Oct 19, 2018 · Currently I am planning to upgrade my main HDD but I cannot decide whether to go with more storage or higher speed. I am using my PC mainly for gaming and I have 2 options on the local store here in my country The first one is WD Blue 4TB (5400 rpm) for 2000 EGP...
WD vs Samsung vs Seagate - Tom's Hardware Forum
Jun 11, 2006 · I tested the 200GB version of Seagate and WD drives: Seagate is a little faster in startup times and when you access large contiguous files (video compression and 3D rendering); WD is much faster in random access as in DB and server applications.
[SOLVED] 14Tb Enterprise-class drive, WD or Seagate? - Tom's …
Dec 10, 2019 · From my personal experience, i trust more Seagate, other peoples says that WD is better. Now to justify why i prefer seagate, 9 years ago i had 2x500GB wd blue, one completly died (does nto show up on BIOS) and the other had bad sector, 4 years ago bought a computer at work 2x1TB wd blue, both of them developed bad sectors after 3 years, 2 years ago i got my …
[SOLVED] - seagate or WD? | Tom's Hardware Forum
Apr 8, 2021 · The question should look like which is better WD ABC 123 vs Seagate ABC 123. One is 90 dollars one is 85 dollars. It's all about model vs model, then figure in price, then see which provides the best value for your based on your goals.