Best 1TB HDD..

Gaidin109 · 6 Sep 2009 at 18:42

I'm going to buy a pair of 1TB HDD's and would like to know the best, not SAS drives.....

siumatfung · 6 Sep 2009 at 18:47

sammy f1/seagate barracuda performance

WD green reliability and storage drive

timaloy · 6 Sep 2009 at 18:50

i just got myself one of these bad boys for £66 new Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB super fast

Gaidin109 · 6 Sep 2009 at 18:58

I was thinking about Samsung F1 as I have a 750gb one now. Seagate seem to run hot from what I've been told.

Namak · 6 Sep 2009 at 21:25

Performance is either Caviar Black or Seagate 7200.12

the seagate has the larger platters but from what i have picked up dissapointing performance. Great for sequential read/write I think but not so hot on everything else.

Samsung are good but the Black beats them (and costs more)

anti5580 · 6 Sep 2009 at 21:46

I've read many posistive reviews on the Samsung F1. They'll be my next HDD's when I next upgrade.

Atom · 6 Sep 2009 at 21:54

anti5580 said:
I've read many posistive reviews on the Samsung F1. They'll be my next HDD's when I next upgrade.

Wouldn't touch Samsung drives with a barge pole because of the experience I have had with them.

Western Digital gets my vote..

aaron333 · 6 Sep 2009 at 21:56

Samsung F1 or Seagate 7200.12. Wouldn't go near a Seagate after the issues they've had, so get the Samsung. The Seagate is quicker though....

Paddyw01 · 7 Sep 2009 at 12:55

Atom said:
Wouldn't touch Samsung drives with a barge pole because of the experience I have had with them.

Western Digital gets my vote..

You're not the only one.

1TB WD Caviar Blacks beat the 1TB Spinpoint in virtually every test. Not only that but they are more reliable and only cost a few quid more

Gaidin109 · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:10

any links to a comparison between the samsung F1 and the WD caviar black..?

Paddyw01 · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:16

Gaidin109 said:
any links to a comparison between the samsung F1 and the WD caviar black..?

This contains all the info you'd need for a comparison.

Stormar · 8 Sep 2009 at 11:49

and that link is over a yr old so its outdated so you can,t compare to the hdds that are out now

BlackBat · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:07

The Samsung F1 and WD Black are still current, so the link is still relevant. There are other drives to consider such as the Samsung F2 and Seagate 7200.12 both of which have 500GB platters, but the performance of the F1 suffers due to it's slower rotational speed and the 7200.12 has slower access times. There is the new (is it available in the UK yet?) Samsung F3 to consider (an updated F1 with 500GB platters), but I haven't seen any reviews. I've also seen it mentioned that WD will be updating the Black series with 500GB platters sometime soon too.

Stonedofmoo · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:23

Samsung F3 is due out any day and is far quicker than the F1's. Wait a week or two for UK to get stock.

Methanoid · 8 Sep 2009 at 12:43

Atom said:
Wouldn't touch Samsung drives with a barge pole because of the experience I have had with them.

Western Digital gets my vote..

My experience differs. I find it hard to find a cooler running HDD or quieter. I've tried WD and Seagate. Used them in NAS boxes 24/7 and found the Samsungs run about 3C cooler. High temp is what leads to wear and eventual death.

Make sure whatever you buy has the least platters you can get. Just tried the Samsung F2 500gb single platter - its SO quiet and cool. I wasnt sure it had been on as the casing was bearly above room temp.

Atom · 8 Sep 2009 at 14:29

Samsung and reliability don't go in the same sentence thou..

BlackBat · 8 Sep 2009 at 15:49

Just tried the Samsung F2 500gb single platter - its SO quiet and cool.

Seeing as it's a single platter 5400rpm drive it should be cool when compared to a 7200rpm drive.

Make sure whatever you buy has the least platters you can get.

Should you also make sure it has a slower rotational speed too. I would have more faith in a WD Black or RE drive as they have a 5 year warranty (of course make sure you back up anything important too).

.G0 · 9 Sep 2009 at 13:17

WD Caviar Black, no contest imo!

matja · 9 Sep 2009 at 18:43

Methanoid said:
... High temp is what leads to wear and eventual death.

That's what I always used to think, but the extensive statistics done on Google's server farms seem to say it's not much of an issue : http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf

But I'd still totally agree that a cooler running HD is beneficial for the whole system

I've bought 6x WD10EADS and 2x WD20EADS and found them brilliant compared to seagate's and earlier WD's - my WD5000YS's run noticably hotter/louder in comparison.
The EADS series are almost silent - more like a modern laptop HD, and barely get warm and still pull over 100MB/s linear transfer.

Gaidin109 · 13 Sep 2009 at 19:41

so its wd caviar blacks or samsung f1 then. I hear that samsung are releasing a 1TB with 2x 500GB platters which might be better..