A new HDD

[Rage474]

Hi folks,

Just had a recent hard drive failure so I'm in the hunt for a new one. I already have an SSD which I've installed my OS etc on to, so I'm looking for something with a fair bit more space to store programs, games etc.

I'm aiming to spend in and around £60

Have been deliberating between these 2:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-336-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1953
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-257-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1953

Is there really much of a noticable performance difference, seems like a massive price difference?

Cheers

 

[rapt0r]

Not much different in speed but the 5 year warranty shows WD have much more faith in their product than Seagate's 1 year, that's where the extra cost comes in. Depends on how important and how much you value the data you are keeping on it I guess.

 

[darael]

Comparing the WD Black to a Seagate is like comparing chalk to cheese!

The WD has a 5 year warranty for a reason - and not many harddrive manufacturers provide a 5 year warranty these days. Likewise, the Seagate has a 1 year warranty for a reason - because, quite frankly, the manufacturer has little faith in their own product.

 

[Rage474]

I understand that the 5 year warranty is a major plus, but that aside, the drives provide roughly the same performance, right?

Do you (or anyone else) have any experiance running one of these Seagate drives?

 

[rapt0r]

Yes speed wise they will be the same.
I don't have that particular model but I do currently use Seagates 3TB ST3000DM001 and a 2TB ST32000542AS. I've had 1 2TB Seagate fail on me in the last 5 years. Never had a WD so can't comment but they do seem to be much more robustly made.