Hitachi Vs Seagate

ElectroBlaster · 13 Oct 2011 at 13:10

Im am hovering around the ocuk shop with the intention of buying some new drives. Been looking at:
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0F10383) [HDS721010CLA332]

or

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) [ST31000524AS]

Seagate were my fave at one point but then had faliures, western digital and samsung followed suit. I tend to avoid hitachi for some unknown reason? I have some 160gb drives that are working perfectly and they are quite old now but are still going strong. So im leaning towards hitachi now but are they a safe bet these days? I need storage space that will be reliable and not implode after 6 months.

stulid · 13 Oct 2011 at 13:16

The Seagate is the better drive, you should avoid the deathstar.

Surveyor · 13 Oct 2011 at 13:55

"Deathstar" is an unfortunate name that is still banded about even though it references a range of drives which had problems many years ago. It's not appropriate today.

I've not seen any evidence to say that any particular manufacturer's consumer drives are more reliable than another.

Pick any manufaturer and there'll always be those who have never had a problem and wouldn't use anything else and those who have had a failure and wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.

Purely in terms of overall performance you're probably looking at the Samsung 1TB F3.

7,200-RPM terabytes from Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, and WD face off

dlte353 · 14 Oct 2011 at 19:33

Be aware that "Standard" Hitachi hard drives have only 2 years warranty. This, if nothing else, shouts "confidence" in a competitive market unless this is psychological warfare at its best.

Surveyor · 14 Oct 2011 at 19:52

dlte353 said:
Be aware that "Standard" Hitachi hard drives have only 2 years warranty. This, if nothing else, shouts "confidence" in a competitive market unless this is psychological warfare at its best.

Mixed messages on OcUK.

In the HDD listings it says 3 years.

On the individual product page it says 2 years.

d_brennen · 14 Oct 2011 at 20:06

Personally I'd not touch either brand but that's just my irrational feelings

You'll find for any hard drive brand there are people who have bitter experiences to tell. Samsung and Western Digital would be my picks

If you want in depth weirdness head over to StorageReview.com, be aware, it's a strange place for the average PC enthusiast, IMO.