Need some buying advice

RandomNoob · 27 Jan 2010 at 12:23

I cant decide which 1tb hdd to buy for my new pc build.

My now old pc has a raid 0 wd 160gb setup but i'm not looking to run raid this time.

Can someone please advise me thanks.

macca672 · 27 Jan 2010 at 13:23

samsung F3's are considered top notch, I have one and its superb

pimper · 27 Jan 2010 at 13:28

Western Digital 1TB are good i have one and its great.

Hoodlum · 27 Jan 2010 at 13:58

samsung F3 - it's the fastest HDD for the size.

RandomNoob · 27 Jan 2010 at 15:10

I see the samsung f3 has very good reviews i think thats the one i shall go for, thanks very much for your advice

Vesta_Man · 27 Jan 2010 at 15:26

Poor choice imho!
Samsungs may be fast but when it comes to reliability they are pretty shocking.
I repair PC's in my spare time and my stack of faulty sammy drives is over double the size of other manufactures even though I see many more rigs with seagate & wd hdd's.
Personally I think WD are kings of HD's, caviar blacks build quality is second to none and comparable to scsi drives imo.

RandomNoob · 2 Feb 2010 at 21:20

I installed my operating system (windows 7 x64) on the samsung 1tb f3 yesterday, i swear it boots up faster than the velociraptor i had on my system previously but could be all in my head.

I'm happy anyway

COYS · 2 Feb 2010 at 21:28

WD black or Samsung F3