Im looking for a new hard drive and years ago I stuck to Seagate. Then a few years back Seagate made some terrible drives that regularly failed and I bought WD. The cost between a 3GB Seagate Barracuda and a 2GB or 4GB WD Black is huge. What do you think? Is it worth going for a Seagate drive or sticking to WD?
WD or Seagate?
- Thread starter sybaris
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I have been building PCs since the days of the 386 and 486. Back then Seagate was rock solid. Even up to about 2005, I had a load of Seagates and never had one fail and they do a good 35000 hours of use.
I kept using them until about 2014 when on arrived dead from off the shelf. The publicity was bad and I switched to WD HDD and Samsung SSDs. I want something reliable and I get it that WD may be less prone to failure but may be £80 or so more.
The integrity of my data is key. No point on continually replacing and trusting a drive manufacturer that will let you down.
I kept using them until about 2014 when on arrived dead from off the shelf. The publicity was bad and I switched to WD HDD and Samsung SSDs. I want something reliable and I get it that WD may be less prone to failure but may be £80 or so more.
The integrity of my data is key. No point on continually replacing and trusting a drive manufacturer that will let you down.