Western digital or Seagate?

geeza · 27 Dec 2006 at 00:11

Ive had Western digital drives for a fair few years now but ive been hearing good things about the seagate ones. However i dont want the noisy version of the seagate. WD have been good for me and they sent me back a brand new one even when one of mine corrupt. Should I stick with WD or try a seagate?

I think im gonna get a 320gb

R B Customs · 27 Dec 2006 at 00:22

i think i have a .9 seagate, which is quite loud ( when in use... not spinning idle ) i chose it because they are meant to be the most reliable drives out there.
got mine in a silentmaxx enclosure to keep the noise down a little.
cant comment on the .10's though im afraid.

800ster · 27 Dec 2006 at 09:20

I've got both a 250GB WD2500KS & a 320GB 7200.10. Both are very quiet (WD just edges it) and the Seagate is a fraction faster. I think it is unlikely you would get a noisy Seagate now but if in doubt you would be happy with the WD.

Massive Attack · 27 Dec 2006 at 09:25

i have had 4 WDs die on me sinse i started custom building machines, my current rig cosists of 90% seagate and 1 WD raptor for the speed and 5 year warrenty, my seagate .10 320gbs are incredible fast and when compared with a .9 they are even faster, im going to say seagate as ive never had a problem with em at all, all my drives work as they should and are silent so im going to continue to buy them.

Minstadave · 27 Dec 2006 at 11:01

7200.10s - Best large drive around as far as I know.

geeza · 27 Dec 2006 at 14:57

Minstadave said:
7200.10s - Best large drive around as far as I know.

is that seagate?

XtAsY · 27 Dec 2006 at 15:22

geeza said:
is that seagate?

yeh its seagate.

look here > http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=14&sortby=nameAsc&subid=768&mfrid=43

ted34 · 27 Dec 2006 at 17:24

Seagates are quietest at idle but when spinning i prefer the samungs as they are a much duller tone and so seem a tiny bit quieter