Which hard drive is best out of these two?

Pottsey · 15 Sep 2006 at 18:10

I am having trouble telling the difference apart from these. I know I want Western Digital as there older drivers have been reliable for me.

Western Digital Caviar RE2 500GB 5000YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-102-WD)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-075-WD)

From what I can gather the Caviar SE16 is better but if that’s the case why is it cheaper? I must be missunderstanding something.

Ricochet J · 15 Sep 2006 at 18:30

The former.

Pottsey · 15 Sep 2006 at 18:31

Thanks

Ak!ta · 15 Sep 2006 at 18:44

Ditto..

sirlemonhead · 15 Sep 2006 at 19:20

The RE drivers are server class drives, so are better suited for 24x7 usage, IE they're designed to last longer.

smids · 15 Sep 2006 at 20:31

The RE drives are far more reliable than SE drives which are their consumer drives. I'd buy an RE drive over any other, without fail.

RE: 5 yr warranty
SE: 3 yr warranty.

However, I'd still suggest the Seagate 7200.10 500GB - it uses new tech i.e. Perpendicular recording and Seagates are reliable anyway (+ 5 yr warranty as standard).

Cyber-Mav · 15 Sep 2006 at 21:25

RE = Raid Edition drives. far more reliability and engineered for 24/7 thrape-age operation.