Which HDD please?

rdb2012 · 23 Jun 2014 at 21:07

Samsung M3 1TB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-154-SA&groupid=1657&catid=1659&subcat=1237

vs

Western Digital My Passport 1.0TB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-426-WD&groupid=1657&catid=1659&subcat=1237

I want something that is reliable.

Also question, will the same HDD work on both windows and osx?

GefGz · 23 Jun 2014 at 21:16

I haven't experienced either of these drives but WD outclasses Samsung by far for desktop drives, hence the slightly increased price.

Just as long as the drive is NTFS which it definitely should be considering it's size then you'll have no problem with OSX and Windows compatibility.

Plus the WD looks nicer and comes with their backup software.

William-Mathew · 23 Jun 2014 at 21:32

+1 for WD, I have 2 of their older Passport ones and they have never failed me.

rdb2012 · 23 Jun 2014 at 21:54

Okay thanks guys, I will go with WD. I think its slimmer as well.

BlackAle · 23 Jun 2014 at 22:18

GefGz said:
Just as long as the drive is NTFS which it definitely should be considering it's size then you'll have no problem with OSX and Windows compatibility.

NTFS is a filesystem, it has nothing to do with the physical drive. The drive will probably come formatted as either NTFS or FAT32, though can be formatted to whatever filesystem is required.