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#1 r3351925
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Which company do u prefer?

I am going to buy a new 300+ hard disk, so would any1 reccommend a hard disk for me? u know what specs i want:

Silent.

Fast.

Durable .

Thanks.

 

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#2 Infinite-Zr0
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I got a Seagate Barracuda and it's fine. Can't vouch for the others though.

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#3 r3351925
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I got a Seagate Barracuda and it's fine. Can't vouch for the others though.

Infinite-Zr0

Nice just like me,

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#5 DeeJayInphinity
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WD and Seagate have essentially the same reliability, some of the different drives are slightly faster than the others. That's basically it. I don't know about other drives.
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#6 LahiruD
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I'm using a Segate Barrcuda 300GB HDD its very good.You shoul go with Sagate Barrcuda
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#7 mcflurry4321
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I really like Hitachi drives.  I have many of them and I've never had one fail or anything.  Plus they are usually a little cheaper.

Seagates are great too though.

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#8 yachtboy
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I have had: maxtor, samsung, seagate, wd, and a few other brands over the years. The only one that hasn't failed is the wd. But that doesn't mean that wd is the best company.. just that my only wd hd is still running.
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#9 _0V3RKI11_
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I'm using 2 seagate barracudas in RAID 0, they're great! I've always had seagate and they're a very good brand, I recommend them but WD are very good also.
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#10 LordEC911
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WD RE or RE2

Seagate 7200.10 

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#11 DirkVDV01
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For silent and stable operations, with low demand on HDD throughput: (both I/O read and write) Western digital Caviar For silent and stable operations, with higher demand on HDD throughput : Western digital Caviar 16SE (the 16 is the buffer, which is a temp storage, very handy when dealing with high demand and big files)
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#12 coughlanio
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I've only ever heard good things about the SpinPoint and Barracuda :)
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#13 BounceDK
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WD Caviar 16SE is a horrible harddrive, full of smart bugs too and it's noisy. Maxtor and Seagate has merged, so I'm gonna vote for that one. Best drives I've tried.
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#14 uncle-tank
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if your looking for a good soild, all around hard drive i suggest a seagate bar. I currently have two in my rig and have had no trouble with them at all. In fact, i was recently cleaning out my case and one of the hard drives fell from a 3.5 ft table directly onto a hardwood floor. When this happened i almost fainted because i was sure all my data was gone becuase i run a raid setup. to my astonishment when i put everything back together my rig booted up like normal and everything worked flawlessly. This happned sometime in october of last year and my HD's are still running fine.
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#15 doomsdaydave11
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If you want a fast hard drive, then get a pair Raptors. They are loud and unreliable tho.

I have a 120GB SeaGate Barracuda with a 8MB cache. While it's not the fastest harddrive I've seen, it is extremely quiet and has a good price. I would get a barracuda. 

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#16 Nitrous2O
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Currently running HITACHI Deskstar 400GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0. Can't say anything bad, it's been a great drive.

 

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#17 r3351925
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So its the Caviar 16 SE?? i loved its specs it was great, and cheap also. i will buy a 320 GB 16SE.

Thanks for all the opinions.

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#18 jfelisario
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seagate piranhas.. hehe if they ever made that..... but seriously... seagate barracuda......
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#19 r3351925
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WD Caviar 16SE is a horrible harddrive, full of smart bugs too and it's noisy. Maxtor and Seagate has merged, so I'm gonna vote for that one. Best drives I've tried.BounceDK

OMG ? are you sure? is that from a personal experience?

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#20 r3351925
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seagate piranhas.. hehe if they ever made that..... but seriously... seagate barracuda......jfelisario

Yeah i have 1 it runs perfectly, 80gb Sata Barrcuda, i will get another 1 so that i can sli them in Raid 0 hahahha :lol:

But As i saw from the specs that Caviar 320gb 16SE  is the best.

Did u know that Western digital has implied a lifetime warranty policy on their RAPTORS?

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#21 jfelisario
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[QUOTE="jfelisario"]seagate piranhas.. hehe if they ever made that..... but seriously... seagate barracuda......r3351925

Yeah i have 1 it runs perfectly, 80gb Sata Barrcuda, i will get another 1 so that i can sli them in Raid 0 hahahha :lol:

But As i saw from the specs that Caviar 320gb 16SE is the best.

Did u know that Western digital has implied a lifetime warranty policy on their RAPTORS?

Performance difference is negligible you might as well just get the caviar or barracuda if you are eying the raptor. 

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#22 r3351925
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lol, u just read my mind, but ....... people say its noisy and a Barracuda in sli would be just like it but without any noise or excess heat. still only loading in games depend on the hard disk. so its 1 more barracuda and 1 more 320GB caviar 16SE.

O GOD i got sick of no hard disk space. no more space headaches after today hahahaahah hahaha.

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#23 littlehelp
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Personally prefer WD over Seagate. I've had three Seagate HDDs fail on me.
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#24 r3351925
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Personally prefer WD over Seagate. I've had three Seagate HDDs fail on me.animemog

OMG WTH this means only 1 thing. Hard disk drives Fail depending on luck.

Most of you people never use S.M.A.R.T right?

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#25 BeavermanA
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Aren't the Caviar SE's 3 year warranty vs. 5 year on the Barracuda's? I've had 3 WD drives replaced under warranty, or was it 4? Whatever the case, my replacements warranties are now over, whereas if they were Barracudas they'd still have some coverage (Well if they offered the same coverage back then, I only considered WD when buying previously). Just bought my first Barracuda a couple months ago, a 7200.10 320GB drive. Feel very secure knowing by the time the warranty expires it'll be pretty crappy if it dies after that anyway. Either way both companies offer some great products, think I just had some bad luck with WD, my replacements have worked fine for years but it was enough of a hassle to make me switch when I needed more space. I remember beating the crap out of my case sometimes at LANs and at home trying to get my hdd to stop clicking and startup, worked for a while :). So now I will go with Seagate until they fail me.
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#26 X360PS3AMD05
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No such thing, people have different experiences and prefer different brands. I say they're all great.
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#28 Staryoshi87
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Either Western Digital or Samsung.