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Originally Posted by CravinR1 
I used to recommend the seagates until all 4 of the drives I was using failed/physically broke
I used to recommend the seagates until all 4 of the drives I was using failed/physically broke
So what ?
Every manufacturer has its DoA drives, it happens. Also, there are bad batches or bad drive models.
You have had 4 failures, okay, but statistically it means nothing.
The bad reputation Seagate has isn't justified. Its like people are still avoiding Crucial memory because years ago they had very high failure rate on their sticks.
EDIT:
RMA rate published in May by hardware.fr :
- Samsung 1,23% (previously 1,5%)
- Western 1,63% (previously 2,0%)
- Seagate 1,89% (previously 1,8%)
- Hitachi 3,95% (previously 3,0%)
- Samsung 1,23% (previously 1,5%)
- Western 1,63% (previously 2,0%)
- Seagate 1,89% (previously 1,8%)
- Hitachi 3,95% (previously 3,0%)
WD is slightly ahead of Seagate, that doesn't make a reason to avoid them at all.
Drives with more than 5% failures :
- 9,70% Seagate Barracuda XT 3 To
- 8,94% Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 1.5 To
- 7,53% Seagate Barracuda XT 2 To
- 7,30% Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2 To
- 5,78% Western Digital RE4-GP 2 To
- 5,33% Western Digital Caviar Green 3 To
- 9,70% Seagate Barracuda XT 3 To
- 8,94% Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 1.5 To
- 7,53% Seagate Barracuda XT 2 To
- 7,30% Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2 To
- 5,78% Western Digital RE4-GP 2 To
- 5,33% Western Digital Caviar Green 3 To
Here we see Seagate, Hitachi and WD with their ~2-3TB drives. Again, there is no transcending diference between Seagate/Hitachi and WD. 5% ~ 7-9%
Edited by adridu59 - 7/1/12 at 7:35am
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Ti-89 Titanium
(13 items) |
~Assembled in France~ rev1.3
(20 items) |
Would be nice!
(4 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core™ i7 930 | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R 2.0 | Gigabyte GTX 470 SOC | G.Skill RX 2x4GB 1600C8 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| PNY Prevail Elite 120GB | Hitachi 7K1000.C 1TB | LG GH24LS50 | Noctua NH-C12P SE14 |
| OS | OS | Monitor | Keyboard |
| Windows 8 Pro x64 | Linux Mint 14 x64 | Samsung BX2250 | Logitech Illuminated |
| Power | Case | Mouse | Audio |
| Be Quiet! S.P. E⁷ 600W | Fractal Design Core 3000 | Logitech Pilot Optical | AKG K240 Studio |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Cooling | Power | Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haswell | Thermalright Macho Rev.A B/W | Silverstone ST60F-PS | Silverstone SG10 |
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is good?
That avoids the Seagate's weaknesses.
