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Poll Results: Your pick for a hard drive product line?

Poll expired: Nov 30, 2012  
  • 22% (180)
    Samsung F3/F4
  • 13% (104)
    Seagate Barracuda
  • 60% (478)
    Western Digital Caviar Black
  • 3% (27)
    Hitachi Deskstar
789 Total Votes  
post #1 of 59
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HDD Product Line

Samsung F3/F4

Samsung has long been an industry leader in the development of hard drive technology. This hard drive is a high quality work horse with RoHS compliance that will help you easily plow through all your most demanding computing needs while keeping environment friendly. Featuring SATA 3Gbps interface. generous high speed cache and large capacity, this hard drive delivers unbeatable performance required for data-intensive application. An array of innovative design such as TuMR/PMR head with FOD technology, Load/Unload Head Technology, SilentSeek and NoiseGuard works underground to provide the best reliability, optimized power efficiency and reduced noise for impressive performance and experience. Best of all, its dual-ARM based firmware radically improves the data transfer rate for quick response and minimized system slowdown.


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Seagate Barracuda

Seagate’s 12th generation Barracuda hard drive continues a long tradition of Seagate technology leadership resulting in new capacity milestones, faster performance and rock-solid reliability. With 7200 RPM of spindle speed, SATA 6Gb/s interface w/NCQ and capacities from 160GB to 1TB, there is a Barracuda hard drive with the fast performance and industry-leading reliability for every desktop need at a price more affordable than ever!


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Western Digital Caviar Black

Maximum performance for power computing. WD Caviar Black high performance 3.5-inch SATA hard drives combine 7200 RPM spin speed, an integrated dual processor, and dual actuator technology for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop, workstation, and multi-drive systems. And 1 TB capacity gives you the space you need to hold enormous amounts of photos, videos, and files. Best of all these drives are backed by a 5-year limited warranty.


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Hitachi Deskstar

The Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C hard drive offers top-of-the-line 7200 RPM high-capacity storage for your PC. Its proven components, advanced engineering and solid performance make this hard drive suitable for demanding home and business computing. With high performance but an affordable price you need to extend your system storage with it today!


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post #2 of 59
WD Black!
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Samsung F3 Spinpoint & Crucial C300 128 GB (OS) Asus WIN 7 64 Ultimate NEC 2490wuxi (rev 1) 
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Samsung F3 Spinpoint & Crucial C300 128 GB (OS) Asus WIN 7 64 Ultimate NEC 2490wuxi (rev 1) 
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post #3 of 59
None for Western Digital blues? frown.gif
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WD5000AAKX (OS) WD5000AAKS Barracuda 1TB 7200.12 Windows 7 Ultimate 
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Dell U2312HM Ducky DK1008 Cherry Blue Corsair AX650 NZXT Phantom White 
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WD5000AAKX (OS) WD5000AAKS Barracuda 1TB 7200.12 Windows 7 Ultimate 
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post #4 of 59
Seagate. I don't care what anybody says, they are affordable and always have been solid for me.
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Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz (4x4) Samsung 830 64Gb Western Digital Velociraptor 150Gb Western Digital VelociRaptor 300Gb 
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Western Digital Caviar Blue 640Gb Seagate 7200.12 500Gb Custom EK Loop Windows 8 x64 Pro 
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Planar PX2710MW Cooler Master QuickFire Pro Cooler Master SPH 1300w DWood Tech Bench 
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Logitech M705 Panda Pad Onboard 
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Core 2 Duo T5670 Dell OEM Intel GMA 950 3Gb DDR2-667 
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Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz (4x4) Samsung 830 64Gb Western Digital Velociraptor 150Gb Western Digital VelociRaptor 300Gb 
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Western Digital Caviar Blue 640Gb Seagate 7200.12 500Gb Custom EK Loop Windows 8 x64 Pro 
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Planar PX2710MW Cooler Master QuickFire Pro Cooler Master SPH 1300w DWood Tech Bench 
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Logitech M705 Panda Pad Onboard 
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Core 2 Duo T5670 Dell OEM Intel GMA 950 3Gb DDR2-667 
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post #5 of 59
Seagate Barracuda
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Intel 330 SSD 60 GB SATA III Vertex 3 SSD 120 GB SATA III ASUS DVD Zalman CNPS9900 MAX 
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Intel 330 SSD 60 GB SATA III Vertex 3 SSD 120 GB SATA III ASUS DVD Zalman CNPS9900 MAX 
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post #6 of 59
Owned four Caviar Blacks and three Barracudas. Had to RMA every single Barracuda, eventually gave up and went to WD. Never looked back.
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post #7 of 59
Overall a fan of most Western Digital drives, the Black series do represent a mix of good price/performance. I dont have much experience with Samsung or Hitachi, but I havent been impressed with Seagate recently.
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post #8 of 59
My vote for Western Digital smile.gif
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I can't C PU, but I smell it! yes she is photoshop yes, a new Dodge Ram 1500 
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my car is hard driven everyday. Yes, I ware glases when I drive. yes, the AC is on. Oh yes! 
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I monitor everything piano much power I caught a case once 
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her name is squeeky squeeky has a cage I can talk thank you. 
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OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 Ultimate Acer H233H 23" 1080P Logitech K120 BFG 550W 
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Antec Nine Hundred Logitech M305 4 Port USB LED Pad Sound Blaster USB True Studio Pro 
Other
Generic Card Reader 
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I can't C PU, but I smell it! yes she is photoshop yes, a new Dodge Ram 1500 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
my car is hard driven everyday. Yes, I ware glases when I drive. yes, the AC is on. Oh yes! 
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I monitor everything piano much power I caught a case once 
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her name is squeeky squeeky has a cage I can talk thank you. 
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post #9 of 59
Seagate Barracuda XT.
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Corsair Vengeance 4x4GB 1600MHz Samsung 830 256*2 LSI MEGARaid 6920-81  Seagate Barracuda 2*320Gb Raid0 
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Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB*4 2* Raid1 Hitachi Desktar 7k 3TB Seagate Constellation 2.5" 1TB 320GB Hitachi 
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Westen Digital Caviar Green 1Tb LaCie external Corsair Hydro H100 + push(stock)/push+pull(Nois... Stack Coolermaster Blademaster (exhaust) 
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ASUS VH242H Ducky DK1008 (blue) OCZ ZX Serie 1000w Silverstone TJ10B-W 
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Logitech Anywhere MX Carver M1.0t amp - 2*200watts RMS 2*Pyle Pro 250watt RMS towers 10" sub, 4"*10" horn Logitech Z2300 
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Corsair Vengeance 4x4GB 1600MHz Samsung 830 256*2 LSI MEGARaid 6920-81  Seagate Barracuda 2*320Gb Raid0 
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Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB*4 2* Raid1 Hitachi Desktar 7k 3TB Seagate Constellation 2.5" 1TB 320GB Hitachi 
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Westen Digital Caviar Green 1Tb LaCie external Corsair Hydro H100 + push(stock)/push+pull(Nois... Stack Coolermaster Blademaster (exhaust) 
CoolingCoolingCoolingOS
Corsair stock fan mid-intake + Blademaster(hard... Bionaire Dual weilding 230mm window unit LAMPTRON FC2 Ubuntu 10.10 x64 
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Apple OSx SL 10.6.8 Dell U2711 ASUS VW246H 
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ASUS VH242H Ducky DK1008 (blue) OCZ ZX Serie 1000w Silverstone TJ10B-W 
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Logitech Anywhere MX Carver M1.0t amp - 2*200watts RMS 2*Pyle Pro 250watt RMS towers 10" sub, 4"*10" horn Logitech Z2300 
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post #10 of 59
there's been a SLEW of bad WD Blacks from newegg. the later reviewers got them about the same time as I did, and experienced bad sector problems out of the box like I did. had to rma, cost me 14 dollars to send back. don't wann try newegg again, they might give me a new one from the same defective batch......should've rma'd with WD.
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Seagate Barracuda Seagate Momentus 2.5 (backup) Western Digital Caviar Black 1tb Western Digital Caviar Blue 1tb  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital Caviar Blue LG DVD Super Multi Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Windows 7 Ultimate x64 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
MacOS X Mountain Lion Insignia 26" Display 1080p Gigabyte KM6150 Xigmatek NRP-PC602 
CaseAudio
Cooler Master HAF 922 Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Audio Interface 
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Intel Core i7 3930k Asus Rampage IV Formula evga geforce gtx 660ti 3gb G.skill rip jaws z series 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
WD Caviar Black 2 tb WD Caviar Black 1 tb wd caviar black 2tb we caviar black 1tb 
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lite on ihbs112-04 Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo acer s220hqlabd 21.5" Corsair ax850 
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Intel Core i7 3770k Asus P8Z77V-LK EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 AMD RE1600 Entertainment Series 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Seagate Barracuda Seagate Momentus 2.5 (backup) Western Digital Caviar Black 1tb Western Digital Caviar Blue 1tb  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital Caviar Blue LG DVD Super Multi Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Windows 7 Ultimate x64 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
MacOS X Mountain Lion Insignia 26" Display 1080p Gigabyte KM6150 Xigmatek NRP-PC602 
CaseAudio
Cooler Master HAF 922 Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Audio Interface 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel Core i7 3930k Asus Rampage IV Formula evga geforce gtx 660ti 3gb G.skill rip jaws z series 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
WD Caviar Black 2 tb WD Caviar Black 1 tb wd caviar black 2tb we caviar black 1tb 
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lite on ihbs112-04 Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo acer s220hqlabd 21.5" Corsair ax850 
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Cooler Master Haf 922 
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