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Poll Results: Western digital Vs. Seagate Vs. Samsung ?

 
  • 67% (53)
    Western Digital
  • 14% (11)
    Seagate
  • 17% (14)
    Samsung
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post #1 of 41
10/16/10 at 7:02am
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- Western Digital Vs. Samsung Vs. Seagte ?

- I have a lot of problems with seagate and some problems with samsung, the least I've encountered problem with is western digital.
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post #2 of 41
10/16/10 at 7:12am
I've also had problems with Seagate externals and Maxtors (now owned by seagate ) My Samsung F3 slave drive has been running beautifully without fault so far but it is only a few months old.
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10/16/10 at 7:33am
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I was using a Western Digital 640GB Blue Caviar and that has been a great drive.

Needed more space so I purchased 2x 1TB Samusung F3 (HD103SJ) drives about two weeks ago. Looking at reviews they where getting good comments and for just over £40 for 1TB I thought they were a good price. One is noisey on power up (clunking sound) so might have to return it (machine is on 24/7). Otherwise happy with the Samsung drives.Wish I had noticed the noise before setting them up in raid and installing everything. As being in a raid setup makes it a little more difficult to remove. It has not put me off buying Samsung again.
Edited by just4funuk - 10/16/10 at 7:38am
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post #4 of 41
10/16/10 at 7:38am
  • 8ight
  • The kid is older, n gettin' colder
Samsungs are fast, Seagates are trash, WDs are tanks.
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post #5 of 41
10/16/10 at 7:39am
Go for a decent Western, I've been using them for years and I've NEVER had one fail on me.
Terrific company.
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post #6 of 41
10/16/10 at 7:40am
Quote:
Originally Posted by 8ight View Post
Seagates are trash
there is nothing wrong with Seagate,never had any issues with there drives
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post #7 of 41
10/16/10 at 7:41am
I had 1 Seagate fail on me, but never had a WD fail. I have never used a Samsung, but i would consider it.
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post #8 of 41
10/16/10 at 7:44am
Seagate are nice hard drives, never had one fail. But WD have some nice high end hard drives. I'm using a 500gb blue right now

Samsung I never used, but I may in the future
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post #9 of 41
10/16/10 at 7:46am
i go w/ western digital and i have a 4yrs old western digital 120gb HDD and still running good
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post #10 of 41
10/16/10 at 7:49am
3-4 year Western Digital 320 GB Hard Drive from an OEM computer still running well.
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