Since my four older Western Digital drives are running out of room, last month I purchased two of the new Seagate Barracuda 3TB drives (ST3000DM001) since the price was somewhat reasonable at $175. Unfortunately, both of them only lasted 2 days and died quickly.
After I sent them back, I got two of the Western Digital Black 2TB drives (WD2002FAEX) at $200/each. Still more than I'd like to spend, but I've used them for 2 weeks and haven't had any problems with them. Their read speed is about 120MB/s and write is 110MB/s. The only thing I don't like about them is their noise. I can get use to loud "rumbling" whenever there are reads/writes, but the drives produce a consistent high-pitch oscillating sound that is always present..just like my Western Digital RE3 1TB drive that is 4 years old. That is only "issue" that I was hoping would not be present on the new W.D. Black, but I can hear it.
This led me to try out the Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 7K3000 (HDS723020BLA642). I've had them for about 5 days, and they are much quieter during reads/writes than the W.D. Black drives, and also do not make the high-pitch oscillating sound. Transfer rates are better at 150MB/s read and 150MB/s write. My only concern is about their reliability. They have a 3-year warranty, but it starts from the manufacture date (Sept 2011), which only gives me until 9-22-2014, so that's really less then 3 years of use.
So at this point I'm wondering which one is the best drive to keep, either the WD Black or the Hitachi Deskstar since both are the same price. My older drives are WD and are 4-7 years old, and still work, and the new WD Black has 5 year warranty which is a plus. But the Hitachi is quieter and faster, but shorter warranty - though that doesn't mean they are less quality.
Any suggestions?
After I sent them back, I got two of the Western Digital Black 2TB drives (WD2002FAEX) at $200/each. Still more than I'd like to spend, but I've used them for 2 weeks and haven't had any problems with them. Their read speed is about 120MB/s and write is 110MB/s. The only thing I don't like about them is their noise. I can get use to loud "rumbling" whenever there are reads/writes, but the drives produce a consistent high-pitch oscillating sound that is always present..just like my Western Digital RE3 1TB drive that is 4 years old. That is only "issue" that I was hoping would not be present on the new W.D. Black, but I can hear it.
This led me to try out the Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 7K3000 (HDS723020BLA642). I've had them for about 5 days, and they are much quieter during reads/writes than the W.D. Black drives, and also do not make the high-pitch oscillating sound. Transfer rates are better at 150MB/s read and 150MB/s write. My only concern is about their reliability. They have a 3-year warranty, but it starts from the manufacture date (Sept 2011), which only gives me until 9-22-2014, so that's really less then 3 years of use.
So at this point I'm wondering which one is the best drive to keep, either the WD Black or the Hitachi Deskstar since both are the same price. My older drives are WD and are 4-7 years old, and still work, and the new WD Black has 5 year warranty which is a plus. But the Hitachi is quieter and faster, but shorter warranty - though that doesn't mean they are less quality.
Any suggestions?
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