Need a new HDD and suggestions

[inertiat]

I'm looking to buy a 7,200RPM 3.5" internal Hard Drive for my desktop; I need 1Tb. I'm doing media and video encoding so it has to be fast and reliable. I'm stuck between a Spinpoint and a Barracuda. I've seen mixed reviews on which is the fastest seek/ throughput so can anyone give me some advice on which to get? Of course stability is the most important factor, nothing worse than having a drive fail at the wrong moment.

Thanks for any suggestions

 

[Jumpem]

WD Black.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: inertiat
I'm looking to buy a 7,200RPM 3.5" internal Hard Drive for my desktop; I need 1Tb. I'm doing media and video encoding so it has to be fast and reliable. I'm stuck between a Spinpoint and a Barracuda.

Originally posted by: Jumpem
WD Black.

Very true...
Get the WD "Black" and forget about the "S" drives.

 

[rarebear]

WD Black

5 Year Warranty vs 3 year its a no brainer

 

[inertiat]

Cheers, are these things reliable? I've heard less than stellar things about WD drives

 

[smackababy]

I've yet to have a WB drive fail on me, but a solid 60% were Raptors. I've got two WD in my right right now. 640GB Black for programs and a 1GB Green for media. They aren't as fast as my Vertex, but they cost a lot less.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: inertiat
Cheers, are these things reliable? I've heard less than stellar things about WD drives

No, they are hard drives.

All HDDs eventually fail, which is precisely why you look at warranty as a factor when buying them.

 

[Ylurien]

I had a Velociraptor fail on me recently, but they RMAd a new drive to me in about a week. Never had problems with any other WD drives in like 15 years of history with them.

Just be conscientious about backing up information that you'd miss if it were just suddenly gone tomorrow.

 

[Rifter]

Out of all the HD's i have ever owned i have had all brands fail at least once(seagate, WD, hitachi, samsung) except a IBM deskstar (Deathstar as known by most) I consider the fact that my deskstar is still running a miracle. The above posters are correct get the longest warranty.

 

[dingetje]

if you wish to go the Seagate way you could try the new 7200.12 1TB which has only 2 platters.
reviews are here:
http://techreport.com/articles.x/16472/1
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1526
http://www.bigbruin.com/content/barracuda1tb_1

 

[Sidrack]

Do not buy Seagate.

Here's a list of some affected drives - firmware issues:

1.5 TB drive:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - Model: ST31500341AS

1 TB drives:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - Model: ST31000340AS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - Model: ST31000333AS
Seagate Diamond Max 22 - Model: STM31000340AS
Seagate SV35.3 - Model: ST31000340SV

750 GB drives:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - Model: ST3750330AS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - Model: ST3750630AS
Seagate Diamond Max 22 - Model: STM3750330AS
Seagate SV35.3 - Model: ST3750330SV

640 GB drive:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - Model: ST3640323AS

500 GB drives:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - Model: ST3500320AS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - Model: ST3500820AS
Seagate DiamondMax 22 - Model: STM3500320AS
Seagate SV35.3 - Model: ST3500320SV

320 GB drives:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - Model: ST3320620AS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - Model: ST3320613AS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - Model: ST3320813AS
Seagate SV35.4 - Model: ST3320410SV

160 GB drive:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - Model: ST3160813AS

And also: ST3640330AS, ST3640530AS and ST3640623AS.

I wouldn't trust these drives as well. Too many bad reviews.

Western Digital Caviar SE16 - Model: WD5000AAKS - 500 GB
Western Digital Caviar SE16 - Model: WD6400AAKS - 640 GB

Samsung SpinPoint F1 - Model: HD753LJ - 750 GB

And make sure the new WD 1.5 and 2 TB drives are fast for video processing... unfortunatelly, they are not an option for me (too much expensive).