Up until 1 month ago I was using a Velociraptor 300gb as my data drive (I don't store video and my music collection is only between 10-15gb).
I finally decided to make the leap the Caviar Black 1TB. I decided to download about 400GB of Steam games since I had the space (I use a junction to my SSD for games that need that extra load performance).
It started out well, but over the last month this Caviar Black has began rattling so loudly it can be heard from quite a distance. I have never returned a HDD due to paranoia about personal data, but since this one is so new I am going to DBAN it and return it to Amazon (it is still within a month). I am then going to purchase a new drive.
Right now the RE4 is only $10 more than the Caviar Black. I am not too worried about the TLER being 7.5 seconds on the RE4 even though I will be in a single drive configuration (i.e. no RAID).
What I am wondering is if the RE4 are built to a high manufacturing standard? Things such as better bearings, vibration tolerance, heat tolerance, etc? I am not able to find a clear answer on this. The WD website makes it seem that the RE4 has higher reliability, but on some forums it seems the only difference is firmware.
I finally decided to make the leap the Caviar Black 1TB. I decided to download about 400GB of Steam games since I had the space (I use a junction to my SSD for games that need that extra load performance).
It started out well, but over the last month this Caviar Black has began rattling so loudly it can be heard from quite a distance. I have never returned a HDD due to paranoia about personal data, but since this one is so new I am going to DBAN it and return it to Amazon (it is still within a month). I am then going to purchase a new drive.
Right now the RE4 is only $10 more than the Caviar Black. I am not too worried about the TLER being 7.5 seconds on the RE4 even though I will be in a single drive configuration (i.e. no RAID).
What I am wondering is if the RE4 are built to a high manufacturing standard? Things such as better bearings, vibration tolerance, heat tolerance, etc? I am not able to find a clear answer on this. The WD website makes it seem that the RE4 has higher reliability, but on some forums it seems the only difference is firmware.
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