Need suggestion for an internal HDD

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Friends

Please help me to decide on a 2TB internal HDD which is reliable, durable, high speed and offers best warranty in India (budget 5.5-6k).

Why 2TB: Because it has more $/GB ratio

WD Red/Green or a Toshiba drive. Avoid Seagate.

URPradhan said:
Friends

Please help me to decide on a 2TB internal HDD which is reliable, durable, high speed and offers best warranty in India (budget 5.5-6k).

Why 2TB: Because it has more $/GB ratio

i would suggest wd red 2tb.

U

I'm really worried about the -ve feedback about Seagate, but in past my Seagate disks were obedient to me

and I did not look at others like WD, Toshiba.

I'm really taking your feedback seriously, but the problem with WD green/red disk is that they are slow (5200rpm). And I hate slow disks. Except Seagte Are there NO other HDD having 7200rpm/SATA3 (6gbps)/64MB cache ???

URPradhan said:
I'm really worried about the -ve feedback about Seagate, but in past my Seagate disks were obedient to me and I did not look at others like WD, Toshiba.

I'm really taking your feedback seriously, but the problem with WD green/red disk is that they are slow (5200rpm). And I hate slow disks. Except Seagte Are there NO other HDD having 7200rpm/SATA3 (6gbps)/64MB cache ???

i think ,it is not the first time that i am posting here that red is faster than green and close to blue. you wont really notice any considerable differences. the cache size does not matter. if yes, green has to be much faster.

U

I know brother that red is better than green, but I'm not comparing red vs green.
I'm comparing wd red 2tb vs seagate 2tb => 8500rs vs 5500rs => 5200rpm vs 7200rpm

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Any other suggestions ????

URPradhan said:
I know brother that red is better than green, but I'm not comparing red vs green.
I'm comparing wd red 2tb vs seagate 2tb => 8500rs vs 5500rs => 5200rpm vs 7200rpm

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Any other suggestions ????

Western Digital Red 2TB review | Disk drives (hdd & ssd) Reviews | TechRadar

Seagate Barracuda 2TB review | Expert Reviews

they are close at read speeds but lacks at write speeds, but again not at hectic margin. red 2tb is available at rs 7700 online. you better search locally for the price.
it is not just the price that matters. the reliability, warranty,support all these matters especially with hdds. although rs 8500 is not the right price.
you may consider toshiba or hitachi as well.

U

Thank you all.

Finally took the risk and bought Seagate SATA3 (6gbps) 2TB 64MB cache 7200rpm 1GB platter HDD for Rs 5,700/-
Lets see how this guy is obedient this time to me

URPradhan said:
Thank you all.

Finally took the risk and bought Seagate SATA3 (6gbps) 2TB 64MB cache 7200rpm 1GB platter HDD for Rs 5,700/-
Lets see how this guy is obedient this time to me

re why? If you wanted to go like that then you should have gone with WD Black ~Rs.6000

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^^~6k will get you 1tb wd black not 2tb.as for getting seagate drive it's not like its failure rate is very high considering seagate is the biggest hdd manufacturer in the world & sold more than 585 million units in 2013 & even 1% of this amounts to 5.85 million units.
Seagate Celebrates Milestone: First To Reach Two Billion Hard Disk Drives Shipped | Seagate
as for various studies showing high failure rate of seagate drives remember these results are from hdd in a server environment(whether Backblaze or google hdd report) which works completely different from home environment.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/storage/180937-durability-report-27-134-hdds.html
frankly speaking luck is the most significant factor when it comes to hdd reliability in my opinion unless a particular series has too many problems(like the infamous seagate 7200.11 series).even earlier WD green drives which many claimed have high failure rates were actually using these drives in NAS/raid & there are also many who claimed that in a typical home non-raid/non-NAS system these drives work just like other drives even if a bit slower.

how much my motherboard supported , what should I will buy ???? Seagate??? Toshiba??? SAMSUNG???WD???

whitestar_999 said:
^^~6k will get you 1tb wd black not 2tb.as for getting seagate drive it's not like its failure rate is very high considering seagate is the biggest hdd manufacturer in the world & sold more than 585 million units in 2013 & even 1% of this amounts to 5.85 million units.
Seagate Celebrates Milestone: First To Reach Two Billion Hard Disk Drives Shipped | Seagate
as for various studies showing high failure rate of seagate drives remember these results are from hdd in a server environment(whether Backblaze or google hdd report) which works completely different from home environment.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/storage/180937-durability-report-27-134-hdds.html
frankly speaking luck is the most significant factor when it comes to hdd reliability in my opinion unless a particular series has too many problems(like the infamous seagate 7200.11 series).even earlier WD green drives which many claimed have high failure rates were actually using these drives in NAS/raid & there are also many who claimed that in a typical home non-raid/non-NAS system these drives work just like other drives even if a bit slower.

Even if we believe that Seagate does not have high failure rates, WD's excellent A.S.S. and Toshiba's high reliability make tham an obvious choice over Seagate.

W

for same capacity drives at similar prices WD is indeed better(like between 2tb WD green & 2 tb seagate) but for those who can not afford extra 2k for similar capacity non-seagate drives(usually true for 2tb or above size) they can get seagate.

WD should release a blue 2tb.

U

ramakanta said:
how much my motherboard supported , what should I will buy ???? Seagate??? Toshiba??? SAMSUNG???WD???

Bhaina, HDD size does not depends upon motherboard. You can attach a HDD which you can afford

If WD would have 2TB blue, then I would have gone for that. But WD green/red are slow drives as compared to Seagate, hence Seagate was the ONLY option in 2TB

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But please read this post carefully before buying Segate 2TG SATA3 HDD
Link: *www.techenclave.com/community/threads/confusion-with-seagate-7200-14-platter-sizes.138435/

URPradhan said:
Bhaina, HDD size does not depends upon motherboard. You can attach a HDD which you can afford
If WD would have 2TB blue, then I would have gone for that. But WD green/red are slow drives as compared to Seagate, hence Seagate was the ONLY option in 2TB

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But please read this post carefully before buying Segate 2TG SATA3 HDD
Link: Confusion with Seagate 7200.14 platter sizes !! | TechEnclave - Indian Technology Forum

thanks for this suggestion , I want to buy 500GB?? is it right ???

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ramakanta said:
thanks for this suggestion , I want to buy 500GB?? is it right ???

I'll say buy minimum WD 1TB blue because the cost/gb will be less as compared to a 500gb drive.

ramakanta said:
thanks for this suggestion , I want to buy 500GB?? is it right ???

The price difference between 500 GB and 1 TB HDD is just 700-900. 1 TB is a better value.

ramakanta said:
thanks for this suggestion , I want to buy 500GB?? is it right ???

wd 1 tb blue is at 3.7k locally.

rijinpk1 said:
wd 1 tb blue is at 3.7k locally.

That's an excellent price!

what about WD black , 1TB ???

ramakanta said:
what about WD black , 1TB ???

if you can afford, then why not? it comes with 5 years of warranty.

U

ramakanta said:
what about WD black , 1TB ???

Rs 10,000/- approx

URPradhan said:
Rs 10,000/- approx

it is for 2tb.

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rijinpk1 said:
it is for 2tb.

Yes, you are correct and 1TB is approx Rs 6,000/-

URPradhan said:
Yes, you are correct and 1TB is approx Rs 6,000/-

in wd website , there is no options for buying , ??? what I will ???, I am from 230km from Bhubaneswar , ??

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ramakanta said:
in wd website , there is no options for buying , ??? what I will ???, I am from 230km from Bhubaneswar , ??

You are from which city in Odisha ?

I'll say buy HDD from nearby market as HDDs are very sensitive to shocks and it may happen that during shipping it MAY get damaged. Many buyers at FK are also complaining about poor packaging of HDDs. That's reason I bought it from local market.

URPradhan said:
You are from which city in Odisha ?

I'll say buy HDD from nearby market as HDDs are very sensitive to shocks and it may happen that during shipping it MAY get damaged. Many buyers at FK are also complaining about poor packaging of HDDs. That's reason I bought it from local market.

is there any wd retailer in city Bhubaneswar ????

As far as i know if you are a gamer go for 7200 rpm hdd

Seagate Barracuda 2 TB(ST2000DM001) is good (6.5K)

any suggestion for WD Purple 1TB ???