New HDD @5.3K · DIGIT-ARC

My friend has decided to buy a 1 TB external hard disk and given me the responsibility to find one within the budget(strictly 5.3K)..

Presently have decided to go with WD My Passport which is available for 5.2K at Nehru Place..

Any other suggestions??

you can get 1 tb wd hdd 2.0 in 4600 and 3.0 in 5600 on flipkart.chioce is yours...

only a 3.0 USB one would do.. Rs 5600 for which one??

rs 5600 for 3.0,search on flipkart.

Gaurav265 said:
rs 5600 for 3.0,search on flipkart.

Getting it for Rs 5200 locally, then why use Flipkart??

then get it...

Buy Seagate Backup Plus 1TB @5.15K
That is the best HDD available in 4-5K range.

Gaurav265 said:
you can get 1 tb wd hdd 2.0 in 4600 and 3.0 in 5600 on flipkart.chioce is yours...

Where ?

Just ordered a Buffalo ministation 3 days back, Rs 4689 after apllying Rs 300 off coupon, that's the lowest price i could get a 1 TB.

d6bmg said:
Buy Seagate Backup Plus 1TB @5.15K
That is the best HDD available in 4-5K range.

Buy Seagate Backup Plus 1TB @5.15K
That is the best HDD available in 4-5K range.

Budget can go up to 5.5K if necessary..

Shashank Joshi said:
Budget can go up to 5.5K if necessary..

Price of backup plus ~5.1K
5.5K is not needed is you can find a good deal.

Is it better than WD My Passport?? If yes in which sense?

How is Seagate's customer service???

My passport drives have horrible USB3 speed. backup plus have very good USB3 speed.
From this post of mine:

From my experience:
Seagate Backup-plus 1TB HDD (USB3 port and it also have sata port)
When I plug it in USB2 port, transfer speed becomes ~45-50MB/sec. (Source drive: OCZ Vertex 3 128GB SSD)
When I plug it in USB3 port, transfer speed becomes ~55-60MB/sec. (Same source drive)
When I plug it in a SATA II port, transfer speed becomes ~50-55MB/sec.
When I plug it in a SATA III port, transfer speed becomes ~55-60MB/sec.

Go figure.

Shashank Joshi said:
Is it better than WD My Passport?? If yes in which sense?

How is Seagate's customer service???

Well ASS is not that good when compared to WD. As for performance I can't say much because I haven't used it yet.

d6bmg said:
My passport drives have horrible USB3 speed. backup plus have very good USB3 speed.
From this post of mine:

Go figure.

The written speed is around 150Mbps!!

Which one would you suggest.. Going to buy it this Thursday so you can do a little research and tell.. i have no idea in this line.. :ashamed:

W

don't think too much.more than write speed it is the reliability which matters most in case of hdd.just search google for seagate & WD portable drives issues & then decide for yourself.also unless you are transferring 100gb's of data every day difference in write speeds is not an issue.for average user looking to transfer few gb's of movies/music even 35MB/s speed is good enough unless you consider a minute of your day worth thousand.

Shashank Joshi said:
The written speed is around 150Mbps!!

Which one would you suggest.. Going to buy it this Thursday so you can do a little research and tell.. i have no idea in this line..

MEchanical drives can't utilize the total power of USB3. As a user of Seagate Free agent go, WD My passport, Seagate backup plus, I would suggest you to buy backup plus over WD my passport on any-day.

read that Backup Plus has a matte body and is scratch prone..??

Almost all external HDD is.

d6bmg said:
Almost all external HDD is.

Ok..

What about Buffalo..??

Shashank Joshi said:
Ok..

What about Buffalo..??

AVOID!
They don't have much service center in India, and have no clear RMA policy.

Not planning on going for transcend or Kingston because never heard about their HDD ever,,

^^ Those companies don't make or market any mechanical HDDs. Kingston makes SSD, and they are pretty good in that department. But that's a different story.

Well the shop in Nehru Place had their name under HDD..

Shashank Joshi said:
Well the shop in Nehru Place had their name under HDD..

Yeah yeah buy from other put their name on it and sell.

What about WD Elements?? Available for 4.8K locally!!!

Shashank Joshi said:
What about WD Elements?? Available for 4.8K locally!!!

There are many complaints about its bad speed over USB3.

d6bmg said:
There are many complaints about its bad speed over USB3.

And seems as if the USB ports not that good either..