Segate or WD -- 2TB HDD

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which one should i buy between these two
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 2TB
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB (aka the WD20EARS)

..i guess the 64mb cache in WD will give it the headstart but i then i dont know what difference the 7200 and 5400rmp will make

so please suggest..

WD green sucks in performance.. go with seagate or WD blue or black..

Ya, WD green are basically energy saving drives and run @ 5400 rpm compared to 7200 rpm of the others.
Go with the Seagate one. I'm having one for last 6 months and using it without any issues. Price will be around 4.6-4.7K excluding vat.

Well i have been using a wd green 1tb hdd and there's no noticeable lag at all.Transfer rates are pretty fast between my green and external wd 1tb my book. For better performance, wd blue is also a good choice.

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Either go with Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 2TB or WD Black series

Don't go with seagate hybrid storage
Refer my latest post

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/technolog...ve-causing-frustration-users.html#post1335219

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what about the 64mb cache..what good is that for ??

hands down go for wdc black....no seagate.
but i should tell you samsung spinpoint f3 is also very good very fast..

boom2709 said:
what about the 64mb cache..what good is that for ??

just google "USE OF HDD CACHE" regarding your query...

WDC Black ---> pure performance.
Blue ----> day to day use.
Green ---> power saver & so should be used as backup or 2nd HDD, using a blue or black as primary drive.

so alternate options are:

WDC Black, Samsung Spinpoint F3.
WDC Blue, Seagate, Samsung F2 Spinpoint.
WDC green, Samsung F2 Eco Green.

all greens arent 5400rpm. mine is 7200rpm.

All WD green have intellipower,i.e the spin speeds differ. They stay between 5400rpm-7200rpm and delivers a balanced performance/power consumption. They are no slouchers and give good performance. I have a wd 1tb green with 32mb cache and transfer rates are similar with a seagate 7200.12 drive.

guys i will b buying a itb hdd tommorow,which one to go for seagate or wd price quoted

vedant:2550 + and m.d : 2575 +

r the prices ok..

^^u talkin about WD 1TB green prices?

i dont know is it green or blue only 1 tb hdd price they quoted me..

i have a WD green and there isint any real world performance difference in relation to seagate baracuda

guys waiting for replys..

It is the price of Seagate 1 TB HDD

purchase WD blue or seagate 1TB.. which ever is available dere..
or purchase WD black.. but its cost will be high..

Performance Wise :

WD Black > Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 = WD Blue > WD Green = Seagate 5900 RPM drives.

I have a WD Green 2 TB and although it doesn't give any problem , its surely runs slower and goes to sleep to save energy which is not required by everyone so avoid that. I like it though because my PC runs 24x7 almost and its better to save wastage of energy.

wat hdd should i buy 2Tb seagate or wd.mainly be using for storage as i have 1.5 tb 7200 rpm seagate.

get seagate 5900RPM green 2TB HDD - should be around ~4k ;-)

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topgear said:
get seagate 5900RPM green 2TB HDD - should be around ~4k

sry 4 highjacking this thread ,i searched itdepot and itwares , it ware have lower price but like usual they ignoring my mail so

Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA Internal Desktop Hard Drive (WD20EARX)

Price:
4515/
Theitdepot - Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA Internal Desktop Hard Drive (WD20EARX)

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA Desktop Hard Drive (ST2000DL003)
Price:
4515/-

Theitdepot - Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA Desktop Hard Drive (ST2000DL003)

is price ok and r u sure i should get segate instead of WD , earlier i always seen people suggesting WD drive

this drive is my Back UP drive [no os or programes-purely for back up

will order 2day or 2morrow online

ty

edit
currently i have
1 x WD 250GB Sata 2
2 x WD 500GB Sata 3

when it comes to choosing a brand between seagate and WD eveyone has is own personal experience and choices - that's why some recommends WD and other recommend seagate.

here's two link for both WD and Seagate ;-)

WD Caviar Green 2 TB ( WD20EARS) Rs. 4150

Seagate 2TB Green ST2000DL003 Rs. 4050

you can go with whatever brand you like ;-)

WD Caviar Green 2 TB ( WD20EARS) Rs. 4150

Seagate 2TB Green ST2000DL003 5900RPM Rs. 4050

I have both , and both are working fine for me, over 40TB of data has been Uploaded from my PC in the last 3 months , my PC is turned off only for a few hours in a month , except for the occasional pause in opening after being idle [ I think HDD is stopped when PC is Idle to save power ] both these drives serve as excellent secondary storage devices. NOT RECOMMENDED for use as Primary Disk though !!!!