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Which is the most reliable HDD and good VFM

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sudhanshu39 Original post #1
Aug 3, 2010 at 7:12 PM
Hi Please tell me which is the most reliable HDD and good VFM. I don't need much space. 160 / 240 / 320 GB is enough.
Cool Buddy
Aug 3, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Both WD and seagate have a good track record, seagate 7200.11 had some problems, but is now sorted out in 7200.12. However, people still consider WD to be more reliable. So go for WD Blue which I suppose has 5 year warranty. Seagate has 5 years warranty.
All HDDs are similarly priced and the cost per GB is around Rs. 4.20 for 500 GB ones Rs. 3.40 for 1 TB ones, quite value for money. I'd say don't buy anything below 500 GB, they are much less vfm at cost per GB over Rs. 6
coderunknown
Aug 4, 2010 at 12:13 PM
^^ i assume you forgotten to add "k" after those prices else OP will go crazy :rofl:
Cool Buddy
Aug 4, 2010 at 3:39 PM
no sam, read more carefully. I have written cost per GB (price divided by capacity of HDD in GB) because op not specified any budget. He just wants value for money.
coderunknown
Aug 4, 2010 at 6:28 PM
oh yes. sorry. my mistake. i read it once but ignored that part.