1 or 1.5 or 2TB hard disk suggestions

[Varunnagwekar]

Hello,
I'm planning to buy a hard disk for storing movies primarily. I want either a 1 or 1.5 or 2TB hard disk. But I'm not sure which ones are good to buy and what the prices are. Based on the reviews on some sites I had planned to buy a Segate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB. But its not available anyways, so thats why I'm looking for some alternatives.
I've also heard about some models crashing a lot, so could you please tell me which ones are those...
I hope you can help me with this problem.
Thanks a lot.

 

[desiibond]

Check Western Digital Caviar Black series 2Tb Drives. Price is around 7k and lot faster than 7200.12 and Western Digital Caviar Blue.

 

[Varunnagwekar]

Wow 2 TB only for 7 k? Thats quite good. But I sure hope its reliable and stuff. I don't want it crashing on me in a few months...

 

[acewin]

damn, now m raring to buy 2TB drive.
if it crashes u can get it RMAed, no second thoughts

 

[desiibond]

guys. Sorry for the type. It's 1Tb for 7k.

 

[ksundar]

When u buy external Harddisk,always prefer "eSATA" compliant even if it looks bit pricey,

It makes real difference,USB<Firewire<<<eSATA.

 

[ashu888ashu888]

^^
agreed, but not all mobo's hv e-SATA port so its better to hv Firewire as the bare minimum (if not eSATA)

 

[popularbhaskar]

varun,
I own a caviar black 1TB myself. Its unimaginably fast. if you are looking for a high speed drive then please go for caviar black. I easily get real time copy of over 80 mbps on vista between drives. if you are looking for just a storage space this might not be needed.
pros:
1. fast
2. Really fast
3. Really really fast
cons:
1. generates a lot of heat.
2. can be really noisy.
3. cost.

let me know if you want to know anything more about this.

popularbhaskar

 

[emmarbee]

Desiibond, instead of telling "sorry" - edit that post mate. I lost my breath for a sec there...

And recommendation for OP - seagate 7200.11 - 1TB (4.5K) (www.deltapage.com).
BTW, I'm a Western Digital Fan - WD ROCKS!

 

[popularbhaskar]

emmarbee.. i join you in lost my breathe group. i bot myself a 1TB caviar Black recently for around 7k. i really enjoy the roaring speed it gives up. The disk throughput was unmatchable with any of my harddisk pool.

 

[abhadi]

Desiibond, instead of telling "sorry" - edit that post mate. I lost my breath for a sec there...

And recommendation for OP - seagate 7200.11 - 1TB (4.5K) (www.deltapage.com).
BTW, I'm a Western Digital Fan - WD ROCKS!

^^ buddy.. . its 7200.12 for 4.5k ... just bought that on 2/7 ...

 

[Varunnagwekar]

Okay update time guys. I've just bought the Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB Hard Disk for............. a whooping Rs. 13k! People all around me are cursing me about my purchase decision, but what the heck. This hard disk will surely go a long with with all the HD content coming in.

I want to seriously thank all of you for taking the time to help me out. Keep up the amazing work. You guys seriously rock!

 

[MetalheadGautham]

^^ buddy.. . its 7200.12 for 4.5k ... just bought that on 2/7 ...

Wow! 4.5K for a 32mb Buffer 7200RPM 1TB HDD ? Any idea how reliable is it ? When you buy a 1TB HDD, you normally store a LOT of data in it. I expect to rest in peace atleast for 5 years without worrying about my HDD dying.

 

[desiibond]

@gautam, don't scare him.

@Varun, congrats. That is an awesome purchase.

 

[RMN]

guys the Western Digital SATA II 1 Terabyte (32 MB Buffer) comes only in Caviar Black right?
and is that the one listed for 4.5k in ITwares?

 

[desiibond]

and black edition usually costs 40% more atleast.

 

[RMN]

oh so then its the GREEN one!

tnx

 

[maverick786us]

Okay update time guys. I've just bought the Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB Hard Disk for............. a whooping Rs. 13k! People all around me are cursing me about my purchase decision, but what the heck. This hard disk will surely go a long with with all the HD content coming in.

I want to seriously thank all of you for taking the time to help me out. Keep up the amazing work. You guys seriously rock!

I am curious. From where you've purchased it? Its not even released.

 

[hell_storm2006]

Ya it is released! You can find it at theitwares for Rs. 12,500!

*www.theitwares.com/hdd/hdd.htm

 

[maverick786us]

Ya it is released! You can find it at theitwares for Rs. 12,500!

*www.theitwares.com/hdd/hdd.htm

That might be WD Cavier Green. There is no information of WD Cavier Black 2 TB version in Western Digital Website and newegg.

According to latest information WD Cavier Black 2TB Version is yet to be released and it will have 64MB Buffer

*www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/22/wd_2tb_caviar_black/
*www.hardmac.com/news/2009/06/23/wd-caviar-black-2-tb-at-7200-rpm-soon-in-shops
*www.techpowerup.com/index.php?97412