Seagate 500GB or WD 640GB???????

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george101

george101

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hi guys am planning to buy a new hdd... am confused whether to buy a seagate 500gb or WD 640gb... my budget is 4k..... guys plz recommend which one to buy and suggest which brand is better, seagate or WD????

i think seagate has 5yr warranty. what abt WD?

guys plz reply fast as am getting one within 2 days
 
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george101

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but r u using WD??? coz i hav been using seagate for all these years and dnt knw anythin abt WD... can i go with WD coz 640GB is a lot of data and i dnt want to loose it anytime soon......
 
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nish_higher

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george101 said:
but r u using WD??? coz i hav been using seagate for all these years and dnt knw anythin abt WD... can i go with WD coz 640GB is a lot of data and i dnt want to loose it anytime soon......
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all my hard drives are WD except 2 which are Seagate Cheetah + Seagate barracuda
i'd always advice WD
also Seagate has improved a lot in past yrs with their reliability issues and one should not have a problem getting it.but performance+value for money is nowhere near WD640AAKS

manishjha18 said:
seagate 500 gb has 32 mb buffer while wd has 16 mb --
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practically it gives a slightly better read speed but its slow in write speeds
 
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amrawtanshx

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nish_higher said:
practically it gives a slightly better read speed but its slow in write speeds
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Thats correct.
Drives with more buffer don't necessarily perform better.

And Seagate is fine too.(Replacement is easy & quick)

My 250 GB one crashed two times in 2 month ... But when I got 320 GB as replacement ... It is working well.
 
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george101

george101

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i think i wil go for wd 640gb? plz correct me if i made d wrng decision.

guys i hav one more doubt. hw does hdd crash? is der anyway to knw it bfore it crashes. i dnt wnt to loose my data as it means a lot to me.
 
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nish_higher

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^u mean wd makes noise?

george101 said:
i think i wil go for wd 640gb? plz correct me if i made d wrng decision.

guys i hav one more doubt. hw does hdd crash? is der anyway to knw it bfore it crashes. i dnt wnt to loose my data as it means a lot to me.
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i'd suggest one thing-don't use windows partition utility.use gparted.coz u will lose data in case ur windows hangs during that process.use good power supply or make sure u don't underpower ur system.
And if ur drive makes some clicking noise or any noise (be it any brand) backup ur data asap and get it RMA'd
 
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desiibond

desiibond

Bond, Desi Bond!
congrats for your purchase. how much did you pay?

post sisoft sandra benchmark results. that will help for comparisions etc.
 
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