1 Terabyte Hard Drive Recommendation please 1TB 1 TB

c627627 · Nov 2, 2008

For home, for Nehalem in 2-3 weeks.

Any model numbers to avoid? Any 1TB models that stand out?

(7200RPM and no RAID) Thank you.

sandyduff · Nov 2, 2008

seagate barracuda .11 1TB is apparently the nuts....

aja · Nov 2, 2008

+1 for the Seagate 7200.11

Good value and performance

OldSkool · Nov 2, 2008

Killer deal on the aforementioned 7200.11 here: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10005936&ps=homain3

c627627 · Nov 2, 2008

People saying these new Seagates are not as good as the old ones used to be is what made me start the thread in the first place.

Doing a 1TB review search seems the mention Samsung 1TB as being better but I need to check with you guys what the truth is.

fritzman · Nov 2, 2008

I've just bought a couple of the new Western Digital RE3 1Tb drives... haven't had a chance to do anything with them yet.. (They're bound for a NAS box so I won't be able to bench them or anything) but they seem to be well spec'd. I wouldn't rule them out.

tuskenraider · Nov 2, 2008

c627627 said:
People saying these new Seagates are not as good as the old ones used to be is what made me start the thread in the first place.

Doing a 1TB review search seems the mention Samsung 1TB as being better but I need to check with you guys what the truth is.

My research says the same thing. I see many of the reviews commneding the desktop performance of Samsung against the other 1TB drives and it happens to be the cheapest at Newegg, so I've put the order in for one myself. I guess if you want to pay extra for a longer warranty on the Seagate, but less performance, it's the way to go.

c627627 · Nov 2, 2008

Oh good, confirmation. All right, yeah, you mean 5yr vs. 3yr warranty? Meh, unless there's word of unusual Samsung failure rates...

Does Samsung have more than one model for 1TB?

c627627 · Nov 2, 2008

Hello:
http://www.storagereview.com/php/be...&devID_1=348&devID_2=352&devID_3=354&devCnt=4

:welcome:

What does the chart tell you?

c627627 · Nov 2, 2008

It appears Samsung for Home and Seagate for Server.

WD somewhat quieter but worse performer.

Hitachi? Both Samsung and Seagate appear to be overall better than Hitachi.

tuskenraider · Nov 2, 2008

c627627 said:
Oh good, confirmation. All right, yeah, you mean 5yr vs. 3yr warranty? Meh, unless there's word of unusual Samsung failure rates...

Does Samsung have more than one model for 1TB?

Yeah, I've seen another, a UI or something. The UJ, as shown in your chart is the one to get.

c627627 · Nov 2, 2008

Yeah UI is the 5400 RPM version.

UJ is the faster 7200 RPM model.

BranNutz · Nov 7, 2008

I have a WD Caviar Black 1TB for storage and it's great.

gsrcrxsi · Nov 7, 2008

same here, caviar black 7200 1TB drive is great.

UglyChild · Nov 8, 2008

Another vote for WD Caviar.

c627627 · Nov 8, 2008

It's not like average user is going to notice a huge difference. They are all fine drives.

But tests show that Samsung is a little better than others for home and Seagate appears to be the choice for servers.

Western Digital is the quietest, but it scores a little lower on performance tests than others.

thegreek · Nov 8, 2008

c627627 said:
It's not like average user is going to notice a huge difference. They are all fine drives.

But tests show that Samsung is a little better than others for home and Seagate appears to be the choice for servers.

Western Digital is the quietest, but it scores a little lower on performance tests than others.

Actually the only drives I would buy would be the seagate (4 platter) w/ 5 year warranty or the WD caviar black (3 platter) w/ 5 year warranty. The WD would give you better performance becuase of it more dense platters but the seagate is just as good and cheaper if you're only going to use it for storage.

c627627 · Nov 8, 2008

OK, now if you could just expand as to why.

Since the only thing I have to go on is that chart, which shows Samsung to be the one to get, unless you're talking about the warranty as the primary criteria?

MadMan007 · Nov 8, 2008

c627627 said:
It appears Samsung for Home and Seagate for Server.

WD somewhat quieter but worse performer.

Hitachi? Both Samsung and Seagate appear to be overall better than Hitachi.

The Hitachi looks like it does better than the Seagate in the desktop applications.

thegreek · Nov 8, 2008

c627627 said:
OK, now if you could just expand as to why.

Since the only thing I have to go on is that chart, which shows Samsung to be the one to get, unless you're talking about the warranty as the primary criteria?

here is a review of 1TB drives: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hitachi-western-digital-terabyte,2017.html

it looks things changed, Hitachi is a pretty good performer PLUS it has a 5 year warranty that I didnt know about.

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