I NEED URGENT ADVICE ON BUYING HDD

[GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK]

Hello,
to all of you,
I want to buy an Internal HDD either 500 GB OR 1 TB, but here in Amritsar only two brands are available, some vendors are saying that there is a problem of burning card in Seagate that's why go for Samsung hdd, and some vendors saying that Seagate is good dont buy Samsung hdd.I dont know Is it a rumour or truth about seagate.Now, please tell me you guys which HDD should I buy? Please let me soon.Thank you.
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK

[desiibond]

WTH??? problem or burning card???

Just get Western Digital or if not, look for Seagate or Hitachi. don't know if samsung is still selling HDDs

[xtremevicky]

Seagate > Samsung .

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Go for WD if not available then Seagate. Don't go for samsung.

[Gauravs90]

^^^ I'm using samsung 80gb HDD PATA for last 6yrs

[bippukt]

Since we are talking about HDDs and I am about to get a new i5 PC, what should I look for in the HDD, apart from capacity? RPM et al?

[desiibond]

@bippukt.

7200rpm is the defacto rpm for HDDs in the market.
look for capacity, buffer (32MB should be good).

if you are good at things like setting up RAID etc, you can look at getting two 500Gb HDDs and setup RAID which is much faster.

[damngoodman999]

If u r in Big City then get WD , If not get SEAGATE !!

Because of warranty time

[bippukt]

Originally Posted by desiibond

@bippukt.

if you are good at things like setting up RAID etc, you can look at getting two 500Gb HDDs and setup RAID which is much faster.

Thanks for reminding me about the cache. I am not good at RAID, so I think I will just buy a single 500 GB or a 640 GB HDD. I will also keep my older 160 GB HDD, and if possible, I will keep my oldest 80 GB one too, for as long as it lives. The CM Elite 335 or Antec 200 should be able to handle them

Will keeping the older HDDs slow me down? Or should I just junk them and keep everything on the new HDD?

Originally Posted by damngoodman999

If u r in Big City then get WD , If not get SEAGATE !!

Because of warranty time

I know this is not my thread, but could you elaborate upon this point?

[damngoodman999]

Originally Posted by bippukt

Thanks for reminding me about the cache. I am not good at RAID, so I think I will just buy a single 500 GB or a 640 GB HDD. I will also keep my older 160 GB HDD, and if possible, I will keep my oldest 80 GB one too, for as long as it lives. The CM Elite 335 or Antec 200 should be able to handle them

Will keeping the older HDDs slow me down? Or should I just junk them and keep everything on the new HDD?



I know this is not my thread, but could you elaborate upon this point?

WD service centers are not available in small towns or cities (less service centers) - so it takes more time

Seagate is popular brand in india as for their warranty they make it quick for their brand name in india

is it ok

[bippukt]

Thanks for that info