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

george101 · 29-07-2008, 06:12 PM

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

nish_higher · 29-07-2008, 06:45 PM

same warranty on both and WD 640AAKS has a much better support + reliability + performance + value for money

george101 · 29-07-2008, 06:58 PM

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......

desiibond · 29-07-2008, 07:05 PM

Both are equally reliable companies. And yes, be careful with 640Gb.

manishjha18 · 29-07-2008, 07:13 PM

seagate 500 gb has 32 mb buffer while wd has 16 mb --

nish_higher · 29-07-2008, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by george101

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......

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

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Originally Posted by manishjha18

seagate 500 gb has 32 mb buffer while wd has 16 mb --

practically it gives a slightly better read speed but its slow in write speeds

george101 · 29-07-2008, 11:15 PM

wat do u mean by being careful?

amrawtanshx · 29-07-2008, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by nish_higher

practically it gives a slightly better read speed but its slow in write speeds

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.

desiibond · 30-07-2008, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by george101

wat do u mean by being careful?

be careful in the sense that don't use it as a portable drive. coz 640Gb is lot of data.

forever · 30-07-2008, 09:48 AM

Go for the western digital, its more value for money and performs at par with seagate.

casanova · 30-07-2008, 11:31 AM

IMHO, WD will be a better option

george101 · 30-07-2008, 04:46 PM

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.

zyberboy · 30-07-2008, 08:15 PM

i wud suggest seagate,wd is also good but chk if der is noise wen accessing data.

nish_higher · 30-07-2008, 08:32 PM

^u mean wd makes noise?

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Originally Posted by george101

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.

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