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Need advice on HD

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Wingnut225

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Hello!
I am a photographer in need of additional HD space. I currently have a 1TB WD EADS Green drive that is almost full and has given me no problems. I'm looking to add a 2TB drive and was looking for suggestions. I see that the Samsung F3 1TB has been suggested on this forum but didn't know if the Samsung F4 Ecogreen 2TB drive was just as reliable. I do have a newer MB with 6.0Gb/s capability although I don't think housing photos is going to make much difference. So I've narrowed it down to 2 drives:

Samsung Ecogreen F4 HD204UI 2TB ($119.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152245

or

WD Caviar Green WD20EARX 2TB (on sale $99.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...012-Index-_-InternalHardDrives-_-22136891-L0B

Thanks!
 
Wingnut225 said:
Hello!
I am a photographer in need of additional HD space. I currently have a 1TB WD EADS Green drive that is almost full and has given me no problems. I'm looking to add a 2TB drive and was looking for suggestions. I see that the Samsung F3 1TB has been suggested on this forum but didn't know if the Samsung F4 Ecogreen 2TB drive was just as reliable. I do have a newer MB with 6.0Gb/s capability although I don't think housing photos is going to make much difference. So I've narrowed it down to 2 drives:

Samsung Ecogreen F4 HD204UI 2TB ($119.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152245

or

WD Caviar Green WD20EARX 2TB (on sale $99.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...012-Index-_-InternalHardDrives-_-22136891-L0B

Thanks!
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I've been looking at big hard drives too recently. I ended up getting 2 of the 3 TB WD Caviar Green drives from Amazon for $150 each. But they haven't arrived yet so I can't give you any feedback. I was going to get the WD20EARX drive you mention but the best price I could find last week was $110 so I went with the 3 TB drives based on price.

I wouldn't get the Samsung drives as they aren't Samsung anymore, they are Seagate. And I have NO confidence in Seagate.
 
3TB for $150 is not bad. Before the hard drive market fiasco I bought 2 1.5TB's for around $75 from Amazon.
 
I snagged the HD204UI since it was on sale for $99.

I read a review that examined the drive and indicated nothing had been changed by seagate. We will probably see these drives phase out over time.
 
skeeder said:
I snagged the HD204UI since it was on sale for $99.

I read a review that examined the drive and indicated nothing had been changed by seagate. We will probably see these drives phase out over time.
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Pretty sure that is the same one that I grabbed this morning from Newegg for $99 with free shipping. Going into my new Monoprice external enclosure.

EDIT: Just checked, yup that's the one... $99 w/ free shipping (economy) with coupon code: EMCNCHF23
 
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