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Should I go with Seagate?

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After this,
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=921983

When I have a computer part die on me, its usually my personal policy to not buy that brand again. So, since Western Digital has let me down, is Seagate the best alternative? I saw a 160GB WD harddrive for 80 dollars and a Seagate 160GB for 81 on newegg. And an extra dollar isnt that much to pay, plus i've heard good things about Seagate from my friends... plus there is a 5 year warranty which is nice.

But I dont buy computer parts without a [H]ard recommendation. ;)

So is Seagate my best bet or should I go with a different brand? I really want a hard drive that I can count on.
 
I've used only Seagate hard drives in my computer and they have had no problems. I bought 2
80 GIG SATA drives(both about 70 bucks) and have been running them for just about over a year now with no problems.
 
Seageate has always been a solid buy IMHO. Their current 7200.8 series are reliable, quick, and usually quieter than the competition. Their performance is edged out by the Hitachi 2K750 series and the best performer out there are the Maxtor Maxline III's. Seagate has the reputation for the best combination of acoustics/heat vs performance. Samsung Spinpoint has best acoustics/heat at the expense of performance.

It boils down to what you want. Low noise, or max performance. Maxtor leads the pack with performance, but 2nd highest noise (IIRC) while WD is probably best price/capacity, while Hitachi is one of the best performers overall, they don't lead any one category, but they're not deficient in any one category either.

I bought Seagate for the acoustics, performance and warranty.

Right now, the manufacturers have straightened up their act and are offering at least 3 years warranty and all are pretty close. I wouldnt hesitate to buy any brand right now, its all in preference. If you dont like WD, dont buy them. If you want to try someone different, there's no better (or worse) manufacturer than Seagate. I used to be a brand-shopper, I shyed away from maxtor in the past 3 years, but my attitudes have changed. I'll probably get hitachi or seagate for my next storage devices.
 
Seagate has been pretty good to me. Except for one time when I had two 30 gigs go bad on me, when I sent them in through for an RMA, they sent back two 60 gigs! And these 60 gigs have been going strong since 2002, and I use one in my primary machine and the other in the bit torrent machine. Nice and quiet, I love Seagates.
 
Hard Disk reliability is extremely hard to quantify. Even VARs that do through dozens of drives a year don't have a very good idea of HDD reliability. Shipping, installation, and environmental hazards are MUCH more likely to kill a drive than a manufacturing defect nowadays. Seagate bets that their drives will still be ticking five years after you buy them, a feature only equalled by the MaxLine drives from Maxtor in 7200RPM.

As much as I would like to tell you otherwise, you are setting yourself up for frustration and data loss if you truly "want a hard drive that I can count on." Hard drives are mechanical devices. They will fail eventually. To protect your data, you need to backup. Ideally, backup to removable media stored in off site locations for the best protections. Please, backup somewhere. It's the only way to protect data.

I would like to take this time to thank everybody for keeping their recommendations positive. Thanks! - DL
 
Well, you could always get SCSI, which will last a little longer. I had just dumped a 4 Gig Seagate Baracuda way back from 97'. It still worked well. Except with the money spent on SCSI, you could have gotten some type of optical backup/tape backup or whatever... I haven't seen a SCSI fail, but I also haven't seen as many in my personal experience...
 
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