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WD Blue vs Black: Reliability?
vuzedome:
Oohh, two different ideologies or way of life crashing.
No offense to anyone but what the hell, pick a side boys because the winner will obviously dictate to us why they think what they did is right and why we should emulate them in their ways of life.
Saras:
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1# 2TB black drives aren't worth it. GB/$ is only favourable on their 750gb-1tb lines and those are the ones mostly bought.
2# The drives you compare with the WD blacks are of a different category. You are literally comparing apples and oranges. If you want to compare those eco samsungs do so with WD greens and Barracudas.
And here you are if you want to do that http://www.storagereview.com/samsung_spinpoint_f4eg_review_hd204ui
krumm:
--- Quote from: xShadow on June 16, 2012, 04:07:09 AM ---
--- Quote ---You have offered up the fabulously informative statement "most other manufacturers (which are cheaper) have decent performance anyway" without naming a single manufacturer, brand or model. We're not talking about your arbitrary opinion of "decent" here. We're talking about a specific model that compares to a WD Black. You can't name one because there isn't one. As I said earlier, I would be very, very happy if you can. I would love to have an alternative to consider that meets or exceeds all the WD Black specifications.
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No, now you're twisting my point around. I wasn't talking about something now that necessarily compared to the Caviar Black in the HDD market in terms of just raw reliability. I was simply saying that based on the last time I looked over it, I didn't notice its feature set to be worth the huge price premium it had, considering it performed only marginally better than other things in the 2TB storage tier. Hence, why I chose the Spinpoint. And hence why I have approximately 70-100 more dollars in my pocket than if I chose the Caviar Black, and why I'm therefore happier with my decision. And FYI this happened less than 4 years ago.
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I hope you do realize that Samsung drive manufacturing is now owned by Seagate(the trash of hdds for awhile now). Less then 4 years ago you got a good drive, but now seagate is seeping into them and the reviews already show.
Also I have never dealt with customer service as good and easy as Western Digital. The free software they give you is great, and their drive replacement is top notch. With the blacks if they die in 5 years, WD will get it to you in 2-3 days. That Samsung you listed, made by Seagate, only has 1 year warranty, have fun with that.
I would have bought Samsung drives in the past, but now with Seagate making them there is not a chance.
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: Clannad_92 on June 16, 2012, 03:43:45 AM ---
--- Quote from: kitamesume on June 15, 2012, 08:06:21 PM ---the whole PC is moving back and forth from the living room and to my bed room for the past few days
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and why is that?
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my living room has a 32" screen with a nice sofa, but doesnt have any internet nor does my PC have a wifi(i might buy a dongle eventually) and i cant leave the PC there.
my bedroom has the main router just outside the door so a 5meter cable is enough to reach the PC and i can leave the PC turned on there. i do watch on my bedroom from time to time but nothing beats a big screen.
edit: ah and WD essentials are pretty neat, i got three of them (2x500 1x1000) and none has died just yet.
megido-rev.M:
The Essentials are great external drives. I have a 1.5TB, and I would have gotten another were it not for the AC adapter shape.
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