Seagate Barracuda?

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talldude123

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Are Seagate Barracuda hard drives fast and reliable?

Just wondering because my computer came with one and it seems to work good, but is it worth it to get a WD and keep that as a slave?
 
Mine is kinda small right now (160GB).

Is Western Digital the way to go right now? Should I go for a different brand name?
 
It's old technology, and I'd have to remove one of my DVD drives to use it. It's no big deal though, as long as it works.
 
Apokalipse said:
Seagate have the lowest failure rate, and 5 year warranties on all drives.

When Building PC's, why do people recommend Western Digital then? They're the cheapest?
 
I think western digital and seagate are just competing companies. I have had a job that included destroying HDD's (about 100 of them) and a bunch were WD and seagate. So far the seagate's have been the hardest to destroy physically, while WD have been close behind on the level of destruction.
 
talldude123 said:
When Building PC's, why do people recommend Western Digital then? They're the cheapest?
it's because they're cheaper. That, or people are looking for a faster drive (i.e. a Raptor 10K RPM)

WD make good drives, but Seagate ones are the most reliable.
 
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