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Looking for a very reliable HDD to put a second OS (XP) on in new build.
I went searching on Newegg, read all the reviews and it seems that all the new HDD drives seem to crap out anywhere between a couple days to just a couple yrs. Now I'm worried about the storage HDD that I already have in the new build (Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB) because it has the worst reviews of all of them. (I know, should have read the reviews before purchase, it was recommended by a local computer store) It's only suppose to be used up to 8 hrs a day, really, it should either work or not work, now they put time limits on how long you can use them!!! I don't want to start piling stuff onto it if there's a chance that it's going to just crap out a year from now.

My old computer, still working to this day has a (WD2000JS 200Gig SATA II 8MB cache 7200rms) this HDD is 9 YRS. OLD and still working fine. Why is it that all the new stuff doesn't last this long? I'm half tempted to use this old drive in the new build (probably not compatible with motherboard though) , but how sad is that.

Is there even an HDD out there that I can count on for many years of service without having to always worry about losing everything? I only need 2TB.

Build info:
Motherboard Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 Rev 3.0
Processor FX 8350 AMD 8 - Core
Power Supply Seasonic M12 II Bronze 650 W
SSD Samsung SSD 840 EVO With Win 7 installed
HDD Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB
Memory Mushkin Silverline 8GB x2 16GB
Graphics Card MSI Twin Frozr Geforce GTX 660
 
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You can get a reliable brand and model of hard-drive, but that does not prevent any issues. No hard drive is 100% free of failure.
What you are seeing in the reviews is reviews from people that have had failures. Of course if you read them it seems like they all have issue, but you are not seeing the vast majority that don't have issues.

You can have 20 million happy people, one unit breaks and that person is all over the place saying what a horrible product it is.

If you want to get the most reliable drive, get an enterprise class drive. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/internal/enterprise/ http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/enterprise-hard-drives/

A lower RPM drive generally has better reliability than a fast one due to...
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You can go for Western Digital or Segate.. both make amazing HDDs..

I am using Segate Barracuda since past about 8 years and it's still rocking smooth.. HDDs are designed to last about 10 years max.. so even if you get about 7 years without problem, you are just fine.. and more than 10.. you just got lucky...

Mostly everything will be just fine.. maybe one or two WILL be defective and that's manufacturing issue, about 3 or 4 in a million will be defective.. that's normal.. if you get such a device, well, nobody can do anything about it.. you will be given a RMA..
 
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You can get a reliable brand and model of hard-drive, but that does not prevent any issues. No hard drive is 100% free of failure.
What you are seeing in the reviews is reviews from people that have had failures. Of course if you read them it seems like they all have issue, but you are not seeing the vast majority that don't have issues.

You can have 20 million happy people, one unit breaks and that person is all over the place saying what a horrible product it is.

If you want to get the most reliable drive, get an enterprise class drive. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/internal/enterprise/ http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/enterprise-hard-drives/

A lower RPM drive generally has better reliability than a fast one due to less heat and less stress on the motors.

From 2008 but explains things well http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/enterprise_class_versus_desktop_class_hard_drives_.pdf
 
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Thanks guys, I guess I was getting myself all worked up over nothing. Like (hang-the-9) basically stated, the people who had problems are more likely to write reviews all over the place because they're pissed off. The people who aren't having problems don't bother to put so much effort into reviews. I'll probably just get another Seagate or maybe give WD a try again since the last one used is 9 yrs old and still running, that says a lot.
 
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reliable... that seens to be a thing of the past. now it seems that you just buy something that will fit your needs and hope it works regardless of the brand.. all it seems to do now a days is get the one you want/like and install it and see were your at .. if it fires up and works ,good after a year its still working, not bad and if it lasts itll your next replacement build , then you cant complain... just seems that its now a roll of the dice on parts and hope you don't get snake eyes.
 
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