seagate barracuda 2tb or wd green 2tb?? (reliability)

kevin25_john · Aug 3, 2014

which of the two drive is more reliable..?
wd green 2tb ezrx or seagate barracuda 2tb??
i have heard that seagate has higher failure rates over the years...is it true?
im going to use the drive for storage purpose and also for some gaming maybe.

dingo07 · Aug 3, 2014

what's the price difference between those 2 drives?

Emerald · Aug 3, 2014

If you are using the drive as a main drive, don't get the WD Green due to its intelipower settings.

Personally I would get, as an alternative to the WD Green, either get a WD Red or WD Black.

kevin25_john · Aug 3, 2014

dingo07 :

seagate is 5500 INR (approx. 91$)
WD is 5940 INR (approx. 97$)

random stalker · Aug 3, 2014

green for waste management /also if you are a hippie, because environment and stuff/, barracuda if you want to put some games on it /as it is faster/.
as for the failures - every disk bites the dust, so don't worry and backup your files from time to time

kevin25_john · Aug 3, 2014

Emerald :

WD black is way too expensive. almost double the price.
i wouldn't use the drive as a boot drive as i have an 120gb SSD for that.
so i would use the drive only for storing data like movies, games,music,etc.
i might even install games on it.
i dont know much about WD red drives. is it a desktop hard drive?

Cristi72 · Aug 3, 2014

kevin25_john :

Hello,

The WD Black is the best option, but it is indeed expensive. The next solution is Seagate SSHD. The best: go for WD Green and an 64GB or 128GB SSD. It would be nice if WD had the WD BLUE in 2 TB capacity...

The WD RED has the same Intellipower system as WD Green, so it is not very good as a boot drive (it is conceived for use in NAS systems though, so it should be a little more reliable in harsh conditions as high temperatures and vibrations).

dingo07 · Aug 3, 2014

kevin25_john :

Get the Seagate

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