Advice on what drives to buy. (SSD and HDD) Today only!

MrJak · Jan 28, 2015

I want to get a new SSD and a new HDD.
I've been thinking about getting a Samsung 850 evo 250GB, and Newegg has a $15 code.
I also saw a Seagate barracuda 3TB (ST3000DM001) for $100, with a $12 of promo, and was wanting to check with Tom's hardware before I went and bought these parts, along with the rest of my cart.

All items need to be on Newegg, so I can use Paypal Credit, and have 6 months of no interest.
Unfortunately these prices are only good for today, so I need to act fast!

i7Baby · Jan 28, 2015

If you can afford WD Black, then think about it - https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-update-september-2014/

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236623

smorizio · Jan 28, 2015

i have the evo drive it a nice ssd. seagate and wd are the two largest hard drive vendors. check the drive warranty before you buy some oem drives have 30 days to one year. a good drive vendor have a 3-5 year warranty on there drives.

MrJak · Jan 28, 2015

i7Baby :

I saw that before, turns out the study was done wrong -- too many variables, so it has been discredited.
I've also had a seagate drive that has at least been in use since 2009

MrJak · Jan 28, 2015

smorizio :

It has a 2 year warranty

i7Baby · Jan 28, 2015

MrJak :

i7Baby :

I saw that before, turns out the study was done wrong -- too many variables, so it has been discredited.

Link?

SchizTech · Jan 28, 2015

Looking at the reviews for that 3TB Seagate, there's a huge number of one egg reviews for failed drives. Although negative reviews are always over-represented that looks like a lot of bad drives. HGST is held by some to be somewhat more reliable.

smorizio · Jan 28, 2015

good just google the drive model and word firmware bug make sure there is none. seagate drives at one point had issues with bad firmware.

MrJak · Jan 28, 2015

i7Baby :

http://youtu.be/e85aRCFH8gM?t=52m24s
They talked about it on the WAN show in depth.
I updated the last post with, "I've also had a seagate drive that has at least been in use since 2009"

MrJak · Jan 28, 2015

Also note: the hard drive is only going to be used for gaming, mostly, maybe video editing too, but nothing more.

MrJak · Jan 28, 2015

smorizio :

I'm fully comfortable with flashing firmware, as I have done this several times with graphics cards.

i7Baby · Jan 28, 2015

That's just Linus and he didn't present any data to contradict the findings.

Got any other data?

MrJak · Jan 28, 2015

i7Baby :

Nope, that's why I came here.
I have one place claiming the sky is falling on Seagate, then saying that they're okay, Linus saying that the testing is BS, everyone else recommending people get what they can afford, and I can't afford the Western digital black -- maybe green, but not black.

Data loss is an inconvenience I'd prefer to avoid, but these drives will have nothing that is not replaceable with a quick reinstall of steam. All of the data going to these drives are from a 6+ year old Seagate 500GB drive that has been warning of pending sector count, but has otherwise been fine. Specifically, it has 44,367 power on hours -- or 5.06 years.

I just need to know if there's any significant concern that this drive will die -- also, I'd prefer not to have a drive that is extremely loud. I had someone else get a Western Digital since they could afford it, and it sounded like death, but turns out is typically very loud when searching for files -- runs fine and has no warnings.

MrJak · Jan 28, 2015

Also, I just need it to last 2-3 years, if it can do that; I'm golden.
Money should be much less of an issue by then.

i7Baby · Jan 28, 2015

Then buy a WD.

MrJak · Jan 28, 2015

i7Baby :

Should I get the Refurb 2TB? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236410&cm_re=western_digital-_-22-236-410-_-Product

Or a 3TB green? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136874&cm_re=western_digital-_-22-136-874-_-Product

i7Baby · Jan 28, 2015

I'd either get a WD black or a Seagate Barracuda for a PC.

MrJak · Jan 28, 2015

i7Baby :

I can't afford a WD black, so Seagate it is for me; thank you for your time.

Also, this site said this, "Backblaze also notes that some drives (the Western Digital Green 3TB and Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB) start producing errors as soon as they’re slotted into a storage pod. They think this is due to the large amounts of vibration caused by thousands of other hard drives. (They also think that their aggressive spin-down setting, which is ostensibly to save power, causes a lot of wear to the drive.)"

I get the fleeing they have them turn on and off on a dime, and run way too many.
I'm sure that if a seagate can last 3 years in that environment, it can last many more in my computer that never gets bumped and only has one other hard drive in it.

Oh, here's a link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/17/backblaze_how_not_to_evaluate_disk_reliability/

MrJak · Jan 28, 2015

Okay, the thread can be closed: I'm either getting the Seagate or no hdd; thank you for the help.

Edit: Newegg was saying I needed $250 order for Paypal credit to give me six months without paying, and Paypal said $100, so I dropped the hard drive, as I mostly added it to get me more time to pay.

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