seagate ST2000DM001 2TB or Western WD10EZEX 1TB

MrHardwarex

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i can't make my mind between seagate 7200.14 ST2000DM001 2TB (china) or Western digital blue WD10EZEX 1TB (Thailand) as both are 7200 and 64mb cache but may be here in my country the seagate ST2000DM001 2TB is 3 platter version :(

i have hard 1TB seagate that is dying and i want to replace it and i wish to get the 2tb hard drive but after searching the internet i found that seagate have reliability issue and i afraid that after 2 to 4 years it will die like my old seagate 1tb hard drive

so my question is:
shall i get 1tb blue western digital drive which have smaller size and better reliability and than after while when prices are down i will get other bigger western digital hard drive OR take the risk and get the above seagate 2tb hard drive

also i can't afford to get the 2tb WD black drive or 2tb seagate hyprid drive and i'm not interested in either the green or red western digital drives models

Thanks
 
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There's been a lot of chatter in other forums re the seagate 2 & 3 tb HDD failing - so much so that the latest complaint was seagate actually shutting down their hard drive support chat forum - too many folks posting complaints. The one big point too many folks seem to make, and i have to agree with, their pricing is the cheapest and their warranty the lowest.

WD doesn't seem to suffer those complaints - i've got 6 of their green 4TB drives and have had no issues, so fwiw, i'd point you at WD
There's been a lot of chatter in other forums re the seagate 2 & 3 tb HDD failing - so much so that the latest complaint was seagate actually shutting down their hard drive support chat forum - too many folks posting complaints. The one big point too many folks seem to make, and i have to agree with, their pricing is the cheapest and their warranty the lowest.

WD doesn't seem to suffer those complaints - i've got 6 of their green 4TB drives and have had no issues, so fwiw, i'd point you at WD
 
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MrHardwarex

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thanks to all for their replies i really appreciate it
and special thanks to The Original Ralph as i found his reply very useful for me
and i wish to get WD black but it is 50% higher in price which i can't afford and sadly there is no Toshiba drives here in my country
so i plan to get 1TB WD blue model
but any other opinions and suggestions are welcome
cheers :)