- Aug 18, 2008
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Hello All,
I am going to replace the original 500MB 2.5” SG drive in my Thinkpad with a larger drive. I believe the original drive is this:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178573
I want to have a 2TB drive to replace this drive. And so I am looking at this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M1NHCZT/ref=psdc_1254762011_t1_B01LX13P71
This drive is a SSHD and it has a 5-year warranty.
There is a similar SG 2TB non-SSHD drive but that one has 3-year warranty. So, I won’t consider it.
Then I googled the failure rate for SG. It is not good for SG. But most of the reports traced back to Backblaze’s reports. And I have seen various opposing views – even for & against how Backblaze did their original reporting during the 2011 HD shortage crisis.
I do a lot of programming. So, I constantly create and delete a lot of small files and related resource files and folders. This tends to defrag the drive in a bad way. This Thinkpad is 1 of my main computers (and it is hooks up to external monitor for dual screen). Thinkpad runs most of the day and it sits on top of a CoolerMaster U2 pad.
Because of the poor reviews of SG drives in general, and particularly the failure rate of SG drives compare to others in the Backblaze report, I am considering maybe I should get 1TB drive instead.
The drives I am looking at are:
HGST: https://www.amazon.com/Travelstar-2-5-Inch-5400RPM-Internal-0J36211/dp/B00GE95G6E/ref=sr_1_12?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1500992280&sr=1-12&keywords=1TB+2.5%22+internal+hard+drive%2C+7mm
This drive has a typical 3-year (?) warranty. But the brand has a widely reported low failure rate.
WD: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822235089
I know the WD offers a 5-year warranty for this particular drive.
What I hope this forum can tell me is:
1/ Is the aforementioned SG FireCuda 2TB SSHD drive reliable for my use? (I know it targeting gamers, but I do a lot of CPU intensive compiling)
2/ Of the 3 drives I am looking at, and base on what I typically use my computer, which of these 3 drives I should choose.
3/ There are a main stream of opposing view to Backblaze report that outlined the short comings of how they conduct their tests. But most importantly, Backblaze tests are not applicable to consumer based HD/environment and should be ignored. Is SG failure rate for this newer FireCuda getting better in recent years?
The reason I keep going back to SG is that (beside the huge storage capacity) I would be swapping out a SG drive with another SG drive – to reduce compatibility risk. Of course, this logic fails if Lenovo put in low cost shi#@y drive in the first place for cost cutting purpose.
Thanks in advance.
I am going to replace the original 500MB 2.5” SG drive in my Thinkpad with a larger drive. I believe the original drive is this:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178573
I want to have a 2TB drive to replace this drive. And so I am looking at this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M1NHCZT/ref=psdc_1254762011_t1_B01LX13P71
This drive is a SSHD and it has a 5-year warranty.
There is a similar SG 2TB non-SSHD drive but that one has 3-year warranty. So, I won’t consider it.
Then I googled the failure rate for SG. It is not good for SG. But most of the reports traced back to Backblaze’s reports. And I have seen various opposing views – even for & against how Backblaze did their original reporting during the 2011 HD shortage crisis.
I do a lot of programming. So, I constantly create and delete a lot of small files and related resource files and folders. This tends to defrag the drive in a bad way. This Thinkpad is 1 of my main computers (and it is hooks up to external monitor for dual screen). Thinkpad runs most of the day and it sits on top of a CoolerMaster U2 pad.
Because of the poor reviews of SG drives in general, and particularly the failure rate of SG drives compare to others in the Backblaze report, I am considering maybe I should get 1TB drive instead.
The drives I am looking at are:
HGST: https://www.amazon.com/Travelstar-2-5-Inch-5400RPM-Internal-0J36211/dp/B00GE95G6E/ref=sr_1_12?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1500992280&sr=1-12&keywords=1TB+2.5%22+internal+hard+drive%2C+7mm
This drive has a typical 3-year (?) warranty. But the brand has a widely reported low failure rate.
WD: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822235089
I know the WD offers a 5-year warranty for this particular drive.
What I hope this forum can tell me is:
1/ Is the aforementioned SG FireCuda 2TB SSHD drive reliable for my use? (I know it targeting gamers, but I do a lot of CPU intensive compiling)
2/ Of the 3 drives I am looking at, and base on what I typically use my computer, which of these 3 drives I should choose.
3/ There are a main stream of opposing view to Backblaze report that outlined the short comings of how they conduct their tests. But most importantly, Backblaze tests are not applicable to consumer based HD/environment and should be ignored. Is SG failure rate for this newer FireCuda getting better in recent years?
The reason I keep going back to SG is that (beside the huge storage capacity) I would be swapping out a SG drive with another SG drive – to reduce compatibility risk. Of course, this logic fails if Lenovo put in low cost shi#@y drive in the first place for cost cutting purpose.
Thanks in advance.
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