I'm currently considering purchasing a Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB Hard Drive priced at $50 after rebate.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4691122&csid=ITD&body=MAIN#detailspecs
20 GB / $1 is quite cheap. The cheap price is actually what attracts me to it, but it also makes me skeptical since several reviews mention it dying on them within 3 months. However, some mention that the drives failing has little/nothing to do with the drive, and rather that the motherboards they're connected to were not designed with large storage devices in mind, and that is the cause for them failing so soon. Is there truth to this?
Is the Seagate Barracuda a reliable series? By reliable I mean will generally last 3+ years before failing.
What brands are reputable as being reliable? Which should I avoid?
If the mentioned hard drive is unreliable, could you suggest any offering 15GB (or more) per $1 that are? Looking for 500GB+ for size. System will be used mostly for gaming.
System: I will be using
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=fcsXWSxnhzZE9rnR&templete=
(not sure if that's relevant or not)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4691122&csid=ITD&body=MAIN#detailspecs
20 GB / $1 is quite cheap. The cheap price is actually what attracts me to it, but it also makes me skeptical since several reviews mention it dying on them within 3 months. However, some mention that the drives failing has little/nothing to do with the drive, and rather that the motherboards they're connected to were not designed with large storage devices in mind, and that is the cause for them failing so soon. Is there truth to this?
Is the Seagate Barracuda a reliable series? By reliable I mean will generally last 3+ years before failing.
What brands are reputable as being reliable? Which should I avoid?
If the mentioned hard drive is unreliable, could you suggest any offering 15GB (or more) per $1 that are? Looking for 500GB+ for size. System will be used mostly for gaming.
System: I will be using
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=fcsXWSxnhzZE9rnR&templete=
(not sure if that's relevant or not)