[Solved] 2tb internal HDD

hello....
I'm looking for a 2tb internal SATA HDD but i'm not sure whether to go with 5400rpm one or 7200rpm. I'm gonna use it for every possible purpose like to play good quality games and to store & watch good quaity videos, etc etc etc

I'm looking for pretty good performance & a drive with good speed.

I am thinking to go with SAMSUNG as its service centre is very near in Chandigarh, India (where i live) and I've heard that their hard drives are also nice in performance.
I may go with some other good brand but its service centre needs to be local ie. in chandigarh.

So, please please please help me to get a good HDD as soon as possible.
One more thing, it's gonna be a gift for me from my sister & she currently lives in London, UK. So, she is going to purchase it from London. If that makes any difference!!

Samsung Spinpoint is a very good line, and you want to go with 7200 rpm unless you are very worried about noise. There is some evidence that 5400 drives are more reliable, but in my view, all drives should be expected to fail at some point, a .01 % less or greater chance won't make much difference.

so can you post a link for a samsung 2tb SATA 7200rpm HDD with a good speed....??
I'm asking for this because i couldn't find any Samsung 2tb HDD woth 7200 rpm

yea...i was sure looking for samsung HDD but i couldnt find any Samsung 2tb HDD with 7200rpm they only had 2tb HDD in 5400rpm, as per their official website but if i'm missing any model with 2tb & 7200rpm then please let me know about it.

And also does anyone know if SAMSUNG offer any global coverage or not like hell_storm mentioned?????

okay....so i looked for Western Digital HDD's as per hell_storm advice but their Caviar Black range seems to be pretty expensive as compared to caviar green range which is quite affordable for me.

Now, the main competition is b/w WESTERN DIGITAL WD20EARS (2TB, 64mb cache) & SAMSUNG HD204UI Spinpoint F4EG (2TB, 32mb cache), both of them are almost near in price.
BUT i heard about LLC & TLER/CCTL issues with western digital caviar green series & i dont have any idea how much big those problems are and i'm using WINDOWS 7 if that makes any difference.

AND i really want a stable drive with a VERY LONG LIFE.....so, even if someone would suggest me to just go with 1TB OR 1.5TB HDD's instead of 2TB HDD's because of stabality & long life I would sure consider that suggestion.

Now, please someone help me to make choice for which drive to buy...!!
many many thanx in advance

If you use 4 500gig drives you'll be even more reliable.

Or 20 100 gig drives are even safer :-)

I wish they made 100GB drives these days! I had my first drive as 10.2GB 11 years ago... and it was huge then! Took me years to fill it up!

If your first drive was 10gig, you are a youngster :-P

My first hard drive was a 20 MB one.

Before that I used the good ol' floppy swap to run anything.

the budget will be around 6000-7000 INR & in my sister's language it'll be around 80-90£ ( i think they call it pounds )

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-HD [...] =8-1-fkmr0

This is the only one that i see fit. But as i said, you would have warranty issues!

my first PC didnt have a hard drive, 5.25 floppy, then graduated to a 300MB hard drive. (im only 23)

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