Hitachi

[hotrodtylers]

Ok i see that i can get a hitachi 250g sata for $132 with a 3 year warrantee its seek time is 8.5, where as i can get a segate 200g sata with a 5 year warrantee and a 8.5 seek time. Which would be the better of the 2 drives, is the 50 extra gigs worth the 2 year loss in warrantee?

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[Rugger]

What are the model numbers for both and where are you looking at buying? Do both have NCQ? Same cache, both OEM or retail packages?

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[hotrodtylers]

I am looking at them on newegg.com, here are links to both the hitachi http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-145-048&depa=0 and the segate http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-148-033&depa=0, it looks like they are both OEM and both have an 8mb cache

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[Codesmith]

Seagate has earned my confidence and trust, Hitachi has not and the fact that they inherited IBMs disreputable hard drive business doesn't help.

Personally I am going to stick with Western Digital, Seagate and Maxtor until for now and and let others find out whether Hitachi and Samsung are reliable.

 

[blah]

How long will you be keeping the drive? How much speed do you need? How important the data?

If you answered "Yes"!!! to all of the questions, then get "the cheaper and bigger the better", and try to stay away from bogus claims about reliability, there is no such thing in existance.. yet.

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