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Seagate VS Western Digital Storage

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  • Hard Drives
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October 6, 2013 8:07:07 AM

Hi. Im planen to buy, high capacity of terabytes of storage, im stuck between 2 brand.

Seagate and Western Digital





I'm planning to buy 2 Hard Disk capacity of 2 or 3 or 4 TB

i don't know which one of these two is top quality

and to last more than the warranty or to the warranty.

i'm planning to use the hard disk for storage file and video file..

Thank you.

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a c 298 G Storage
October 6, 2013 9:35:37 AM

Both are good manufacturer's. See the MB's manual for the highest capacity supported for. 2TB or 3TB are safe for most MB's. And go with the one that gives you longer warranty period.

Both HDD's will perform almost same. Good luck.
October 6, 2013 10:05:51 AM

LongwayToFuture said:
Hi. Im planen to buy, high capacity of terabytes of storage, im stuck between 2 brand.

Seagate and Western Digital



I'm planning to buy 2 Hard Disk capacity of 2 or 3 or 4 TB

i don't know which one of these two is top quality

and to last more than the warranty or to the warranty.

i'm planning to use the hard disk for storage file and video file..

Thank you.


I have used both. Currently, I have 3 dead WD drives and one failing Seagate. WD drives were 2.5" used in small form factor cases and the Seagate with bad sectors was a 3.5" OS drive for a desktop. That said I have never had any trouble with 3.5" WD drives.

My recommendation, do research on the individual drive you want to purchase not its brand name.
a b G Storage
October 6, 2013 11:14:23 AM

I generally buy WD hard drives. I do my research before buying whichever specific models I am looking. I generally use their "Black" drives. I do have one maybe two "Green" drives. However, I prefer buying their "RE" series drives which are "Raid Edition" enterprise hard drives. They are a little more expensive than black drives, but they are rated for up to around 1 million hours MTBF (mean time between failures) and have a 5 year standard warranty. This does not mean all "RE" are guaranteed to work for 1 million hours, but I don't mind paying the extra $20 - $30 per hard drive for "peace of mind".
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