HARDWARE Short Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread - Reloaded

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > HARDWARE Short Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread - Reloaded

reagan: Apr 29, 2008; by Lowtax

Seagate vs Western Digital for external hard drives? Any manufacturer I should avoid?

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reagan: Apr 29, 2008; by Lowtax

FCKGW posted:

Hitachi, or the WD branded Hitachi drives.

Seagate, WD and Hitachi are all pretty much the same though quality wise outside of some specific model failures.

Avoid the Hitachi drives?

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reagan: Apr 29, 2008; by Lowtax

FCKGW posted:

No, sorry, Hitachi are probably the best of the bunch. It's all negligible though, they all follow the same bathtub curve of failure and you're probably talking a couple percentage points difference of failure rate over the life of the different brands.

Awesome, thanks for the help.

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