Storage Solutions Which one to go for ?

[Punker]

Well guys im planning to buy 1 TB hyeah: external hard disk and 1 internal hard disk.... I was thinking to buy WD Essential edition as i saw one at switch's place n really liked it but then on net i saw Home Edition..... Now my question is which one should i buy Home edition or Essential edition as i'll be using it to store HD movies,DVD rips n some games.......

Now for Internal hard disk... I was thinking of Seagate 500GB 7200.12 but got confused with WD 640GB AAKS..... Which one should i buy? :huh:

N i have heard that prices are going down n will be effective from monday so is it true?

Have tight budget of 10k..... Please mention prices also.

TIA

Punker

 

[cooldude_007]

I'm not an internal HDD fan, But i'd prefer 640AAKS for data reliability and the speeds are very close to 7200.12, I just bought the AAKS from Amarbir and its really good, Very quite and runs at low temp, I can hear those platters spin with confidence

 

[Punker]

No more suggestions ?

 

[Amien]

Seagate for a little more performance, WD for a little more peace of mind.

 

[Punker]

^ internal or external?

 

[Praks]

Stay away from Seagate

WD Green/Blue is budget category & good one.

 

[m0h1t]

For the internal drive, seagate and wd both are fine.

The newer seagate's might carry 3 year warranty but are much faster than wd, whereas wd provides 5 years warranty.

Both are priced more or less the same .

My suggestion. Get this, will turn out to be ~2900 shipped after coupon - Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB Hard Drive - Rs3190

 

[MohitPreet]

wd 640 aaks is very good indeed!!

seagtes these days r failing

dont know why!!

 

[Punker]

what abt external ones guys ?

I think everybody on TE is dead !

 

[amityrock]

relax dude,

wait a while before replies

anyways heres wat i suggest , if going for 1tb do not opt for seagate (they have a high failure rate) get a wd .. and for external also opt for wd (get the essential as your on a tight budget)!

 

[Punker]

well wat's the price of home edition as im getting home edition here for rs.7200....

 

[amityrock]

a couple of weeks back i saw the essential edition 1tb for 5590 i think.. seems like a gr8 price to me! but a 1600 premium for firewire doesnt really seem worth it! rest u decide

 

[ev1lb0ygen1us]

Is it worth going for WD 1TB Caviar Black instead of Caviar Green or Seagate 7200.12?

 

[Gannu]

^For a dump storage, no. For a drive meant for OS + backup, probably yes but I wouldn't spend a grand more on the Caviar Black.

The Seagate 7200.12 is a notch lower than the Caviar Black when it comes to speeds but better than the 10EADS. Reliability is a question when it comes to Seagate.