hi guys,

i want to buy 3.5" external hdd for movie storage and a media player.
Is green caviar or eco.green hdd suitable for it?

i always get the lags when playing blueray rip movies with my thumbdrives.. does the hdd read/write speed affected in media player setup?

i dont think you will face any problem playing full HD vid from an external drive. My external seems doing fine streaming 1080P .mkv content to my pc. You might be having that problem if it were to be played from a normal thumbdrive though.

i'm also buying HDD to act as temporary storage for Plasma to play .mkv files~~ need quick recommendation on low temp and good platter size HDD , most probably 320GB and below cox temporary, rushed to buy mum a Plasma and now need a temporary storage with long life~

Samsung or Western D?~ what model to get for .mkv to Plasma playback purpose?~

by the way, 1TB got 2.5"?~ or is it larger than 2.5"?~ need external power?~ sis is asking me to compare with AUS99 for 1TB, she's in AUS~

pls help, thanks~ going to LYP now~

This post has been edited by sexualpower: Dec 28 2010, 08:33 PM

just to share some information with you guys....as alot of people said Western Digital Are crap...yeah i gotta admit Western Digital Green Drive Are Crap.

currently im working with some CCTV company which is almost uses all WD green as storage,the failure rate are really high...just for the info skip then WD green and go for Blue Or Black

and stop telling me samsung spinpoint f3 every1 hav it likes

actually all those listed by u and those on page 1 not found at ALL IT, other shops got more choices which are better than Samsung S2 or WD Elements SE?~ i accidently bought WD Elements SE due to mistake and rush, need to go return and change to Samsung~ but still need another HDD low temp for long duration usage as well~

this year happen 4x (1.5tb, 1TB) WD green all got problem. suddenly write/read drop below 2mb or hang =.=



This post has been edited by yangxi: Dec 29 2010, 01:54 AM

Damn currently I hv 02 x.2tb wd green... *finger crossed*

haha...i not sure about 2.5" i never touch it before

but WD blue 3.5" 500gb only rm120 cheap like heck lolzzzz

WD green maybe using recycled parts....who knows but WD green its a must to skip

becareful mang

as i stated those drive are running 24/7/365 days and keep recording non-stop it come back after a few years

end you got take care it should be alright as normal storage

well all i can said its avoid WD green...just go for blue and black

This post has been edited by herojack41: Dec 29 2010, 07:57 AM

WD Green is great for those WD fan whom need to save a little power and don't want to heat up their baby (but they still can't even beat the heat produced by Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB which is running at 7,200rpm).
As for CCTV and servers alike storage, don't go for Green, go for the CCTV certified or RAID edition, they're built for much durable, rough environment and longer lasting, but they'll break anyway but it should provide you much longer service period than the Green, that's why you pay more for it.

its because of the customer cheapskate....all want cheap thats why all green drive.....but i never saw those blue and black come back got also 1 or 2 which is been running dem long

wat is the cheapest 2TB internal harddisk now ah? samsung 2tb worth the price? feel like get it~~

Yeah, Samsung seems to be cheapest now, at least at Lowyat anyway.
It's quite sux that Kuching, Sarawak here has almost no-one stocking the Samsung 2TB, and I bought it at premium price last October, feels a bit regret but oh well.

czone selling this at RM280 only

ohh.. now i see why my pc keep crashing.. i use WD green

not a heavy usage, but average on 7 - 8 hours only per day..

Are you using this as your primary OS boot disk? If it's, it's recommend you switch to Blue or Black one as the Green really lag whenever you idle too long (it tend to slows down and park its head back to the seat), access time is high so you expect longer wait.

Thanks for the info.
No wonder I had to re-start my external WD HDD which is in a toaster.

its not a good choice to use WD green as primary hdd....WD green good for slave only

Too late man.. Already start to hang when booting..
Must becoz of my lil brother use it for heavy gaming always
But not to worry cuz this home PC is juz for entertaining..
No important file to be kept in there..

Any way will be looking for the WD Black soon..

guys, i have 1 question. kinda noob tho.

i want to buy 3.5" 1TB seagate.

so what is the difference between raptor, freeagent desk, and freeagent goflex? each item is RM10 increase from previous one.

Hi guys im planning to get a 1TB external hard disk for media purposes. Which brand is good and reliable? Im noob at hdd stuffs. Most importantly the ext hdd must be portable and doesnt corrupt easily