No such thing for data reliability, but personally believe Made In Thailand > Made In China, guess Samsung is Made In Korea & WD is Made In Malaysia. *P/S: beside HDD, others china make PC parts all I can accept.

Because my HDD kong is Hitachi which labeled "Made In China", others Hitachi / Seagate all "Made In Thailand".

Always monitor the HDD temperature to keep it longer life span, add fan for it, do pc inner clean up at least half year.

have a look here, just for REFERENCE ONLY:
Study: A Look At Hard Drive Reliability In Russia

I repost at here, as I find many misunderstand about the failure rate issue. It is not about Seagate HDD failed more than 50% or WD HDD failed 19%.

There's no such thing as perfect reliability, not even the most perfect machine in the world does.
That's why there's RAID technology, to overcome such issue.

This post has been edited by wildwestgoh: Aug 18 2010, 10:45 AM

anyone know when Samsung F4 drives reaching Malaysia? i just planned to buy 2TB but now only i realized got old news say F4 launching in US on September. Should i wait? Is it worthy to wait? what difference does 3 platter make compared to 4 platter??

I am also waiting for the F4 version. However, left 471gb hard disk space left. I think I can last for 2 months. Hopes got F4 version selling here.

i guess 3 platter will consume less power than 4 platter.

Less power consumption.

Some claimed less power consumption, lower heat -> more reliable.
Some also claimed less platter, less prone to Hdd failure, as you need either 1/4 platter to fail, then whole hdd might not be used anymore as compared 1/3.

Higher density, lower seek time.

But I would say, all above are negligible effect.

For computer hardware, always buy what you need time.
Don't need future proof, nor wait for newer stuff.

Wait for F4 time, may wait for F5, and forever waiting....

but now hdd price drop alot.. worth waiting.. until the current space fully consumed..

When is F4 coming out ? Will it be exactly 1st September ??

I need to get these drives asap for my QNAP 659 nas :/

errrr..something to share

1 month ago my 160gb hitachi klik klik sound..try and try dont work anymore..fine its dead

now 4am still in imsomnia state nth better to do lol plug it in while pc running restart and wallaa it works again

any explanation to this?

Somebody high above you has given you another opportunity to retrieve your data. Take it!

Maybe it's 'alive' for now because it was from a cold boot. Once the drive warms up, the problems might come back again. This behaviour is what I used to retrieve what I could from one of my HDDs before having to RMA it.

agree, read some way back in years that, a remedy that putting hard disk in a sealed pack, in fridge box, and after some other time, and pray for it works.

Hello,which capacity HDD is worth buying now?Is that rational to buy a 1TB than a 1.5TB HDD fill it up and wait for the HDD price to drop further before purchasing a bigger capacity HDD?
What is the price for 1TB and 1.5TB HDD now,cz the price list doesn't update for sometimes.

FYI, 2TB is the capacity if you really looking into value per byte.
The price will definitely drop, like how I bought my 2TB just 2 months ago with RM4xx, now only RM3xx or much less, cheaper by RM30~50, almost faint-hearted.
If you looking at cheapest, I would recommend Samsung drive, they offer 3 years warranty, same as others right now.

interedted to buy 2TB hdd external. how much is the current market price?

Is it possible to preorder the Samsung F4EG 2 TB ????

Please i need to get it as soonest as possible upon release. Where can i go to order them upon release ?

just buy 1.5TB now. Its running scarce in lowyat now. Last months its RM270+, now its RM230. Im sure they will stop production soon.

my friend just bought 2TB Seagate 3.5" FreeAgent Desk at lowyat yesterday. The cheapest we can find is RM430. Try go at Viewnet, you can nego the price coz they have price margin. But, if you want cheaper there is Seagate Expansion and Hitachi ones.

I think the price for 1.5TB back in July is around RM280 for Samsung F2.How is the price for 1TB and 1.5TB for those HDD manufacture,the price list seem like outdated.



This post has been edited by StereophileDream: Aug 23 2010, 11:14 PM

i see. is it just hdd or with the external package? im looking for external hdd sinnce its packed with 3 hdd in my rig now~