How's the reliability for Samsung?
I have a WD 160GB in an external case, now full already so planning to get a 500GB one. Have been usung it for 3-4 years with no problems.

i've been using WD for 6 years, in fact my main 40GB hd for my xp is still running fine. go with what you know, since you've had a good experience with WD.

Yeah, Samsung's 1TB drive has a slightly higher fault rate than WD and Seagate, so only buy it if you're ok with that.

Having said that the WD GP and Seagate Barracuda 11 are quite slow compared to the Samsung F1.

I've seen reviews saying that WD Green Product is more suitable for external HD as it runs slower, hence cooler. But I wonder how much slower it is? Will it be a very noticeable different in the real world instead of on paper?
Also, I have an idea that slower HD may be more reliable. Haha... sounds stupid ya...

samsung f1 1TB available locally? which shop?

I bought my F1 in Sg. Price Sgd255. Gonna get another 5 pieces.. hehe.. : D

WD Green Hard Disk runs slower? u mean it runs at 5400rpm? the price for this hdd also not bad le

As long as your hardisk (assuming connected USB 2.0 externally) does not have performance exceeding 60MB/s, then you're ok. If not, it's a waste.

Putting a Samsung F1 and a WD Green hardisk as external USB drives, both will yield about the same results.

Why is the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 always having the yellow spot shown in HD tune?



This also happens to my 1 year old Seagate 160 GB, also of the same 7200.10

when will the SSD drive be affordale , i feel SSD much much better then conventional drive. Further more the SSD more reliable the normal drive. think about thumb drive - twice i accidently soaked , wash it thru machine and it is still 100% working condition....

hey does anybody know where to get the samsung 1tb (hd103uj)? thanx

Wah..Jealous here!

to choose hdd...i'd suggest ... don get maxtor... failed me the most.

dun say like tat... maxtor ok wat, i have 2 maxtor hdd, 40gb ide and 120gb sata 1, still in good condition after 4 years. its juz either u get a very healthy hdd or bad hdd when buying. and air flow must be good oso, so hdd wont feel hot.

I'm using Maxtor in RAID also no problem.... Still runs good even though I used to turn on 24/7...

it depends on how you use the hard drive, and the condition it is in, like the temperature, airflow, dust, etc. i also have 2 maxtors, i dun really trust them because of the failure rate that i heard of, but so far mine hasn't been giving me any probs. and yeah...depends on your luck too, sometimes maybe you buy a faulty unit..

hi guys,
i wish to buy a portable harddisk with buget RM250
now i considering wanna buy

550G harddisk + casing
or
250G notebook harddisk + casing

anyone give me idea?? hehe

sgd255 very worth for this hdd coz this hdd is made in korea 1 lol

singapore only can get ar? what bout locally here?

I personally prefer SeaGate HDD!!!