i heard some tictic noise from my computer.. guess it's time to change my harddisk.. any recommendations?

has been using samsung faithfully over the years.
need around 2gb. speed doesn't matter much as my maindrive would be a SSD.

reliability>price>performance

thank you

Died in what way? Unable to detect? No spinning (power)?
It all depends on what way it died, if it's still accessible using device manager, possibility will be high, but if there's no power at all then you have to seek professional helps also means you have to give advance ang pao (big big one).
No reliable in my dictionary, at least in my experience, all brands die on me no matter how careful I use them.
Reliable = Redundancy + Backup.

2GB? I assume you want 2TB.
When it's ticking, do you perform any activity on that hard disk? Reading/writing files?
If the ticking is loud and clear then probably it's mechanical failure, try to turn it off (unplug SATA power after off PC) until you find any sort of backup solution to backup all the data inside (use cloning fastest) then send for warranty? or continue use and see how it dies...
If you want Samsung, then go for Seagate, Seagate already acquired Samsung.

No spinning at all..

just buy any brand / model?

Look at the link in #2061

Does anyone here know where I can get this item in Malaysia?

http://www.hotway.com.tw/products/hf2-su3s2.htm

maybe u can consider WD re4 HDD
it come with 5yr wrty

re4 cost 600+ for 2TB...

RM589 only
me and my fren using 1TB RE4 each currently

I saw it in Lowyat Plaza in one of the shops a while back when only brand like Synology was around. Have not been there recently to check. Price list also don't mention it now.

Tried garage sales yet?

Why buy WD RE4? That's more for RAID.

Buy WD Black and you still get 5 years plus cheaper at RM 450 for 2TB.

Wanted to buy WD red but that guy say it's more for NAS than desktop environment, ended up buying another 1TB WD blue

RE4 definitely has a higher tolerance for vibration as its meant to be operated 24/7 in close proximity to tons of other drives. BTW, maybe will run raid in future too after got spare money to get one more unit of re4

While some user complaint high pitched noise coming from the wd black drive, but not from WD RE4

This post has been edited by super macgyver: Jan 29 2014, 11:55 PM

any1 using wd red 4tb here? how good izit? im looking for 2 x 4tb hdd (for RAID1) to replace my 4 x 1tb wd blue @ raid10.

Guys, want 2 know, what is the signal before the HD con.tq

Freeze, BSOD, Corrupted Data etc.

How about keep on restart.

hmm.. prices coming down right??

Planning to get the Seagate SSHD. Any SSHD users here? How is the real life usage performance vs SSD?

looking for cheapest Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 2.5" HardDisk 5400

jayacom=rm235, viewnet=RM239; czone=RM245

any other place cheaper than RM235 ?

This post has been edited by ycs: Feb 8 2014, 11:54 AM

anyone discussing ext hdds here? are brands other than black seagate and WD any good? ive only been purchasing these brands for my EXTs but theyre getting more expensive so i think i should consider other brands