Is wd green 3tb still the current lowest price per TB ratio?

Currently there are only 2 hybrid SSHD in the Malaysian market - Seagate SSHD which comes in 2.5" and 3.5" form factor, and WD's Black2 in 2.5". Toshiba 2.5" SSHD MQ01ABD100H is the other model that has not come to Malaysian market.

SG and WD have employed different approach on their SSHDs. SG is essentially a normal HDD with an 8GB flash cache to enable faster read/write performance while WD employs a dual HDD and 120GB SSD in the same unit. There are no one-to-one benchmark available currently since they are wired differently. However SG 3.5" SSHD tops WD 3.5" Black in terms of real-world performance (see the review on Storagereview). WD Black2 is really a great deal for upgrading notebooks with only 1x 2.5" HDD slot and is currently in short supply.



Viewnet's price list seems to indicate that. For best (cheapest) per TB per warranty year go for Black 4TB.

Hi Guys,

Been a long time never keep up with the techs and now having some questions that
I hope sifus here can help me with:

If i mainly use an internal hdd for torrenting/ watching HD movies and storing files (videos, images, office files, pdf etc),
which hdd is best suited for the job?

I would like to know what would be your suggestions

WD Purple or SG CCTV equivalent, they're build for 24/7 and much higher temperature durability.
WD: Western Digital
SG: Seagate

I'm getting my WD Black2 tomorrow.

This guy is selling slightly cheaper than viewnet at RM760.

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2468124

there is one more guy selling the cheapest at RM720
but need to buy minimum quantity of 10pcs.

This post has been edited by Kanuki: Sep 10 2014, 12:20 PM

Hi Wildwestgoh,

Seagate CCTV series, do you mean their SV line?

I think that's the one Seagate Video HDD, I only have choice of WD here so I went Purple, last time was AV Green, slightly much expensive and it has 1 more year of warranty so it's much worth it for long term investment.

Ah, I see.... okay.
I think I will go for WD Purple 3TB, found a seller in PJ selling for RM365.

thanks for your suggestion!

Awesome.

Lucky to be living in Malaysia. Users in US are having a hard time getting their hands on one.

FYI, WD Purple has been internally tuned for a loading of 95% write and 5% read. It would be a good fit if you intend to use it mainly for writing most of the time, otherwise WD Red is better tuned for reading.

This post has been edited by mrbob: Sep 11 2014, 10:36 AM

I see. Yea, with your added explanation, I am sure I am choosing the right one since almost everyday I will find something to download

thanks for the additional info!

Western Digital's HGST releases 10TB Helium-filled HDD



As expected the newest Ultrastar He10 employs shingled magnetic recording (SMR) the same technology which SG used in the recent 8TB HDD release.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/18981...ngled-recording

Gonna upgrade my synology green hdd to 3tb red
Managed to get 2 pcs at rm375 each

found out lately most of the WD mypassport ultra got detecting issue ger, 3 out of 5 will have detecting issue in PC usb port. Lucky i i dun got for seagate nor wd.

is AData HV620 1TB - RM179 worth getting?

Not really sure about AData, but with RM175, can get WD Blue 1TB from a forumer already....

really? coz i see the WD at lowyat plaza was still around RM229.. I was asking about portable external hdd...

oh.... thought you were mentioning about 3.5" internal hdd

then i am not so sure, never bought any AData ext hdd before, only got Buffalo, Toshiba and WD....

i noobie... so i dunno how to self-assemble my desktop / laptop sum more i gal...

so wanna ask if it's worth it getting portable ext hdd 1tb adata hv620 for RM179 mah...

Hard drive reliability update 2014, do we have to avoid Seagate for now?

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-r...september-2014/

This post has been edited by powerwoot: Sep 25 2014, 06:21 PM