if you want it fast, send to seagate.

is it? coz i thought can get 1 to 1 exchange..
if like that.. i need to wait a couple of week...

just use for few days woo..

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Added on July 15, 2012, 9:04 amto the record this is a 2nd seagate failed on me.. any other brand is good?
i'm not bothering the hdd.. need more reliable one for my files..

can't afford to lose data again...

guys please evade seagate..
i thought since it's getting samsung's.. it's better... NOT

This post has been edited by 8tvt: Jul 15 2012, 09:04 AM

it is ST1000DM003 and not 001. available since april 2012. last time i bought around 300++. it should be 200 something right now. it is single platter 1TB. ST3000DM001 is 1TB per platter x3. so it has 3 platter with size of 3TB.

You can try to ask the shop to do 1 to 1 but very depend on relationship。

Last time i hear is Seagate is more dependable than WD Green. Maybe you can try WD Black for more reliable since it have less fail % then Seagate.

This post has been edited by kimleong: Jul 15 2012, 05:19 PM

i stop buying wd since green..
black edition is freaking expensive..
samsung save my day with nice performance and cheaper price....

last time maxtor.. now samsung.. what la seagate.. put some disgrace on that name..
no wonder put 1year warranty only.. they not even trust what they produced..

seagate has the highest profit margin among others, but last q they reported 10% revenue lost due to miss-shipment... hmm

miss-shipment or.. alot RMA.. haha

miss-shipment may lead to stocks shortage...

there is blue edition

performance wise.. no..
no much option here..

Well the market only left 2 choice.. either WD or Seagate.. so pray for your HDD

that bad ha.. after world disaster..
hdd now is so unreliable.. i'm phobia already to store my files..

whc desktop hdd shd i get?
seagate 750gb rm230
wd 500gb rm220

heard seagate very teruk n wd better....really or not??gv comments guys

me and another 2 neighbour all using wd black raid edition 4 around 1year so far so good.
but this yr i aldy send 8 unit green wd, 2 unit blue wd and 1 black wd, most of them due to bad sector issue.

Still reliability debate? Every single darn brand is same, I just RMA-ed my Samsung, got a same Samsung model but with Seagate model as well on the sticker so it's same for all HDDs, I might consider changing my PSU since it's already quite sometimes and my system is probably pushing the PSU to its limit already (2-year+).
If you so afraid by reliability, spend more on those enterprise HDD that has 5-year warranty and RAID1 or RAID5 depends on needs, and likewise spend more on few sets of backup. This is the most reliable way of keeping the data safe.

i'm not bias on brand.. but this is through records that i'm using them..
nowadays the hdd size is getting bigger... the biggest concern that should be taken care is on how the hdd able to hold the data safely..

this is clearly insane if just can survive for just a few months..
though the hdd spec keep changing.. what's the best bet that normal user can have?

it's getting worst right now..

I am sticking with Western Digital

got my HDD back from RMA
and they replace it with newer model instead of fixing it (pre-flood hdd)

am a happy consumer currently

Oh my! Nowadays HDD are not trustworthy as a matter of fact when its gonna fail you sooner or later. I think when SSD was introduced, HDD are going damn cheap and cheaper until its robustness or Quality Control (QC) acts like nobody business. I am not saiding that i will give up HDD but i am sad that their inspection are getting worse and worse if the price of HDD is getting dirt cheap nowadays. So, by the time HDD is around a few bucks imagine the reliability of it. Sign!

Would you rather have a HDD at 1TB with a price of RM2k instead then?

Are you saiding that if i want a reliable HDD then i need to paid RM2k?