this is the reason i go for seagate
wd green is juz too slow for me now hunting for 1tb 7200.12 hope no more firmware prob

from the wd web site looks like blue is low end stuff. Only got 16mb buffer max. And max size 750gb. Luckily never consider tis series. Green still can consider.

This post has been edited by ar188: Jan 31 2009, 08:40 PM

lol .. 7200.12 huhh..

please give us a review later .. we are all too scared to touch Seagate ..

yaa. me 2.. really scared..

no 1 scare u its juz "u scare yourself"
i believe seagate not an idiot that will mistake for twice people will learn frm mistake

haha .. maybe i should give Seagate another chance .. well everybody needs to give them another chance ..

lets wait for 7200.12 then

This post has been edited by xelnamikaze: Feb 1 2009, 12:24 AM

7200.12 up to 1TB? I am waiting for SV35.4 but at 320gb for now, aww

This post has been edited by mitodna: Feb 1 2009, 12:57 AM

as for me, I gip them chance due to 5year waranty..since now no more 5year.. then using WD or seagate also doesn't matter, which ever cheaper per GB wins within 5-10% performance/power consumption of each other. (quality issues aside)

WD warranty expensive, 25USD for their pickup service, , correct me if I am wrong,

Seagate, can just go to ship the drive to UPS and done deal

I tot can just poslaju i to WD SG? cheaper than USD25..

or just pay lowyat fellas to RMA it for you RM30-35..

This post has been edited by ar188: Feb 1 2009, 01:20 AM

Naa. WD has their own WD Express RMA service. Just call 1800-88-1908 and they will provide door to door replacement for your WD HDD. They charge USD7.50 per drive for delivery charges.

thanks for the tip..

my bad, it was almost like 25MYR, aww, i tried WD Express, not the best, they seems lost my disc , until I called up, they return, not really "Express", but it is door to door replacement

sorry for wrong information, now rethink, WD 640GB is a good deal?

Today, I bought Seagate Baracuda 7200.12 500 GB hard disk. I fully aware that Seagate 7200.11 plague issue...thanks to this thread and www. However, a quick visit to digital mall, I can't find any other hard disk except 7200.11, 7200.12, Western D Green and WD Blue (up to 160GB only...sigh).

500 GB 7200.12 cost me RM190 at All IT. Instead of the salesman claim that this hard disk got 3 years manufacturer warranty..I still insist to check it online at seagate warranty validator.

Thanks God, this hdd still got 5 years warranty to back it up. Hopefully, Seagate already found a solid solution to fix it 7200.11 probs.... well...hopefully.

Will post a benchmark result later.

Just got 7200.12 500gb, been loyal to Seagate since 7200.7, had .7, .8, .9. , .10, .11, now .12, yeah, nice,
by the way, saw WD 500GB IDE, forgot the price,

please do inform us if 7200.12 has any problems .. :thanks:

any price on 7200.12 1TBs?

same as the 7200.11

good to hear.. I guess below RM400 then.. (but 3years waranty rite?)

hopefully the firmware issues have been cleared.

by the way, 7200.12 500Gb is 16MB cache, 7200.11 500Gb is 32MB cache, haha