i think i wanna buy external HDD but can u guys gv some opinion which brand is good?

i am considering to buy Transcend 250G 2.5' ext hardisk.anybody got comment or experience for this brand hardisk?

there's a lot of brand of ext hdd out there...whts ur requirement???
usb,esata,firewire...use ext power cord or not...lots of variation n u might try consider thumb drive,they getting bigger storage now

Just go for WD

Its better to go for higher capacity, if ur going for a 2.5" u can opt for a 500GB one.. Its quite cheap these days

transcend only got 2yr wrty ler, i got my seagate free agent wit 5yr wrtry.

i got a seagate freeagent go 250GB for RM200,any takers?brand new
not d rite thread to do so but sumone's looking,might as well advertise a little,hehe
pardon me

For storage and HD movie playback, the 1 TB 32 MB cache Green Power (WD10EADS) is excellent because of its low power requirements and good transfer speeds. And the first 20% of the disk has about 80 MB/s transfer speed and good access time, which is more than good enough for gaming or the OS.

Yes, the Blue or Black stuff are much faster, but they are just wasted on mass storage duties.

If you are migrating from a slower hard disk, the WD10EADS is a reasonable choice for greater performance, decent pricing, cooler and less wattage required.

Below is a looping animation of six benchmark results.

That's strange. Being a 1TB drive, I would have expected better performance compared to the WD640 blue.

The Green runs at 5400 rpm, compared to Blue or Black's 7200 rpm.

WD's official line is that the Green runs between 5400 and 7200 rpm.

This post has been edited by everling: Apr 29 2009, 11:37 PM

Thanks. It gets hard when manufacturer ratings are vague. Such a wide span of spin rates. The slower speed may be for compensating higher tolerances for platter discrepancies.

Or to reduce power consumption.

Well, in reality, how much faster is the Caviar Black when compared to Caviar Green anyway? Any specific benchmark?

new 320gb freeagent go is just RM259 wor.

I want to ask about the seagate hdd... I bought 2 seagate hdd for raid, but it is being identified as potential faulty hdd.... will brick. How to update the hdd in raid mode?

So now , is it safe to buy seagate hard disk ?
for portable Seagate freeagent go ?

I don't know oh.. I am wondering when my hdd will brick... the only idea I know is format everthing, unraid the hdd and then update it 1 by 1 and then reraid it ... wah so troublesome

hi, anyone owner of WD caviar Black? is it really worth it's price?

I found this:


Source: http://www.gamingshogun.com/Article/3623/W...ive_Review.html



This post has been edited by everling: May 1 2009, 07:56 PM

well if that compared to the 640GB Blue benchmark posted previously, the Blue is having better transfer rates, only the Black has faster seek times

so does this say that WD Blue ~= WD Black?

black hav 5 years warranty bro
dun expect black is super fast
wan fast hdd better take wd velcoraptor