WD Caviar black 1tb, or Seagate baracuda 2tb

[jamed2017]

Hi Guys,
I've had my Samsung spinpoint f3 fail me this week. A nasty crash in ubuntu and it seems the heads hit the platter and have written off most of the drive.

Not all bad but quite a lot of films and iso's gone. Thank god for dropbox, no important stuff lost.

So I need a replacement. I found samsungs recovery software uselss, seagates seatools refused to do anything with it being a samsung drive (even though seagate seatools is now the only available manufacturer tool for the samsung drives).

I had a 2.5" wd blue fail a couple of years ago which put me off wd however in hindsight it had quite a few years and a good few drops on it. The wd tools were much better than seagate. I have a wd black in my laptop now and so far i'm happy with it (it's rather fast).

The wd caviar black 1tb is priced at £74.99
The Seagate Baracuda 2tb is priced at £77.99
Its going to be for OS use.

Does anyone have experience with any of these drives? Which would you go for?

An extra terabyte or 5 year warranty?

 

[seumasbeathan]

Do you have an ssd?

 

[jamed2017]

Unfortunaly I've had to put the SSD on hold. I had my laptop set on fire a couple of weeks ago (faulty dc jack input), had to spend the money on a new mobo for that.

This is just another unwanted expense.

 

[seumasbeathan]

I would go for the black then

 

[yassarikhan786]

I'm sure you'll be fine, but I had a Caviar Black die on me after just over a year. However, it was on 24/7 for nearly a year.

 

[jamed2017]

Did you claim it on warranty? If so were they any trouble?

 

[jamed2017]

Just to throw a spanner in the works, anyone have any experience with the seagate hybrid drives. The Seagate momentus 750 is an affordable stretch.


J

 

[CPMFW]

if you dont have a ssd go with the wd black

 

[yassarikhan786]

Did you claim it on warranty? If so were they any trouble?

It was an OEM drive so I don't think it had any warranty? I still have the drive, so I will have to find out if I can RMA it.

 

[Josh Weston]

It was an OEM drive so I don't think it had any warranty? I still have the drive, so I will have to find out if I can RMA it.

As long as it's being sold as a new product, it has to have at least a one year warranty. OEM just means it doesn't come with fancy packaging, cables and such.

 

[yassarikhan786]

As long as it's being sold as a new product, it has to have at least a one year warranty. OEM just means it doesn't come with fancy packaging, cables and such.

Yeah, I assumed it had a 1 year warranty, but it's been over a year now.

 

[Josh Weston]

If so, that sucks. Still, Caviar Blacks seem to have more warranty than that.
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Stor...4MB+Cache+-+OEM+(WD2002FAEX)+?productId=52625

I'd get it checked, dude. If wherever you bought it from has a recent purchases option, you should be able to find out how much warranty it had.

 

[yassarikhan786]

I bought it from OCUK and it was £104. I will login and have a check.

EDIT: It is a 5 year warranty. So I will be RMAing.

 

[jamed2017]

I thought it would be rude of me not to update you all.

I've got myself a Vertex 4 128gb and a Caviar black 1tb. Still waiting for them arrive but I suspect they'll be a pretty mean combination...

Jim

 

[rossi94]

I have a Caviar Black too, no problems @ all.