Are 1Tb worth it? Stable or not

hick

Hey just wanted to gauge opinion,
having had my new 1Tb dive(maxtor basics) fail only two weeks into operation i've since done a bit of looking and it would appear that 1Tb drives are more likley to have a failure than their smaller counterparts due to the density withing the drive.

I have a 300Gb (3.5") maxtor, a 300Gb (2.5") WD, a 1Tb (2x 3.5" 500Gb) maxtor and allthough there have been some hairy moments with them all, none have ever come close to failing, or show any signs.

So the question is, are you better off buying more smaller drives for capacity increases.

We all know that you're better off spreading your data as much as possible, but for single disc increases, is 500Gb the limit?

xonet

The failure rate for Seagate/Maxtor 5GB and 1TB disks is known to be very high. Best advise is avoid Seagate/Maxtor.

funk-you

Moved to C&T.

-Funk

Same As

I've had Seagate 1TB for over a year now with no problems... as of yet! However, the first external HD I bought was a 320GB IOmega (Which uses the seagate hd) and it formatted itself after 6months so my views are pretty conflicting, nonetheless I hope to god my 1TB doesn't break down on me, couldn't cope with losing al my stuff!

I'm using a Buffalo 1TB drive that I got out of Argos a while ago. I'd say I own it about four or five months at this stage. Haven't had a problem yet.

In saying that, I have another 1TB drive (same one again) and it has exactly the same content as the one I'm currently using. So if one fails, I haven't lost anything, and can simply go to Argos and exchange the broken one.

If you feel that there is a chance that it may fail on you, and you value the content of it at all, I'd highly advise having copies of all your stuff. As far as I'm concerned, every drive will fail sooner or later, and it is just a matter of when.

jor el

I have 5x 1TB WD Caviar drives, all working fine. Two have been in it for about 6 months. Just swapped out the old 250-400G drives lately.

WD is the way to go, I stopped using Seagate and Maxtor (in particular) some years ago after some failures.

JohnK

I've had a WD for about a year thats still going fine but a Samsung I bought about 2 months back wasnt writing the correct data from the first day I got it

the_syco

Maxtor sucks donkey balls. Had 3 fail on me. Now use Western Digital.

On a side note, found an old 500MB WD harddrive. WOrked when I plugged it in. Says it all, really :cool:

PogMoThoin

Get one of these instead



Back on topic, I've 3 Samsung F1 sata's, swear by them, great value for money and the fastest of the 1TB drives

Tea_Bag

whats the currency in that pic?

FredH3as

Tea_Bag wrote: »

whats the currency in that pic?

Darsek

NordicDiver

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Back on topic, I've 3 Samsung F1 sata's, swear by them, great value for money and the fastest of the 1TB drives

+1

JohnK

@PogMoThoin & @NordicDiver that Samsung is the exact same one that crapped out for me. Just saying...

PogMoThoin

JohnK wrote: »

@PogMoThoin & @NordicDiver that Samsung is the exact same one that crapped out for me. Just saying...

Good to know, I've had a Seagate hd fail before and got a new Western Digital Raptor delivered with the click of death, So I suppose You take a risk with any hd. 2 of my f1's are over a year old though, no problems. 2 other friends of mine bought them at the same time a yr ago also and they've had no problems, so maybe a small percentage fail.

DannyBuoy

Deleted User wrote: »

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In saying that, I have another 1TB drive (same one again) and it has exactly the same content as the one I'm currently using. So if one fails, I haven't lost anything, and can simply go to Argos and exchange the broken one...

I've the same done as it happens! Better safe than sorry.
When you look at the price of a 1TB Toshiba from Elara, E89, why would you not?

I had a Seagate give up after about 8 months.

54kroc

I have 4 Samsung F1's since they came out and i've never had a prob

Tea_Bag

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Get one of these instead



Back on topic, I've 3 Samsung F1 sata's, swear by them, great value for money and the fastest of the 1TB drives

i decided i *needed* a 1TB HDD, internal anyway, cause i cant be arsed with all that external power supply and ****, was looking at those F1's, are they good value for money and where should i buy 1 from? http://www2.hardwareversand.de has it for €72, no idea what shipping costs is cause its in german. any ideas on that? can it be bought cheaper anywhere else?
thanks!

PogMoThoin

They charge 30 delivery per order so wouldn't justify order for just a hd. I've dealt with them a few times, great store. You can change the language to english by clicking the UK flag

BaconZombie

+2 on the Samsung F1.

I have four of then in RAID and playing on getting another 3-4 next week.
There a very fast and stable drive.

cork45 wrote: »

I have 4 Samsung F1's since they came out and i've never had a prob

NordicDiver wrote: »

+1

Back on topic, I've 3 Samsung F1 sata's, swear by them, great value for money and the fastest of the 1TB drives[/QUOTE]