which 1 TB hard disk to purchase!
 

Hi!I

I am planning to purchase a 1 TB external hard disk. I am finding it to decide between Western Digital and Seagate. Any suggestions?

Thanking in advance,

western digital

It's a matter of personal experience and taste. I would buy Seagate.

I have had excellent performance and durability with Western Digital. My preference would be Western Digital.

Anyone here using Transcend 1 TB external hdd? If so, how do you rate this one.

BTW the OP is inquiring about external not internal drives.

As already stated it is a matter of taste. I have both but prefer Seagate too.

The external ones I have are also seagate.

Thank you all for your valuable and prompt suggestions!

For what its worth, I have both WD(250GB) and Seagate(500GB) since more than 2 years, all's well so far.
Its just a matter of getting a right deal at your location.

Regards.

Western Digital. I've had multiple Seagate drives fail on me when still new.

I've had multiple WD drives fail on me... Seagate never failed me.
I guess nobody has a proper sample size :( Someone should make a database. Until then prolly go with the cheapest one with a warrenty.
My main priority for home pc use is noise level. If you have a somewhat decent cpu fan and power supply, the hard drives become the main source of noise pollution.

All hard drives can fail. The RMA process with WD is straightforward. The RMA with Seagate is a pita.

I don't know what an RMA or a pita is, but I like to make sure that I can return broken hardware to the store I bought it from and have them deal with it. Even amazon handles that for you if you insist... at least in EU. Just check the return policies.

I'd go for WD but I'd keep away from the "Green" disks.
I've had 5 of those that got bad blocks within a year so know I'm using "Black" and so far none of those has any errors on them.