Went to the store to add some storage to my pc like about a couple of TB disks but was stumbled upon which hard drives would be the most reliable. I've seen "legitimate" charts providing error margins for failed drives either they are skewed based on certain bandwagons to just feel good about there purchase so I'm usually reserved when it comes to branding but do anyone have a common brand they usually get? If so how reliable is that brand?
Have you have any drive failure or issues?
(I usually get WD but was trying to find something cheaper)
Anything branded HGST, Hitachi or Toshiba, you're good. They're all pretty much the same drives.
Yes, WD own HGST now, but their drives are still more reliable.
Everyone will say seagate are trash but in my experience they're fine. I've lost count of the number of disks I have and have owned but I can tell you that I've got a good mix of drives and I've had the most trouble with WD. Most of those were green drives though which are junk. Anything from a decent brand will be fine, ignore the people who say 'I had a such and such brand drive and it died therefore they're all bad'. All disks fail and you have to be prepared for that.
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Hmmm ok what about ssds?
I currently own a sandisk (was cheap at the time for 120 GB ) i usually hear samsung mostly because there read and write speeds being famous for being one of the most fastest.
Seem reliable, I've been running an 850 evo since they came out with no issues.
Is it worth the price for the speeds? I mean i use my ssd for just the OS but I'm thinking to add another for either video content or games.
Intel are also quite good, I'm not sure if there are any bands to stay away from like there used to be. I've had good experiences with samsung, corsair and intel for what that's worth. OCZ used to be total junk, I've had 3 or 4 of them fail on me, and I've currently got a cheap crucial one which works okay but I'm a little iffy on. Basically you get what you pay for.
I've been running an 830 for just over 5 years now.
Western Digital and Samsung
Conner was also great back when...
Had a chance to ask arround local IT-department.
A load of good words for Western Digital, Samsung, SanDisk and HGST.
Hmm alright
Speed isn't really very important, the random access time is what you'll notice. Of course it depends what you're using it for, but for an OS drive pretty much anything is going to 'feel' as fast as anything else.
I've been running an 850 Evo for quite a while now, it has 11 months and 28 days of power on time and it is still running like a champ. I also have a cheapo HECTRON 240GB X1 SSD that seems to working fine but haven't had it nearly as long as the Samsung. Also have my brothers old Intel SSD and that has been online for 8 months and 11 days and is still running completely fine.
Only bad experience I had with an SSD was a 64GB Crucial one that I think was only SATA 2, performance was horrible, it hardly worked to the point that my WD blue was faster and quickly died soon after. This was a long time ago when SSDs weren't as robust as they are now.
I've got a SanDisk SSD in my laptop and my GF's PC and they'e been solid.
I've got an Samsung 840 and M.2 SM951 in my main rig and they've been solid also.
Kingston are said to have unreliable products when it comes to SSDs. While I've not tried one, I've heard few good stories about them.
Wow really? I thought kingston was one of the good ones?
I think SanDisk was bought by WD for their SSD's.
So if you're looking for new SanDisk drives, there won't be any under the SanDisk name.
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I've got 8 WD Red drives and 2 Crucial MX200 SSDs in my NAS, and those are all doing fine after 17 months of near-constant operation.
In the PCs and Laptops I have a multitude of SSDs. OCZ, Crucial and Samsung mainly. I'll stick to the ones I've broken over the years though.
- OCZ Vertex2 60GB - suddenly died, bricking was a common problem with the Vertex2 series
- OCZ Vertex4 120GB - I dropped it, hasn't worked since. Is now used as a coaster. Entirely my fault
- OCZ Revodrive2 240GB - This was basically four 60GB SSDs on a PCIe board with an internal RAID 0. One of those modules died after 10 months and I got almost all my money back.
- Samsung 850PRO 256GB - got kicked out of my RAID5 array due to CRC errors. Samsung suggests RMA-ing it but I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
So yeah, I've had my issues with old (2nd generation) OCZ drives.
As for the bad 850PRO ... well ... I've got 9 Samsung SSDs (3x 840EVO, 1x 850EVO, 4x 850PRO, 1x950PRO) and most are getting worked hard, so I really can't hold it against Samsung that one goes bad.
I can't say from personal preference. Amazon reviews specifically have been mixed, with some advising you to stay away completely.
I found this odd as well, considering Kingston memory cards are well renowned.
my other SSD is a crucial m500, the samsung is far faster.
Although the m500 is older and still reliable, doesn't see as much use.
OCZ drives were less than great pretty much until right before the company was bought by Toshiba. They do much better nowadays. Amusingly they also offer more comprehensive warranty support now too.
+1 for Samsung SSDs. I've had my 850 Evo running daily for quite a while now.
For mechanical I use an HGST, which is only a few months old now. I've had a 750GB WD Black running for a fair few years and have four 3yr old WD Reds in my NAS, still running strong.