SATA Hard Drive Recommendations please

Don_S · « **on:** 15 Mar 2009, 08:33 pm »

I may have to replace the SATA hard drive in my Dell desktop. Any recommendations for brand or model?

Thank you, Don

jonwb · « **Reply #1 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 08:41 pm »

I recently bought a 1TB Samsung. So far its been working great. Quiet and it runs very cool...

good luck

dvenardos · « **Reply #2 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 09:54 pm »

I always buy hard drives off this list:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article29-page2.html

timkeeler · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Mar 2009, 06:24 am »

What are your priorities? Capacity? Acoustics? Raw speed? I have been very happy with the new Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB. Very quiet and relatively speedy (only 5400 RPM) although you can definitely do better performance wise at the expense of higher vibration and noise. The WD Black series outperforms but is noticeably noisier. WD VelociRaptor for high performance.

Big Red Machine · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 Mar 2009, 11:13 am »

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3572142&sku=M261-8184&SRCCODE=WEBBP1037&cm_mmc=Email-_-Retro-_-WEBBP1037-_-hd

chip · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 Mar 2009, 12:21 pm »

I have a couple of these and really like them so far - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317

Levi · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 Mar 2009, 01:02 pm »

Hi Don,

3 IFs for you

If you can, buy the same SATA HDD that came with your computer. This way you know it will work 100%.

If you know your way around computers buy the fastest drive you can get as everyone suggested here. Old bios sometimes newer drives are not detected.

If new HDD worked, then you are golden

Levi

jaywills · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 Mar 2009, 01:36 pm »

Good morning. Most are fairly fungible within their respective types (i.e. differing rotational speeds & varying cache sizes), but you should be aware that recent Seagate (no affiliation with them or any competitor) drives have been having some firmware problems, IIRC. Not trying to scare you away from them, but you might google any Seagate model before you buy it. Western Digital drives have always worked well for me (again, no affiliation). Good luck. Cordially,

Don_S · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 Mar 2009, 03:33 pm »

Thanks guys,

That was what I was looking for, information on drives that were reliable and those that were not. I think my current internal drive is a WD. I was able to wipe my computer and rebuild it so I guess the drive is working. Now my computer is working better than it has in a long time.

Even with stumbling through the rebuild it took less time than I spent trying to repair whatever was corrupted in the software or drivers. I will have to remember that for next time. It won't take me so long next time since I learned by my mistakes this time.

My external back-up unit is a WD. I do not turn it on much so I do not know how reliable it is. It is very quiet so I could recommed it for use in a music server application.