which HDD would you choose?

both HDD`s are 100gb 7200rpm

1 : Seagate ST910021A, 5 YEAR WARRANTY

2 : Hitachi HTS721010G9AT00, 3 YEAR WARRANTY

the hitachi has an higher gforce rating and lower power usage but is around £75 to buy.

the Seagate runs cooler, I think and can be bought for around £70.

which should i buy?????

thanks.

John.

 

I have both, my vote definetly goes to the seagate! After 3 7K100 drives failing on average after a year of abuse I tried a seagate. Running much cooler and does not seem to have issues with the bearings. My hitachi drives all had problems when turning on the notebook directly after it had been laying upside down for some time (in a backpack for instance).

 

Hi.

what about the segate using more power than the hitachi, the hitachi is supposed to have some special power saving mode.

have you notice much of a difference between the two?

thanks.

John.

 

Actually, I did not... but then again, I always used them in higher end notebooks, 15.4" & dedicated graphics. So the difference in consumption doesn't change the overall power consumption of the notebook much for me.

 

The Hitachi drive runs slightly faster than the Seagate (by slightly faster, I'm talking maybe 0.2 mb per second). Honestly for that price difference, I would prefer the Seagate. They run quieter, cooler, and have the better warranty. It's not like you're going to keep the hard drive for 5 years, but Seagate is known for its reliability. The "not using so much system power so I can get more battery life" and "not killing my ears with decibels" are added bonuses.

 

I would go with segate - i find laptops run hot enough without adding extra heat!. Its a reliable brand and cheaper in this case.

 

0 votes for hitachi then , I didnt know they had such a problem with reliability, noise and temprature?

I was leaning towards buying the hitachi as well.

regards.

John.

 

I wouldn't say they have "such" a problem. they are still very good drives over some of the other notebook drives out there. I have one in my laptop and have no worries about it.
But in this case, I would go with the Seagate also. Even if you replace it in 3 years with something twice as big, you can still throw it in an external enclosure for more storage and still have 2 yrs of warranty on it.

 

is the Hitachi HTS721010G9AT00 an noisy drive, does anybody have experience with this drive.

thanks.

John.

 

I had the 80GB version in my old notebook. The clicking noise is definitely audible, but not loud. I went with Seagate this time and can't hear it at all.

 

I'd say it depends, the older hitachis were quite noisy, but the latest revision (came in my z61p) is almost as quiet as my seagate, you only hear a difference when using both side by side under full load.

 

My Q35 came with a Hitachi HDD and the head clicking was quite noticeable (compared with the dead quiet Samsung HDD I put in my X60plus and the Seagate HDD which preceded it).

I presume you are needing an ATA, not SATA HDD. If you would prefer cool and quiet and live with a little less performance, get the Samsung 5400rpm HDD. They have a 7200 coming down the production line, but it hasn't quite arrived.

To know how much less performance, or how much less power, read the Tom's Hardware 2.5" HDD charts. Noise isn't in the charts, but the Samsung is very quiet, by design.

John

 

I know you *love* samsung and all, but the OP wanted to know whether to go for a segate or hitachi, not what else can he go for.

 

Well radditz, there's nothing wrong with exploring other options, right ...

When I was originally going to buy a laptop, I was ONLY going to buy the HP dv9000t. Now times have changed as I fell in love with Asus notebooks.

 

I love my Seagate external drives. They are fast, reliable, quiet, and run very cool. My vote, albeit a biased vote, goes to the Seagate.

 

if you actually care about your data go with seagate. they're the best hard drives you can get for reliability.