1TB Hard Drive Roundup

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Richard Poelling
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Mar. 27, 2008

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Quality

As for the quality of these drives, only time will tell. It has been my experience that expensive drives can fail just as easily as cheap drives. In the end it is just a matter of how much information you risk, and with 1 Terabyte of information, that is a lot of stuff to lose! I will say that the Hitachi drive felt hotter than either of the Seagate drives. I was able to identify the drive by touch if that is any indication. In the end, if the drive fails, you will be relying on the warranty. Both of the Seagate drives come with a 5-year warranty while the Hitachi comes with a 3-year warranty.

Conclusion

I was really quite surprised by the results I got from this round of tests. The Seagate 500 GB roundup showed a serious lack of performance on the part of Seagate. I am happy to report that they have remedied that situation. Although Hitachi hit the market first, the performance numbers that Seagate is posting in these benchmarks is quite impressive. On sheer performance, I would say that the Seagate drives are hands-down winners.

For pricing on these drives you will be looking at about $240 for the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drive, for the Hitachi Deskstar drive $260, and for the Seagate Barracuda ES.2 drive a price of $290. Because hardware pricing is always changing, you may find different prices. Partly because of their longer warranties, I would most definitely recommend either of the Seagate drives. The ES.2 drive would be my choice if the additional cost isn't a barrier. If cost is an issue, you can't go wrong with the Barracuda 7200.11 either. Even if performance were the same across the board, I would have to give it to Seagate just for that 5-year warranty!

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2 User Comments

1 - Posted by norsken on March 29, 2008 - 10:29 am

It is unfortunate that Samsung F1 1TB wasn't included in this roundup. Then it would really been a roundup and much more interesting to read. Do we see an update?

2 - Posted by Rich on April 4, 2008 - 8:49 am

I would be happy to add more drives to this.

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