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Slightly off topic - I love the Backblaze reports. I'm in a situation where I need some 2.5" drives but I'm having a hard time finding reliable research informa

• kijin 11y ago
  Do you need high performance, energy efficiency, or a lot of space? Performance-wise, I have nothing but good things to say about the WD Black series and recent 7200rpm drives from HGST (formerly Hitachi, now owned by WD). Of course neither is any match to a decent SSD, but the 1TB models are 1/10 the price of a similarly sized SSD :) For energy efficiency, on the other hand, any 5400rpm drive from WD or HGST will do. They are quiet and reliable. As for Seagate, I've had at least two of their drives fail on me in the last few years, not to mention they feel significantly slower than similar drives from WD and HGST in typical laptop usage. Even a 5400rpm WD Blue can run circles around a 7200rpm Seagate drive. <evidence type="anecdotal" />
  • Already__Taken 11y ago
    A 1tb HGST 7k drive is £50 A 1tb Samsung 850 EVO is £300 I thought it'd be interesting how your "1/10th the price" sounded ok but was actually more like 16% - 20% the cost. I'm constantly impressed by how the SSD prices keep falling.
    • kijin 11y ago
      Yeah, the prices seem to have gone down again since the last time I checked :)