Between WD vs. HGST vs. Seagate Internal Laptop Hard Drive To Choose From?

[hayaletinizi]

Right now I am looking at three hard drives for my laptop and I am so not a tech guy and not sure which one to go with based on reliability, performance, speed etc. I purchased my laptop, Dell Studio XPS 1640, back in 2009 with Seagate Momentus 7200.2 - 500 GB and used it up until 2 weeks ago when i couldn't boot anymore and working on rescuing 8 years worth of data. Here are the options I was considering but any other suggestion you might have would be great to hear as well.

1-WD- https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822235089&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Hard+Drives+-+Notebooks+%2F+Laptops-_-N82E16822235089&gclid=CKWeybqi7dICFY6Eswod73gChg&gclsrc=aw.ds

2-HGST- https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145881

3-SEAGATE- https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822179108&ignorebbr=1

 

[RealBeast]

I would pass on the Seagate as it is only 5400rpm and will not perform as well as the other two.

Between the other two -- WD Black and HGST it's a toss up. Both great performers (WD Black probably wins the testing heads up, but not enough to really notice much difference.

The WD Black has a 5 year warranty, while the HGST is only 3 years (and WD actually owns HGST now).

I have WD Black 1TB as my storage drive in several laptops that have SSD main drives.

Just be more rigorous about backups and you will never have to worry about recovering data that can be a real problem. One last thing, do not waste your money on SSHD drives they do not provide substantial performance benefits. If you want fast boots go SSD instead.

 

[hayaletinizi]

I would pass on the Seagate as it is only 5400rpm and will not perform as well as the other two.

Between the other two -- WD Black and HGST it's a toss up. Both great performers (WD Black probably wins the testing heads up, but not enough to really notice much difference.

The WD Black has a 5 year warranty, while the HGST is only 3 years (and WD actually owns HGST now).

I have WD Black 1TB as my storage drive in several laptops that have SSD main drives.

Just be more rigorous about backups and you will never have to worry about recovering data that can be a real problem. One last thing, do not waste your money on SSHD drives they do not provide substantial performance benefits. If you want fast boots go SSD instead.

I appreciate your answer. I am trying to see if 10-15 bucks difference between those two hard drives HGST model and WD Black above, is worth to go with WD or no . I am trying to see some numbers spped, and performance wise to come to a decision.

 

[RealBeast]

You will no longer find in depth review of HDDs as that information is not terribly useful with the advent of SSDs. That said, the WD Black and HGST are tested using the same set of benchmarks and the WD wins by about 2.7%.

 

[hayaletinizi]

You will no longer find in depth review of HDDs as that information is not terribly useful with the advent of SSDs. That said, the WD Black and HGST are tested using the same set of benchmarks and the WD wins by about 2.7%.

YOu are right. the only concern i have is HGST seems like on top of the list most of the time from backblaze> https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/ even my gut says go with WD
But I see that HGST TRavelstar 7K1000 is being sold at least since 2012 on amazon unlike the WD WD10JPLX since 2016 on amazon.. Should that mean something to me as well?

 

[RealBeast]

I've installed hundreds of HGST drives in large RAID arrays over the past 10 years and have yet to see a single drive fail.

I have two home storage arrays, one with 8 x 3TB HGST and one 8 x 8TB helium He HGST drives. I also have about a dozen WD black drives. The WD Black is IMO the fastest HDD out there and I like the 5 year warranty, but both drives have equal reliability. You will be equally happy with either drive, so just go with your gut.

 

[PCNIGHTMARE]

Seagate is the best simple, try opening a western digital external HDD ...u know whats inside? a SEAGATE HDD, WD buys from seagate its pathetic, seagate the original and creators the rest are takers

 

[RealBeast]

Seagate is the best simple, try opening a western digital external HDD ...u know whats inside? a SEAGATE HDD, WD buys from seagate its pathetic, seagate the original and creators the rest are takers

To put it politely, you are an idiot that has no clue what you are talking about, and with this post alone are close to a ban for stupidity.

 

[hayaletinizi]

I was using Seagate Momentus , old model PCNIGHTMARE but based on researches, charts and reviews and replies i get, I am definitely staying away from Seagate for now as everything changed a lot since 2009 when i had my laptop came with Seagate in it.
I truly appreciate you took time and replied my posts patiently RealBeast. Thanks a lot seriously for info and help to make it easier to choose between those two brands.