is seagate Barracuda really that bad?

[asim1999]

I am thinking of getting an SSD+HDD £100 combo for my new rig. my combo is:
SSD (boot drive); 120GB Samsung 840 EVO
HDD (main drive); Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB Sata3 6Gb/s 7200rpm performance drive
are Seagate really that bad
all answers appreciated
thanks!

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

Seagate is not bad at all, but WD is better.

 

[tical2399]

Where did you hear that they were bad??? WD and Seagate are the big two and are pretty much interchangeable when it comes to basic sata desktop drives. I always get whatever is on sale at the time. Now it happens that when I buy WD are always about $5 lower when I buy, but i've seen it the other way around plenty of times.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

I see people arguing this both ways, and I'm pretty sure I've seen studies that go both ways.

Too close to call IMHO, and probably changes every other generation.

 

[bdiddytampa]

It is true that Seagate has a higher failure rate than a couple other manufacturers, but I've never had an issue with them. Some people swear by Hitachi and the last 2 Hitachi drives I had failed within 6 months lol. WD is prob the best, they are slightly more expensive than the rest, but you get what you pay for IMO. I have 2 Seagate drives I've been running for well over 3 years, a 1 and a 3 TB drive, and they haven't skipped a beat. You run a risk of failure no matter what brand you buy, that is why it is so important to backup your important data just in case.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I own 3 Seagate Barracudas going on a couple of years all 3 still running smooth.

 

[6R1M01R3]

There was a large batch of faulty drives some years ago (either DOA from the factory or bad shipment/handling) and because of that the barracuda drives received a bad reputation because of the many RMAs. The drive is overall good.

 

[asim1999]

thank you all for the help. this hardware combo has been chosen. cant wait for the 10 second SSD bootup on windows 8 !

 

[spooky2th]

Personally I like both seagate & wd. Recently I purchased two, one TB drives of each and both were seriously defective and not usable. An RMA of both took care of the problem.

From what I have read, companies and corporations that monitor their drive failures report that seagate has the highest failure rate. Hitachi is on top with the least failures and WD is second best.

 

[manofchalk]

Seagate have gotten a bad rep from the numbers Backblaze released not too long ago. To say those numbers and their testing methodology is quite flawed is putting it lightly.

 

[Fishwithadeagle]

They are both great and trash. Just depends on the batch and whatnot. I have seen more failures with western digital, but who knows. My seagate that says it was going to die lasted another three years in a raid 0 that was used every day.