Toshiba 1TB SATA HDD (DT01ACA100) vs Seagate ST1000DM003 1TB

[kapul4]

Greetings, I am buying a new hard disk,one of this two. Both are cheap, Toshiba drive is only 1.5$ more expensive than Seagate. Both of them are 7200 rpm, 1TB capacity but Seagate has 64mb cache, Toshiba has 32MB. Which drive is more reliable? I plan to use it as a main boot and storage disk. Thanks in advance

 

[Rogue Leader]

I've used Seagate my whole life, Never had problems. More Cache is always better as well.

 

[kapul4]

I've used Seagate my whole life, Never had problems. More Cache is always better as well.

Ok, I will go with Seagate, thanks for the info.

 

[Al Winston]

Good idea. As I've posted elsewhere on Tom's, Toshiba drives are notoriously bad for support and reliability. Mine died in 6 months, most report 2 years at best. Drives with model numbers purchased on Amazon, like https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XK45S8B/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1, do not even exist according to Toshiba, and they're the ones selling them. As a result, the "warranty" is a joke. Further, they put the entire onus on you for warranty service, insisting on static bags, packing to their specs, etc. Stay away from Toshiba.

 

[USAFRet]

Good idea. As I've posted elsewhere on Tom's, Toshiba drives are notoriously bad for support and reliability. Mine died in 6 months, most report 2 years at best. Drives with model numbers purchased on Amazon, like https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XK45S8B/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1, do not even exist according to Toshiba, and they're the ones selling them. As a result, the "warranty" is a joke. Further, they put the entire onus on you for warranty service, insisting on static bags, packing to their specs, etc. Stay away from Toshiba.

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