What's the best hdd brand?

[ionutz4krew]

Seagate, WD or Toshiba?
I'm only talking about the ones for a PC. ( no externals or desktop)

 

[jay32267]

My best luck has been with Seagate....then WD (which I don't think is bad)...and I haven't had enough Toshibas to comment.

 

[RealBeast]

3.5 inch, or are you talking laptop?

For 3.5 inch drives I would say Seagate, WD, or HGST depending on the size. They are all pretty good now with a few rare exceptions. Take a look at the Backblaze stats to see if your specific potential drives are listed, but basically there are only a couple specific models to avoid at present.

Anecdotal information is just that, and poor shipping is what kills most drives early -- any brand.

And for small drives like 1TB, any 7200 rpm will do fine.

 

[ionutz4krew]

3.5 inch, or are you talking laptop?

For 3.5 inch drives I would say Seagate, WD, or HGST depending on the size. They are all pretty good now with a few rare exceptions. Take a look at the Backblaze stats to see if your specific potential drives are listed, but basically there are only a couple specific models to avoid at present.

Anecdotal information is just that, and poor shipping is what kills most drives early -- any brand.

And for small drives like 1TB, any 7200 rpm will do fine.

That was just my bad, I wrote "desktop" instead of "laptop"