First post, by Zup
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I'm going to buy a new HDD for my computer, a 2Tb one. Normally, I'd buy a WD Caviar Blue, but... now they are Caviar Green disguised.
It seems that WD has phased out Caviar Green HDDs and renamed it to Caviar Blue. Although there are still some models that run at 7200 rpm (like the old Caviar Blue), newer models run at 5400 (like Caviar Green). Unfortunately, the only 2Tb model available runs at 5400 rpm.
It's not that 5400 are slow, it's that Caviar Green HDDs feels sluggish, and the performance feels unpredictable. Sometimes they work fast, sometimes they feels slooooooow.
Seagate drives used to work fine, but last drive I bought from them was a 7200.11. Enough said.
So the safest bet for me is a WD Caviar Black but it's expensive. What HDD would you recommend? Are Seagate drives reliable again?
Thanks.
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