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SomeoneElse23 THIS!! This is why I always speak up when TH advertises a "deal" on a Seagate drive with a 1 or 2 year warranty. The warranty period almost always is what the manufacturer expects the drive to last! Reply
USAFRet SomeoneElse23 said: THIS!! This is why I always speak up when TH advertises a "deal" on a Seagate drive with a 1 or 2 year warranty. The warranty period almost always is what the manufacturer expects the drive to last! And a close inspection of the fail rates show not a whole lot of difference between the major brands. With low fail rates, a couple more or less can show "OMG, That manufacturer is worse!" Meanwhile….Some Seagate models showed zero fails. None, zip, nada. https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2025/ You can't generalize across a whole brand. Reply
SomeoneElse23 To be clear, I'm saying Seagate's with 1 or 2 year warranty are garbage. I'm not saying all Seagate drives are garbage. I have a few in my systems… with 5 year warranties. Reply
USAFRet SomeoneElse23 said: To be clear, I'm saying Seagate's with 1 or 2 year warranty are garbage. I'm not saying all Seagate drives are garbage. I have a few in my systems… with 5 year warranties. Any drive with a 1 or 2 year warranty is suspect. No matter what manufacturer. But we see here, far too often, "Seagate SUX!!!" Reply
calbha In other news I just replaced a 2tb 12 year old toshiba so I'm unmoved on this. Guess what I replaced it with. A seagate. The dives are written too maybe 4 or 5 times in their life and then read from the rest of the time. Also just had 2 5tb western digital external gaming drives cook the platters wrapped in about a year. Reply
MosephV More evidence to why disk cooling is important. I know many users here are aware, but there are many people that completely ignore it. Even some case designs place HDDs in places where they can struggle to get air flow. If you use them, and you value your data, keep them cool (or at least not hot). It doesn't take much thankfully Reply
Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
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Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/peer-reviewed-study-of-443000-backblaze-drivers-ranks-hgst-most-reliable-and-toshiba-least#main
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