HDD - Samsung or Hitachi

ariyamusafir · 22nd Aug 2009, 10:10 AM

Hi people.... just would like to have some feedback for those who had experiences with this two drives...

Samsung, or Hitachi, which you think is better and why?

Thanks.

zy · 22nd Aug 2009, 10:42 AM

i think hitachi has better relibility.

my hitachi has lasted longer than my samsung laptop hard disk.

karhoe · 22nd Aug 2009, 11:17 AM

I would go for Hitachi, one of the leading brands in HDD, after all they were the first to come out with 1TB HDD.

Also, if in Malaysia, anything goes wrong with your Hitachi, you can just go to their distributor, near Lowyat Plaza, and they'll give you a one to one exchange

Chai · 22nd Aug 2009, 11:35 AM

Hitachi was owned by IBM...the same Deathstar series...

zy · 22nd Aug 2009, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Chai

Hitachi was owned by IBM...the same Deathstar series...

more like Hitachi bought IBM's Deathstar.. LOL

lee_what2004 · 22nd Aug 2009, 04:55 PM

eventually depends on luck, no?

DarKSeeD · 22nd Aug 2009, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ariyamusafir

Hi people.... just would like to have some feedback for those who had experiences with this two drives...

Samsung, or Hitachi, which you think is better and why?

Thanks.

Laptop or desktop?
I have 2xSamsung Spinpoint 320GB desktop series (7200rpmx16MB) and they are fast, silent and pretty cool (30 degrees Celsius). In my rig since 2006 or 2007.

PsYkHoTiK · 23rd Aug 2009, 12:33 AM

It actually got a lot better when Hitachi took over. I still have a 160GB running for about 4 years now. But now I mainly use WD...

I've used it as my OS drive, then my documents drive, now its sitting in my WHS...

zy · 23rd Aug 2009, 04:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PsYkHoTiK

It actually got a lot better when Hitachi took over. I still have a 160GB running for about 4 years now. But now I mainly use WD...

I've used it as my OS drive, then my documents drive, now its sitting in my WHS...

OT: can we play games on WHS or it is strictly server?

PsYkHoTiK · 23rd Aug 2009, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by zy

OT: can we play games on WHS or it is strictly server?

Why would you want to play games on a server? o_0 I would like all of the server's resources available to its intended use. Plus mine runs headless.

But to answer your question, I doubt it. It's backend is a stripped down Windows Server 2003. So I honestly doubt it.

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