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[[CCGA]Spectrallight]

Hey was looking for some feedback from anyone who uses these. The market has gotten several of these to pop up over the last few months/year and the reviews I see on Newegg are always mix and match on these.  Just curious if any one has had any great luck or unfortunate luck, brands to avoid etc etc on the 1 tb drives.

My small 300g that I stuck ob my gaming box is pretty well full. I find myself in need of an upgrade and these things are currently priced under $100 so price wise they are very doable just want to make sure they are actually worth it.

[[CCGA]Lefty]

Picked up a Seagate 1.5 TB and 1 Tb both from Newegg.  Got  the first for 99 and the second for 89.  Seems to run really fast and well so far.

[Destro]

I have two seagates and had both for about a year.  Never had a problem out of them at all.  Also have a WD MyBook and never had a problem with it either. 

[FlashAM]

Never tried the 1TB, but I do tend to stick with the Western Digital brand.  I've had a number of WD drives (including 8 750G drives for my file server) that haven't ever failed me.  I have had 2 Seagate drives arrive DOA though!

[botsmuggler]

I sure need more HD space all my games I purchased on Steam recently and all the videos that I captured are  really filling up my drive thinkin I should spend my Christmas $ on 2 1TB harddrives.

[Alice|Spawn]

I usually stick with western digital as well and I just got a 1 tb wd caviar black for christmas it is so quiet! Of course I dont know that I could hear anything over my fans haha. I ran into the same problem with space so this was a needed upgrade.

[jitspoe]

I'll have to double check, but I believe I have a Seagate 1.5 TB.  It hasn't died, but the performance/response time has gotten terrible.  I built a new machine with a 1TB Samsung which has performed much better (though I forgot I upgraded to 1.5TB on my old machine and thought I still had the 300 gig, so I can't fit all my data on the new machine... sigh).  I have both drives in the new computer now, and whenever I try to use the 1.5TB, there's usually a pause.

From what I've seen, quality varies more between different model numbers than different brands.  You just have to check the reviews.

[Darkstorm]

Currently, the only terabyte-class HD I have would be an external USB Seagate that I bought last year. It's pretty good, but it does have one issue: It runs hot. I cannot lay it flat on the desk or else it overheats, nor can I stand it on end, as this somehow restricts airflow and also overheats it. I have to lay it flat, and elevate it 1-inch off the desk using two magicmarkers to allow enough airflow. I only found this little method out by googling, and it turns out that this happens more often that not with externals in the terabyte range. Cavet emptor....

As for internals, I would hope that the same thing doesn't happen, but as a precaution, I'd make sure you have a fan blowing on your hard drive cage inside your case.

@jitspoe: Have you tried running SMART diagnostics on the hard drive in question to see what's going on?

[jitspoe]

SMART seems to think it's fine.  I've never had any luck with with SMART giving any useful information.

SMART: "Your drive looks perfectly healthy!"
*CLICK* DEAD

SMART: "OMG! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! REPLACE THAT DRIVE RIGHT AWAY!!!111eleventyone"
*2 years later, drive is still working*

[FlashAM]

I don't trust SMART.   It was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away...back when G4 was ZDTV.    On an episode of the Screen Savers they were going to show how unreliable SMART was.   They had taken the cover off a hard drive, and while the drive was running they poured Dr. Pepper into the drive.   Besides making a mess (Dr. Pepper was going everywhere) SMART still said the drive was fine.   It was a great episode.

[Wulfspider]

1TB? Pfft, I need me some 2TB drives now! I blame my need to have all my tools, ALL of Amazon's free MP3 songs stored locally.

I have enjoyed the 1TB Samsung drives I bought a couple years ago though. They have worked better than any of the Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate drives I've used in the past.