Internal TM drive choices

[Kissaragi]

Hi, Im going to get a second internal HDD to use as a time machine backup but wasnt sure which HDD would be best to get? Would one of the WD Caviar Green drives do a good, reliable job?

 

[diazj3]

If you are going for 2TB drives, the WD Caviar Green drives are among the favorites. It's been reported they have some issues regarding the high load cycle counts due to the firmware...

I personally like the Samsung F4 drives. IME they are faster, low power and very quiet - and a bit less expensive.

But either way, you can't go wrong with any of them - or any major brand high capacity drive for that matter. You'll find opinions in every direction. All drives fail sooner or later, and all of them are subject to DOAs. All of them offer fairly good customer service, depending where you buy.

 

[philipma1957]

this seller has western digital 3tb new in box with full warranty I have purchased more then 30 from him all good. he will take an offer for under 165

http://cgi.ebay.com/Western-Digital...ltDomain_0&hash=item41586c0b23#ht_1419wt_1014


they are very good drives all 30 of them have been flawless since dec

 

[meptik]

If you are going for 2TB drives, the WD Caviar Green drives are among the favorites. It's been reported they have some issues regarding the high load cycle counts due to the firmware...

Related:
How to Stop Excessive Load Cycles on the Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green (WD20EARS) with WDIDLE3

It's a bit of work, but the high load cycle counts due to excessive head parking can be prevented.

 

[Kissaragi]

I actually only have a 1TB primary drive and I'm not even using half of it, so i was thinking of just getting a 1TB HDD.

The Samsung F4s seem to only come in 2TB? If so ill just go for WD, thanks guys