Ok, im looking to but a new hard drive for my computer and i have been looking around newegg and i came across two that i liked and i wanted to know if anyone would recommend one or the other. i have owned seagate drives for a long time just wanted to know if WD would be a good choice also. thanks for the help.

Western Digital 250GB
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM


Seagate 250GB
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250620AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

basically, you like ford or chevy? Both are pretty similar in performance; I'd go with the WD, but then I've never had one get sideways on me, so I like that. Having said that, I've also not had a Seagate go sideways on me, personally, but my wife has. But those are both pretty solid drives, it would appear. I bet you could take a poll and come out pretty even across the board.

Hi,

You're obviously after personal opinion as technically there really isn't a massive amount to separate them.

History tells me that WD has been good to me

thanks for the replies, i was leaning towards the western digital because it is a little cheaper. just needed some help to tip the scales in its favor. plus it will be my first sata drive, all my other hard drives are pata.

Nice. You will like SATA drives, i would vote WD too

Marked as Answered.

Chris