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Originally Posted by NyteOwl  I always recommend Seagate. Over the years hey have proven the most relaiable overall, if not always the fastest or quietest. I just |
I use seagate myself now - but they have gone down in quality over the years comapred to what they were back in the days before Maxtor's fiasco :) If you run a search you will see lot of unhappy Seagate customers, everything from noisy drives to clicking/failing drives - Have you ever looked at SMART readings on Seagate drives ? They have an unusually high seek error rates and raw error rates - apparently this is said to be "normal" for seagate drive - but I guess buying Seagate is a gamble nowadays.... I still get them but I buy them in pairs as I chose the lesser of evil.
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Heat is the enemy of all electronics and I try and keep all drives below 45C, preferably below 40C. Running them at 55-60C on a regular basis and you'll be
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You should never run them that hot - Some of my older MAxtor drives were known to run hot, and I've ran them for years above 55C, 24/7, they ran fine, not a single error! But those Seagates for examples should not run that high, if you do run them in that range then you have air flow problems. The seagates are usually rated at 60C, but that's damn hot ! All my seagates MAX temperature ever run at during stress and extreme hot room temps never exceeded 47C.
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replacing them on a regular basis as that is right at the edge of their average maximum operating temperatures. Sometimes it can't be avoided in a high ambient but if it can, operating temps of between 25 and 45 (ambient permitting) are decent and the drives will last a lot longer. To be sure, always check the manufacturers recommended temps for the drives in question.
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...and if you cannot find specs or are not sure, then use the magical number "50" as a bseline - and no matter they are rated it, keep everything under 50C and you'll be happy ;)