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  • totalsolutions
    totalsolutions Posts: 3,110 Forumite
    I personally would not get a seagate, never touch them, were called seacrate, because they were always in a crate back across the sea....
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    Zebra wrote: »
    The only differences between the two seem to be:
    Interface type: ATA-133 (Hitachi) and ATA-100 (Seagate)
    Seek Time: 8.5ms (Hitachi) and 11ms (Seagate)
    Are they both compatible?
    What about fitting - will they be easy? And will they need formatting or something?

    So pick one with a similar spec. to the existing one. I did say that you would get varying opinions regarding the manufacturer!

    :D
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • Zebra
    Zebra Posts: 6,702 Forumite
    espresso wrote: »
    I did say that you would get varying opinions regarding the manufacturer!
    :rotfl:

    Thanks everyone - great advice as always!
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    totalsolutions wrote: »
    I personally would not get a seagate, never touch them, were called seacrate, because they were always in a crate back across the sea....

    Intriguing ~ youd better phone sony and tell them their PS3s are filled with rubbish :p
    :idea:
  • old_codger1
    old_codger1 Posts: 250 Forumite
    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Intriguing ~ youd better phone sony and tell them their PS3s are filled with rubbish :p
    Yeah, I never had any particular problems with Seagate. Certainly no more than any other brand anyway and I must have bought between 7 and 8 thousand drives over the 20 odd years I was buying that sort of stuff before I retired, (a couple of years ago now). Have they got noticeably worse since then? Hmmm... possible I suppose, but I doubt it.

    More to the point there returns procedure was better than many of the others. Well, again.. up till a couple of years ago, anyway.
  • totalsolutions
    totalsolutions Posts: 3,110 Forumite
    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Intriguing ~ youd better phone sony and tell them their PS3s are filled with rubbish :p

    Always use the cheapest parts they can source I guess, like anyone else. I would not use them if you gave 'em to me. I have much better taste than you, thats all.
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    totalsolutions wrote: »
    Always use the cheapest parts they can source I guess, like anyone else. I would not use them if you gave 'em to me. I have much better taste than you, thats all.

    My point is simple ~ ive never heard of a PS3 hard drive break down........
    :idea:
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