In general, people who are saving up $3-$10 on a $50 HDD are putting drives in a bad condition (MBs, PSUs, etc.) and generally cheap out across the board.
A JB HDD combined with a "Deer 355W" PSU is probably more likely to fail then say, a BB combined with an Antec PSU and a good MB/cooling solution. Just my general observation. -----Original message----- From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 15:25:40 -0700 To: The Hardware List [email protected] Subject: RE: [H] Seagate drive died > At 03:41 PM 13/05/2007, Greg Sevart wrote: > >for a given model, there is no difference in reliability or quality between > >a drive sold with a 1 year warranty vs. one sold with a 3 or 5 year > >warranty. A good example is WD: internal retail packaged drives, regardless > >of model*, carry a one-year warranty, where the OEM models carry a > >three-year warranty. > > That should be true. Assuming that the JB retail really is the same > model as the JB OEM. One would assume so, but there is no way of being sure. > > >And just for clarification...as of July 2005, WD's OEM BB drives carry a 3 > >year warranty, same as JB, JD, KS, AAxx, etc. > > Well, don't buy one, regardless . :) > > >Thane, you also mentioned that most of the failures you see are in > >big-vendor boxes...is it possible that those machines outfitted with WD's JB > >series drives are also mounted better, or ventilated better, or are fitted > >with a better PSU? I don't know one way or another, just suggesting the > >possibility that there could be additional variables at play here. > > We carried (for about three months) the BB line for people who wanted > a cheaper drive. We had about a 50% failure rate on these (out of > about 40 drives.) Perhaps it was lack of surge protection, poor > cooling (although Google's reports discounts overheating as a failure > factor) or mounting, but I'd still be concerned. > > T >
