Yeah i know the theoretical max speed of USB 3.0 transfer rate but not all drive enclosure reach the same max speed apparently, some are really under the theoretical max for USB3... I need to keep digging 😉

And yeah apparently Seagate quality went a bit down... WD seems to be good, Hitachi also... I wonder about corsair, SanDisk and Kingston

Bump...
Been busy with the biz this week... Will look into it this weekend and next week...

Just grabbed a 2tb from Wal Mart. Wanted to go to Amazon but I lack patience. Passport Ultra from WD. Hope it doesn't suck.

Bout to go download games like crazy!!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2089464/three-year-27-000-drive-study-reveals-the-most-reliable-hard-drive-makers.html

Be careful what you find on the internet - not everything is as it seems.

"Backblaze said this particular model is pretty bad, but it cautions not to read too much into it. The company received these specific drives as warranty replacements, so they were probably refurbished with wear and tear on them by the time they met Backblaze’s HDD taskmasters."

"Then there’s cost. The only thing holding Backblaze back from going with all Hitachi drives was the price, which was one reason why the company sticks with Seagate drives."

"Your risk of a complete hard drive failure over the long-term might be higher with Seagate than Hitachi, Backblaze's numbers suggest at first glance but there’s no guarantee that will happen. In fact, Backblaze's earlier study showed that hard drives are actually pretty reliable overall over a four-year stretch, even in a server farm. And hey, a number of individual Seagate models actually had a longer average age than Hitachi products!"

So the results were based on used drives (and it doesn't mention how old they were prior to being tested), the company doing the testing uses Seagate drives even though their "results" say they are less reliable, and the company says not to trust these results because their model is "pretty bad".

Personally, I have been using Seagate drives with very few issues.

$126.99

Seagate Expansion 5TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0

• Expands your Xbox One gaming experience. Connect this drive to the Xbox One USB port to immediately add storage capacity to your console
• Easy and simple to use - simply plug in the power adapter and USB cable
• Fast file transfers with USB 3.0
• Compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0