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I ended up getting a seagate 4tb ironwolf, had no issues with my 2tb barracuda.

That is a good idea, I was planning on buying a second identical 4tb drive and setting them up in RAID 1 later when I had more money.

I was thinking about WD Blue but how reliable are they in the long term? I don't mind spending a little more on a drive that will last.

Hi, I am looking at buying a 4TB internal hard drive to do backups on and I was wondering which of the following would be suitable Seagate IronWolf NAS 3.5" 4TB ST4000VN008 Seagate 3.5" BarraCuda 4TB (ST4000DM005/ST4000DM004) WD 3.5" Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ 64M 5400RPM SATA3 HDD WD 3.5" Red NAS 4TB WD40EFRX 64M SATA3 HDD I was originally going to go with the Barracuda 4TB but the reviews for that drive aren't that good. The NAS drives look good also (extra years warranty might come in handy) . Any Suggestions? Thanks in Advance, also apologies if similar topics posted elsewhere.

ASRock Z370 Taichi Supports 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1151) Supports DDR4 4333+(OC) 3 PCIe 3.0 x16, 2 PCIe 3.0 x1 NVIDIA® Quad SLI™, AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™ Graphics Output Options: HDMI, DisplayPort 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec) Supports Purity Sound™ 4 & DTS Connect 8 SATA3, 3 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3) 3 USB 3.1 Gen2 (1 Front Type-C, 1 Rear Type-C, 1 Rear Type-A) 8 USB 3.1 Gen1 (4 Front, 4 Rear) Dual Intel® Gigabit LAN Intel® 802.11ac WiFi + BT 4.2 ASRock RGB LED Hyper BCLK Engine II Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming K6 Supports 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1151) Digital PWM, 12 Power Phase Supports DDR4 4333+(OC) 3 PCIe 3.0 x16, 3 PCIe 3.0 x1, 1 M.2 (Key E) NVIDIA® Quad SLI™, AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™ Graphics Output Options : HDMI, DVI-D, D-Sub 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec) Supports Purity Sound™ 4 & Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 3 8 SATA3, 2 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3) 2 USB 3.1 Gen2 10Gb/s (1 Type-A + 1 Type-C) 9 USB 3.1 Gen1 (1 Front Type-C, 4 Front Type-A, 3 Rear, 1 Fatal1ty Mouse Port) Dual Intel® Gigabit LAN ASRock RGB LED Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready More USB3 Gen2 Front and Back WiFI and BT on Taichi board also looks better too.

the prime A is a little lacking in I/O (USB 3 Gen 1) Were you referring to the ASRock Z370 Fatal1ty Gaming K6 board?

What boards would be the best for OC then? hopefully they're not to expensive.

What about the ASUS Strix z370-H

A decent ASUS board cost about $219 or $268 for a better one brand new

The ASUS TUF Z370 PRO Gaming or ASUS Strix z370-H would be a good choice from ASUS The Gigabyte Z370XP SLI or Gigabyte z370-hd3 is another good choice from Gigabyte

If your looking for cheap parts in australia, then MSY Computers is hard to beat

So do I on occasion, it is too easy to do. It would but that CPU is like $570 (new) so you'd want it to last.

the 8400 is a non K CPU, only the i5 8600 and i7 8700 CPU's come in K variants

saw this on gumtree, might be of use. https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/adelaide-cbd/components/-cpu-motherboard-ram-graphics-card-and-more-/1166256483

I havent had any issues up till now on gumtree although I haven't bought anything that I couldn't test on the spot