HHD failed! What should i buy ?

[Premchand]

My hdd was making a ticking noise for some while now... "i really should backup my data... nah i'll do it tomorrow" (don't be like me )

 

So now i want to get a new one mainly for most of my games and some data like music and photo's

 

I have a small SSD a mx100 256GB

 

I want at least 2TB and am willing to spend around a 100 euro. Was thinking this one https://www.alternate.nl/Seagate/Desktop-SSHD-2-TB-Hybride-harde-schijf/html/product/1096924?tk=7&lk=9601

or should i just get a normal hdd instead of a sshd, which is around 20 euro's cheaper ?

 

Thanks for the help 

[Venomz1337]

Get a WD. Apparently Seagate's are crap.

I believe the WD Black is what most people go for (don't quote me on that one). 

[cortexcortex]

I'd rather get a Western Digital drive; they're mostly more reliable. SSHD's won't help unless you want it to be a boot drive, anyways.

[c_marriott]

I think WD has the lowest failure rate.

As for HDD vs SSHD, you may as well save the money and get a HDD

[Xenift]

Get a WD. Apparently Seagate's are crap.

I believe the WD Black is what most people go for (don't quote me on that one). 

Some people say the black one is noisy, but hey.

Go get a seagate SSHD. Those work fine.

[WaterproofBeanie]

Get a WD. Apparently Seagate's are crap.

I believe the WD Black is what most people go for (don't quote me on that one). 

Seagate's barracuda range are their most widespread, and also their cheapest model. I have several decade-old seagate drives here, none of which have stopped working yet. (albeit under light load). I have no experience with their (or any) SSHDs.

 

WD's product stack goes Blue-Black-Red-Purple (I think). There is also a 'Green' model which is supposedly more eco-friendly. The Blue model is the entry-level model, the black is the high-end consumer model, the red drives are for nas use (lots of drives in a compact environment) and the purples are for surveillance servers (24/7 writes with maximum endurance)

[ShadowCaptain]

My hdd was making a ticking noise for some while now... "i really should backup my data... nah i'll do it tomorrow" (don't be like me )

 

 

If you already have an SSD, the SSHD will not really do much in terms of speed, I would just get a nice WD 2tb Black/Blue

[Kenji the Uke]

Get an SSD. 3:

[Premchand]

Ok so a SSHD is useless if its not a bootdrive and seagate drives are rubbish... though i have to say a friend of mine has been running one as his main drive for years without problems, also my moms PC has one never had issues there either. 

 

I could go for a black WD but it cost 140 euro! Not sure if that is gonna be worth the extra cash and as Xenift mentioned i am afraid it is pretty loud. Though my raid 0 samsung drives are/were(RIP) pretty loud as well(my PC is surprisingly quiet now! ). The blue drive is 90 euro, 50 euro cheaper than the black... but it is only 5400 rpm and its not in stock https://www.alternate.nl/Western-Digital/Blue-2-TB-Harde-schijf/html/product/1231590?tk=7&lk=16781

 

@Kenji the Uke i would love too! But i don't think a 2TB ssd fits in my 100 euro budget  

[Captain_WD]

~snip~

 

Hey there Premchand,

 

SSHDs are good drives to have if you use them mostly for just a few things so they can store the files of the used applications on the SSD portion and give you a good speed boost. If you are going to use it as a secondary storage drive and have many things on it I wouldn't say there's any point in doing so. Since you have a large-enough SSD for the OS and the more demanding applications and games I'd get a regular HDD.

WD Black and WD Green are two good choices, depending on what you are going to store on the drive. WD Black is a performance-oriented drive with good speeds and long warranty. WD Green is a secondary storage drive with low noise, heat and vibration output that is designed for storing non-demanding applications and massive media and data. Here's some more info on these two drives:

WD Black: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=If4FQW

WD Green: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=4Jtk6X

 

Captain_WD.

[michrech]

WD Green = low noise / heat?  lol!

 

I can't speak to the noise (the 120mm fan in the enclosure masks any HDD noise), or the amount of vibration, but heat I can speak to.  Of the 6 drives in the enclosure:

 

WD10EAVS-00D = 87.8*

HDS721010CLA332 = 86*

ST1000DM003-1CH162 = 84.2*

ST1000DM003-1CH162 = 84.2*

ST1000DM003-1CH162 = 84.2*

WD10EACS-00D6B0 = 96.8*

 

(All temperatures in fahrenheit)

 

These values are read via S.M.A.R.T. reporting.

 

I can say the two Greens still in my storage pool have fared better than the WD Blue 1TB (WD1EZEX) that was formerly a part of my storage pool.  Tons of corrupted data on that drive.

 

 

Hey there Premchand,

 

SSHDs are good drives to have if you use them mostly for just a few things so they can store the files of the used applications on the SSD portion and give you a good speed boost. If you are going to use it as a secondary storage drive and have many things on it I wouldn't say there's any point in doing so. Since you have a large-enough SSD for the OS and the more demanding applications and games I'd get a regular HDD.

WD Black and WD Green are two good choices, depending on what you are going to store on the drive. WD Black is a performance-oriented drive with good speeds and long warranty. WD Green is a secondary storage drive with low noise, heat and vibration output that is designed for storing non-demanding applications and massive media and data. Here's some more info on these two drives:

WD Black: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=If4FQW

WD Green: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=4Jtk6X

 

Captain_WD.

 

[Captain_WD]

~snip~

 

WD Green drives are not designed to work in bulky storage pools with other drives in NAS or DAS enclosures. Moreover, it really depends on how and where a drive is placed in a case in order to get a lower or a higher operating temperature.

I'm sorry to hear about your experience with WD Blue. 

 

Captain_WD.

[michrech]

I guess it's lucky for me, then, that the primary storage pool (containing one of the two greens) is actually in a mid-tower PC case (it has a normal ATX power supply, a 120mm fan attached to the 5 in 3 hot-swap tray, and a 120mm fan at the back of the case, and the eSATA to SATA adapter mounted in one of the empty PCI slots along the back of the case), and the other WD Green is actually installed in a 5.25" to 3.5" adapter inside my Z800.  I'd have expected the one in the Z800 (the HDD at 96.8*) would have been running slightly cooler than that, considering the number of fans directing air-flow through the Z800 chassis...

They are getting *plenty* air-flow, in general.  

 

 

WD Green drives are not designed to work in bulky storage pools with other drives in NAS or DAS enclosures. Moreover, it really depends on how and where a drive is placed in a case in order to get a lower or a higher operating temperature.

I'm sorry to hear about your experience with WD Blue. 

 

Captain_WD.