Solid alternative to Seagate Barracuda?

[vamosuk]

Hi people below is my current build I am going with nearly bought all just a few HDDS, CPU + Mobo left now.

 

I was going with the 2016 seagate barracudas as they seemed to have best benches e.t.c but they're increasingly harder to get a hold of now so just wondering of a solid alternative.

 

Is the bench speeds actually that much or are a couple Toshiba P300s or something good instead?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£464.31 @ BT Shop) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £61.39) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£188.36 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (Purchased For £154.38) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £141.84) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£75.88 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£75.88 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 970 4 GB STRIX Video Card  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £79.81) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Whisper M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.95 @ CCL Computers) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design - GP12-BK 52.3 CFM 120mm Fan  (Purchased For £10.49) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design - GP12-BK 52.3 CFM 120mm Fan  (Purchased For £10.49) 
Total: £1362.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[Spotty]

Toshiba's, WD Blues, or the current model Barracudas.
Don't even bother worrying about HDD performance and benchmarks these days. The fastest HDDs are incredibly slow compared to an SSD.

[flibberdipper]

Current Barracudas are fine... No idea what you're on about.

[vamosuk]

Just now, flibberdipper said:

Current Barracudas are fine... No idea what you're on about.

Yeah just saw a bench of one and it was really low compared to the other and RPM was different so thought it had changed! Thanks tho guys

[kodiak211]

Perhaps, the firecuda could work? I've only found them with 2TB's tho.

[GoldenLag]

Would recommend holding off buying a CPU untill Zen 2 launches. Buying a 9900k right now wouldnt be a great course of action.

[vamosuk]

Just now, GoldenLag said:

Would recommend holding off buying a CPU untill Zen 2 launches. Buying a 9900k right now wouldnt be a great course of action.

I need Intel unfortunately due to the nature of my work, AMD isnt compatible with a few bits of my software

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, vamosuk said:

I need Intel unfortunately due to the nature of my work, AMD isnt compatible with a few bits of my software

Um..... There is no software other than optane (which you can use better alternatives) which i can think of that cant use AMD......

 

They are both x86 CPUs compatible with modern instructionsets

[vamosuk]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

Um..... There is no software other than optane (which you can use better alternatives) which i can think of that cant use AMD......

 

They are both x86 CPUs compatible with modern instructionsets

Just what ive heard mate with my DAW + Plugins that there is some issues. But tbh i've always been an Intel fanboy

[GoldenLag]

2 minutes ago, vamosuk said:

Just what ive heard mate with my DAW + Plugins that there is some issues. But tbh i've always been an Intel fanboy

Would highly suggest waiting for Zen 2. 

 

According to what we know it will either be better or the same.

 

Would recommend doublechecking benchmarks once it actually comes out

[vamosuk]

Just now, GoldenLag said:

Would highly suggest waiting for Zen 2. 

 

According to what we know it will either be better or the same.

 

Would recommend doublechecking benchmarks once it actually comes out

Fair enough mate thank you, would it still be compatible with all these parts? I am a bit of a newbie to PC building and I've already spent a fair bit on parts 

[GoldenLag]

Just now, vamosuk said:

Fair enough mate thank you, would it still be compatible with all these parts? I am a bit of a newbie to PC building and I've already spent a fair bit on parts 

As long as you dont buy mobo or the CPU you listed it will all be fine.

 

On the plus side, you dont have to spend PCIe lanes from the slots to the m.2 nvme SSD. Meaning youve got 16 lanes free for other hardware