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Hey,

 

I'm just wondering.

I made myself a nice PC parts listing, and was interested in getting some decent Christmas deals, so I went looking at my bookmarked listings regarding my parts list.

Unfortunately, the one supplier I had for 3TB 7200RPM HDDs no longer has them in stock and may not be restocking them.

 

So, I come here with this question: does drive speed really matter in this scenario?

I'm planning to run two larger capacity (3TB for now) hard disk drives on a SATA controller for extra storage.

It's more redundant media and data, stuff I really don't need to access too often.

Are 7200RPM drives really worth it in that regard? Should I just settle for a pair of 5400RPM drives?

 

 

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3 minutes ago, natalieisabutt said:

Are 7200RPM drives really worth it in that regard? Should I just settle for a pair of 5400RPM drives?

No not really. If for only storage it should be fine. But can't you find other 7200RPM's for almost the same price?

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1 minute ago, homeap5 said:

5400RPM are fine. I like WD BLUE - they're silent.

 

I'll probably settle on a pair of Seagate drives to match my existing 2TB, tbh. I have heard good things about Western Digital, though. Thank you for the swift response, bud.

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Yet to acquire... Seagate BarraCuda 4TB 5400RPM | 2x Silicon Power A55 2TB | 2x Simplecom SC501 | ICY BOX IB-863-A

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5400RPM are fine for storage, but definitely not good for gaming

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Just now, DoctorNick said:

No not really. If for only storage it should be fine. But can't you find other 7200RPM's for almost the same price?

No, unfortunately. I'm having trouble finding exactly what I'm looking for. Closest I could find was an Enterprise level drive for $5 more than both the drives I originally wanted + shipping combined, lol

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Just now, Constantin said:

5400RPM are fine for storage, but definitely not good for gaming

Don't worry about gaming, I'll have two 2TB SATA SSDs for that.

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Yet to acquire... Seagate BarraCuda 4TB 5400RPM | 2x Silicon Power A55 2TB | 2x Simplecom SC501 | ICY BOX IB-863-A

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enterprise drives have dam good warranty on it.

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Just now, dogwitch said:

enterprise drives have dam good warranty on it.

If only I could afford to spoil my computer, haha

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13 minutes ago, natalieisabutt said:

No, unfortunately. I'm having trouble finding exactly what I'm looking for. Closest I could find was an Enterprise level drive for $5 more than both the drives I originally wanted + shipping combined, lol

VIC has all the good stores, PCCG, MSY, UMART, Scorptec, PLE, CPL, Centrecom. You should have local pickup somewhere, so no need for shipping hard drives. 

Insert ram related question here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1197132-setting-ram-speed-xmp-docp-for-dummies/

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2 hours ago, TrigrH said:

VIC has all the good stores, PCCG, MSY, UMART, Scorptec, PLE, CPL, Centrecom. You should have local pickup somewhere, so no need for shipping hard drives. 

The reason why I mentioned shipping was because all the local stores didn't have the 7200rpm option available (or listed) at all. Even Scorptec. I gave them an email about custom orders but I've since decided on 5400rpms, tbh. I'll be saving $60 anyway

Intel Core i7-7700K | Noctua NH-D15 | ASRock Z170 Pro4 | G.Skill Ripjaws V 2x8GB DDR4-3000 | Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM | Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB NVMe M.2 | Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC RTX 2060 Super 8GB | EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G3 | Corsair Obsidian 750D | TP-Link Archer T4E | DeepCool FH-04

Yet to acquire... Seagate BarraCuda 4TB 5400RPM | 2x Silicon Power A55 2TB | 2x Simplecom SC501 | ICY BOX IB-863-A

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2 minutes ago, natalieisabutt said:

The reason why I mentioned shipping was because all the local stores didn't have the 7200rpm option available (or listed) at all. Even Scorptec. I gave them an email about custom orders but I've since decided on 5400rpms, tbh. I'll be saving $60 anyway

a barracuda is 7200 get one of those?

Insert ram related question here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1197132-setting-ram-speed-xmp-docp-for-dummies/

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On 12/18/2019 at 4:04 AM, natalieisabutt said:

If only I could afford to spoil my computer, haha

just see drives like they get sold used. some still come with a warranty. linus just recent did a video on intel ssd from facebook

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On 12/18/2019 at 3:57 AM, TrigrH said:

a barracuda is 7200 get one of those?

ALL new barracuda's over 2tb are only 5400. basically only 2 drives are available in 7200 from SG,  2tb and 1TB.

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52 minutes ago, Xently said:

ALL new barracuda's over 2tb are only 5400. basically only 2 drives are available in 7200 from SG,  2tb and 1TB.

then an ironwolf is a better option, 3-4tbs are 5900 whilst up from there is 7200

Insert ram related question here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1197132-setting-ram-speed-xmp-docp-for-dummies/

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