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Should I Use An "ENTERPRISE" HD IN MY PC?

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My PC has an 8 TB hard drive, that has less than 1 TB free.  I am planning to move my PC into a new case (a Fractal Design R6) and I figure that's as good a time as any to add more storage.  I was thinking adding a 6 TB hard drive would do the trick.  Looking on Newegg I discovered that the least expensive 6 TB hard drives are labeled as "Enterprise" drives.  My understanding is that normally you wouldn't use an Enterprise drive in a desktop because they are engineered to work in a more rigorous server environment and thus more expensive.  It would follow though that an Enterprise drive should work fine in a PC.  Am I wrong?  Newegg has a Seagate 6 TB Enterprise drive on sale for $94.50.

 

https://www.newegg.com/seagate-st6000nm0034-6tb/p/N82E16822178526

 

There was an even cheaper one for $82, also Enterprise, but it said in the description it would not work in a personal computer.  The one linked above does not say that (that I noticed) but does say the firmware is "maximized for Enterprise RAID systems."  I do not plan to use a RAID configuration.  They have a 6 TB Seagate Barracuda hard drive on sale for $112, but it is labeled refurbished.  A hard drive is not the kind of product I would be comfortable buying refurbished.  

 

Is the $94.50 Seagate drive fine to add to a PC?  If not should I reconsider a refurbished model?  Or just resign myself to spending between $150 and $200?  Thanks in advance for the advice.

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Don't buy Seagate drives. Don't buy refurbished drives. Both are a bad idea.

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That is SAS and not SATA.  SAS controllers aren't cheap either so it would be more expensive in the end.  

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I was looking over the page on Newegg again and read a review that talked about it being an SAS drive.  Isn't that the way?  You find an answer just after you ask for help.  I found an SAS controller card for $30 on Newegg but I really don't need to clutter up my PC with another add in card even if it was a couple of dollars cheaper.  I found a WD Blue 6 TD drive on Amazon for $138.24 and am going to go with that.  Thanks guys.

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The other aspect of an enterprise drive is the longer warranty, but they may also be less concerned with noise, so you may end up with a louder drive versus a standard consumer drive. 

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13 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Don't buy Seagate drives. Don't buy refurbished drives. Both are a bad idea.

seagate drives are just fine. plenty are deployed and work just fine. there was a time when they made a few bad batches.

Now refurbished I will agree on.

 

 

8tb X300 drives are right now some of the cheapest drives for 7200 RPM. 185$ amazon right now

SAS is another way to connect drives that is faster but also works with sata 1 way. you can have a sas controller control sata drives but not the other way around.

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4 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

seagate drives are just fine. plenty are deployed and work just fine. there was a time when they made a few bad batches.

Now refurbished I will agree on.

 

 

8tb X300 drives are right now some of the cheapest drives for 7200 RPM. 185$ amazon right now

SAS is another way to connect drives that is faster but also works with sata 1 way. you can have a sas controller control sata drives but not the other way around.

What I find interesting is that at my workplace, we build large cabinets that are used on Navy ships, and the cards that are installed in these cabinets are using Seagate drives, and 2.5" drives at that. If they're so bad, why use them so profusely?

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Just now, GDRRiley said:

seagate drives are just fine. plenty are deployed and work just fine. there was a time when they made a few bad batches.

Now refurbished I will agree on.

 

Every single Seagate I've owned has either arrived dead, or died well, well before it should have. Fuck Seagate drives.

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3 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Every single Seagate I've owned has either arrived dead, or died well, well before it should have. Fuck Seagate drives.

Conversely, someone out there can say the same thing about other drive manufacturers.

 

Fuck all drive manufacturers. I'm joking, but the point is..anecdotes. Everyone has them, and some people just get unlucky. 

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10 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Every single Seagate I've owned has either arrived dead, or died well, well before it should have. Fuck Seagate drives.

I've had a WD drive die with a very easy life. Everyone has a view on drive markers.

 

I think the forgotten drive maker Toshiba does some great price vs performance drives vs capacity.

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1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Every single Seagate I've owned has either arrived dead, or died well, well before it should have. Fuck Seagate drives.

Which is meaningless without actual analytical data.  65% of the dozen+ EKWB components I've owned died/broke, but that's CLEARLY not indicative of the company overall, or they couldn't still exist.

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