Storage

[VerSusS]

hi , im not good at quality with this storage hdds , i was wondering whats the best bang for buck hdd for music/pic/movies in a size of 4 to 5 Tb ? i own a hibryd SSHD of 2 TB but its filling up soon and i have tons of movies that i like and love to rewatch and i dont want to erase them and im willing to pay like to 150 $ for a good storage HDD. can you guys help me out ? thanks

[FloRolf]

I use WD Red 4TB drives and never had any issues, however there was some controversion about them just recently but that was mainly concerning 24/7 NAS usage. 

Else the Seagate Ironwolves are highly regarded and e.g. Linus and Team use them in pretty much all their servers. 

 

Edit: they are (both AFAIK) available in 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and even 14 and 16 TB options, so you'll find one that suits your needs perfectly. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Id just get a desktop drive like the barracuda. The model of drive really won't matter here, and I wouldn't pay more for a nas drive here for features that won't help you here. 

 

Make sure to have good backups aswell.

[VerSusS]

well i need a descktop drive of a decent size , i dont want  storage dedicated for servers , as i understand the fastest hdd is 7200 rpm right ?

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, VerSusS said:

well i need a descktop drive of a decent size , i dont want  storage dedicated for servers

 

How about this guy? https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-Internal-Drive-3-5-Inch/dp/B07H289S7C/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=8tb+barracuda&qid=1587154723&sr=8-2

 

Or you can get it cheaper if you want to shuck the 8tb external drives.

[VerSusS]

11 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

How about this guy? https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-Internal-Drive-3-5-Inch/dp/B07H289S7C/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=8tb+barracuda&qid=1587154723&sr=8-2

 

Or you can get it cheaper if you want to shuck the 8tb external drives.

well i need the one with 700 rpm ...this one is 5400 rpm

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, VerSusS said:

well i need the one with 700 rpm ...this one is 5400 rpm

Why do you need 7200rpm?

 

5400rpm is more than plenty for moves and photos, and probably faster than the 2tb drive you have now as bigger drives are faster aswell.

[VerSusS]

7 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Why do you need 7200rpm?

 

5400rpm is more than plenty for moves and photos, and probably faster than the 2tb drive you have now as bigger drives are faster aswell.

well i was thinking that 7200 rpm is faster when it comes to data transfer or download ... ???

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, VerSusS said:

well i was thinking that 7200 rpm is faster when it comes to data transfer or download ... ???

Its a bit faster, but the speed really won't be needed for your use case. 

 

For downloads, your almost always network limited, and for transfer, its probably faster than your other drives.