Newer external hdd vs old, do they still make sound? Or SSD but expensive

[Rijsberman]

Wondering, I have a very old boy with a little power supply. And that one when it is on sounds like a real true old mechanical hdd. But since usb sticks get more and more size nowadays, do they manufacture external hdd's differently too now? Or can you still hear them?

 

Going to mount my tv flush to the wall, and can;t reach the sides. So i was thinking to run a cable to the tv furniture below where it would permanently be attached. And only would disconnect to put new files on. And connect again after. So I guess it is also important I get a longer, proper quality cable with it? I saw it comes with a super short one. And I had problems with cheap aliexpress phone charging cables heating up a lot at the connector part in the past  

 

For example:

 

https://www.amazon.nl/Elements-Portable-Externe-Harde-Schijf/dp/B06VVS7S94/ref=sr_1_6?__mk_nl_NL=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2YMP7W2CDYSPW&keywords=external+hdd&qid=1643831624&sprefix=external+hd%2Caps%2C70&sr=8-6

or

https://www.amazon.nl/Seagate-Portable-Draagbare-Services-STGX1000400/dp/B07DQ5ZH1D/ref=sr_1_7?__mk_nl_NL=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2YMP7W2CDYSPW&keywords=external%2Bhdd&qid=1643831624&sprefix=external%2Bhd%2Caps%2C70&sr=8-7&th=1

 

I would only play bluray files off of them to my oled. Remuxes i make. So 50-70gb per 1,5-2 hours. But a hdd should easily handle that with the transferspeeds they ahve. So SSD would be overkill i think. Only nice thing is that the ssd would copy quicker. But I don't really care about that too much. 

 

An ssd example: https://www.amazon.de/SanDisk-Portable-Festplatte-Technologie-Schreiben/dp/B08RSH8YDJ/ref=sr_1_4?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2HH7KSBSZAZ2C&keywords=external%2Bssd&qid=1643831821&sprefix=external%2Bss%2Caps%2C75&sr=8-4&th=1

 

Thoughts on the choice i have to make? Opinions? 

 

[Kon-Tiki]

You can still hear mechanical hard drives today but compared to (external) ones from around 10 years ago they are much more silent. I have some modern 2.5" external HDDs in use for backup purposes. When on my desk besides me while doing a backup you can hear them. Five meters away from your TV (and consequently the drive) and with the sound from the movie you are most likely not going to notice it at all.

 

I also agree that a SSD for bulk storage of movies would be overkill, get yourself a decently sized (at least 2 TB) HDD and you're good to go

[Blue4130]

4 hours ago, Rijsberman said:

Wondering, I have a very old boy with a little power supply. And that one when it is on sounds like a real true old mechanical hdd. But since usb sticks get more and more size nowadays, do they manufacture external hdd's differently too now? Or can you still hear them?

 

Going to mount my tv flush to the wall, and can;t reach the sides. So i was thinking to run a cable to the tv furniture below where it would permanently be attached. And only would disconnect to put new files on. And connect again after. So I guess it is also important I get a longer, proper quality cable with it? I saw it comes with a super short one. And I had problems with cheap aliexpress phone charging cables heating up a lot at the connector part in the past  

 

For example:

 

https://www.amazon.nl/Elements-Portable-Externe-Harde-Schijf/dp/B06VVS7S94/ref=sr_1_6?__mk_nl_NL=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2YMP7W2CDYSPW&keywords=external+hdd&qid=1643831624&sprefix=external+hd%2Caps%2C70&sr=8-6

or

https://www.amazon.nl/Seagate-Portable-Draagbare-Services-STGX1000400/dp/B07DQ5ZH1D/ref=sr_1_7?__mk_nl_NL=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2YMP7W2CDYSPW&keywords=external%2Bhdd&qid=1643831624&sprefix=external%2Bhd%2Caps%2C70&sr=8-7&th=1

 

I would only play bluray files off of them to my oled. Remuxes i make. So 50-70gb per 1,5-2 hours. But a hdd should easily handle that with the transferspeeds they ahve. So SSD would be overkill i think. Only nice thing is that the ssd would copy quicker. But I don't really care about that too much. 

 

An ssd example: https://www.amazon.de/SanDisk-Portable-Festplatte-Technologie-Schreiben/dp/B08RSH8YDJ/ref=sr_1_4?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2HH7KSBSZAZ2C&keywords=external%2Bssd&qid=1643831821&sprefix=external%2Bss%2Caps%2C75&sr=8-4&th=1

 

Thoughts on the choice i have to make? Opinions? 

 

I just set up a network share on my main pc and then stream video that way. No need to plug anything into the tv and makes adding content much easier.