Looking for a new HDD

[Lazmarr]

So my 2TB Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 died after only just a year. Now I'm looking to get a new HDD that features; 2TB-4TB, SATA 6GB/S.

What would you recommend that will last longer and is better than my previous HDD?

Would prefer to try a different brand as I don't want to loose all my data again.

[AlwaysFSX]

WD Black?

[SMURG]

If you want to avoid data loss, just buy 2-4 x 1TB drives and use RAID. There's always a chance that a single drive will fail (and the higher the capacity the greater this chance is), but the chance of 2 or more drives failing simultaneously is much lower. That, or use backups.

[Shaqo_Wyn]

So my 2TB Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 died after only just a year. Now I'm looking to get a new HDD that features; 2TB-4TB, SATA 6GB/S.

What would you recommend that will last longer and is better than my previous HDD?

Would prefer to try a different brand as I don't want to loose all my data again.

 

I've had both Seagate and WD drives and I've always had better reliability with WD. A 2TB 7200RPM WD Blue will not disappoint!  

 

Edit: I think the Blue's only come in up to 1TB, so you'll probably need a Black for 2TB. You could get 2 of these: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex

[qwertywarrior]

WD red 4tb or 4tb WD black ?

[loccilucas]

Get 2 WD blacks and run them in raid at least then you will also have a backup.

[Lazmarr]

WD Black?

I've had both Seagate and WD drives and I've always had better reliability with WD. A 2TB 7200RPM WD Blue will not disappoint!  

 

Edit: I think the Blue's only come in up to 1TB, so you'll probably need a Black for 2TB. You could get 2 of these: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex

WD red 4tb or 4tb WD black ?

Would like to only have one HDD as I already am using 3 other drives and would need to purchase other cables; also I would lose capacity with raid?

What's the difference between WD Red, Black and Blue?

Could you post links to UK retailers please and my budget is up to £80

[azreal99]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-wd-wd20ezrx-green-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-intellipower-64mb-cache-8ms-oem

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-wd-red-wd20efrx-sata-6gb-sec-64mb-cache-intellipower-8ms-ncq-oem-24x7-with-nasware-30

 

Either of those will do. The Reds do, I think, have a lower failure rate than the Greens.

[Shaqo_Wyn]

Would like to only have one HDD as I already am using 3 other drives and would need to purchase other cables; also I would lose capacity with raid?

What's the difference between WD Red, Black and Blue?

Could you post links to UK retailers please and my budget is up to £80

 

Red: better reliability for NAS

Black: highest speed read/write on a 3.5" HDD, unless you get the 10.000RPM Velociraptors (not in your budget, also pretty loud)

Blue: affordable, just as good as Black IMO (provided you get a 7200RPM 64MB cache version

 

Dunno much about RAID, but I think they all sacrifice a bit of total storage.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd2003fzex <--- UK retailers, 90 bucks is the best deal you're gonna get.

[AlwaysFSX]

Would like to only have one HDD as I already am using 3 other drives and would need to purchase other cables; also I would lose capacity with raid?

What's the difference between WD Red, Black and Blue?

Could you post links to UK retailers please and my budget is up to £80

Red's are meant for a NAS, Blue & Black for desktop storage but Blacks can come in higher capacities.

[Lazmarr]

Red: better reliability for NAS

Black: highest speed read/write on a 3.5" HDD, unless you get the 10.000RPM Velociraptors (not in your budget, also pretty loud)

Blue: affordable, just as good as Black IMO (provided you get a 7200RPM 64MB cache version

 

Dunno much about RAID, but I think they all sacrifice a bit of total storage.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd2003fzex <--- UK retailers, 90 bucks is the best deal you're gonna get.

You would say this is a drive worth the money?

[Shaqo_Wyn]

You would say this is a drive worth the money?

 

Of course.  

 

It's a Western Digital Black (I trust em with all my storage needs), 2TB, 7200RPM. Fits all of your criteria. What more could you want.