First world problems

[fieldhof]

Hello fellow Techtippers,

 

First of all this is my current setup

 

CPU:       Intel core i3 4150

GPU:       EVGA Geforce GTX 750ti

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x4GB

MB:         ASRock B85M-ITX 

Case:      Cooler Master elite 110

HDD:      Seagate 3,5" 2TB

               WD 3,5" 640GB

               WD 2,5" 500GB (OS)

 

This setup is used as a NAS and a gaming machine.

 

My problem is that the 3,5" WD and Seagate are almost full. They are full of movies and tv shows, but I would like to keep them. So I had the idea to buy another HDD. But than I had the idea that I wanted some kind of backup of the tv shows and movies.

So I came across the 'storage spaces' in windows 8. Are they any good?

So than I thought of buying 2 HDD both 2TB so I could make a pool from these 2 and the seagate one. Or maybe 2 HDD both 3TB and when the Seagate is full I could switch it for a 3TB one, as an example. And which HDD is a good one for this? I thought about the WD Red.

But if I buy 2 more HDD than I would need a new case, airflow is not that good in the elite 110. So the next case would be the Fractal Design Node 304 (black ofcourse).

 

So my choices are:

1. Deleting some movies and tv shows

2. Buying one extra HDD for extra storage but no kind of backup

3. Buying two extra HDD's for extra storage and backup

4. Buying two extra HDD's for extra storage and backup + a new case

 

So some feedback is appreciated

Thanks in advance

              

PS sorry for the not so good English

[wc_vince]

I would buy another hard drive, high capacity (3 or 4 tb) 

WD Reds are a little unnecessary for just 2 hard drives but a good choice nevertheless.

Do you have a budget?  

 

You could always buy an external hard drive for your movies, that way if you wanted to play it on another computer, you could just haul it over and plug it in.

 

Thanks    

[ImBleu]

Movies are not all-that accessed. I'd buy a large capacity external HDD (or a HDD + sata adapter) and store the movies there for when you want to access them.

[KE2012]

I just bought a 3tb caviar green. Its not The fastest hdd out there but for accessing my films its great. (also relatively cheap)

[fieldhof]

I would buy another hard drive, high capacity (3 or 4 tb) 

WD Reds are a little unnecessary for just 2 hard drives but a good choice nevertheless.

Do you have a budget?  

 

You could always buy an external hard drive for your movies, that way if you wanted to play it on another computer, you could just haul it over and plug it in.

 

Thanks    

 

Which HDD would you recommend?

I don't really have a budget, but the option with 2 WD reds and a case is just a little over €300,-

 

Movies are not all-that accessed. I'd buy a large capacity external HDD (or a HDD + sata adapter) and store the movies there for when you want to access them.

 

I'm running a plex server on my pc, so that's not really an option

 

 

I just bought a 3tb caviar green. Its not The fastest hdd out there but for accessing my films its great. (also relatively cheap)

 

I heard there was some kind of problem with these if you run them 24/7

[KE2012]

 

I heard there was some kind of problem with these if you run them 24/7

 

I only use mine to store some old games, movies, music and software where speed isn't too important, its also not my primary form of local storage, so I haven't really ran mine 24/7...... so I can't tell you if there will be any issues if you do that however I'm still to come across any problems running it the way I do.

 

I would also say the HDD I'm using is active a lot, just not 24/7.

[WoodenMarker]

 

I heard there was some kind of problem with these if you run them 24/7

WD Greens do have aggressive power saving issues that wear down the drive.

 

Do you have anything important that would actually need to be backed up?

 

This belongs in the Storage Solutions section. I'm moving the thread.

Please post in the correct sub-forum in the future.

[unijab]

Give that a read.

 

 

 

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/hacking-wd-greens-and-reds-with-wdidle3-exe.18171/

[fieldhof]

 

 

 

WD Greens do have aggressive power saving issues that wear down the drive.

 

Do you have anything important that would actually need to be backed up?

 

This belongs in the Storage Solutions section. I'm moving the thread.

Please post in the correct sub-forum in the future.

 

I don't have any important files that i need to be backed up, but I just don't want to lose all my movies and tv shows.

Sorry about posting in the wrong sub-forum BTW 

 

Give that a read.

 

 

 

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/hacking-wd-greens-and-reds-with-wdidle3-exe.18171/

Wow, that's actually pretty nice. The WD Greens are €18,- cheaper in my country, so this made my dilemma even worse 

[WoodenMarker]

I don't have any important files that i need to be backed up, but I just don't want to lose all my movies.

Any decent drive would be fine in that case.

[fieldhof]

Any decent drive would be fine in that case.

Would you recommend the windows 8 storage spaces, or just adding another drive?

[WoodenMarker]

Would you recommend the windows 8 storage spaces, or just adding another drive?

I'd just add another drive--much simpler.