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Which drive should I get?

xukaiteo
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Hello, I would like to get a new hard drive as my current one is filling up. I am stuck between two drives. 2TB WD Blacks? Or HGST Deskstar™ 7K2000? Both seems to be a good option for my use. I will be storing music and videos on it. But I will probably be storing and playing games on it more. Which drive should I buy? Also, is 2TB too much? Or a smaller one will be preferred? Which one is the fastest? and lastly, which one is more reliable? Currently I have a 500GB Seagate hard drive and a 250GB samsung SSD.

 

 

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Hello, I would like to get a new hard drive as my current one is filling up. I am stuck between two drives. 2TB WD Blacks? Or HGST Deskstar™ 7K2000? Both seems to be a good option for my use. I will be storing music and videos on it. But I will probably be storing and playing games on it more. Which drive should I buy? Also, is 2TB too much? Or a smaller one will be preferred? Which one is the fastest? and lastly, which one is more reliable? Currently I have a 500GB Seagate hard drive and a 250GB samsung SSD.

 

Just get a cheap 2tb 7200rpm seagate barracuda or WD blue (or whatever 2tb 7200 drive is cheapest)

 

WD greens are great for storage if you are not running programs from them (although they still can run programs and games fine)

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