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JonnyD
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I'd say that 3TB is the bang for buck sweet spot. Use PCpartpicker (your location's version of course) to find the best $/GB hard drive that meets your requirements. 

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Probably one of these two. The 3TB is best for price/GB though.

 

 
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Well either Seagate Barracuda or WD blue (or black, but that's not much bang for a substantial amount of buck)

Both well regarded and high quality

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Well either Seagate Barracuda or WD blue (or black, but that's not much bang for a substantial amount of buck)

Both well regarded and high quality

Except that WD Blue is 1TB max so there is not really that much to choose from. I would say Seagate Barracuda 3TB since the 3TB WD Green is slow and WD Black is expensive and WD Red is not really meant to run outside of NAS.

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Except that WD Blue is 1TB max

Is it really? Well, thats a strange decision on WD's part

Aftermarket 980Ti >= Fury X >= Reference 980Ti > Fury > 980 > 390X > 390 >= 970 > 380X > 380 >= 960 > 950 >= 370 > 750Ti = 360

"The Orange Box" || CPU: i5 4690k || RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury 16GB || Case: Aerocool DS200 (Orange) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate || Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB + WD Black 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM750 || Mobo: ASUS Z97-A || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

"Unnamed Form Factor Switch" || CPU: i7 6700K || RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB || Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Mini ITX (White) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate (Green Cover) || Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB || PSU: XFX XTR 550W || Mobo: ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

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Best price/GB out the lot would be: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/hitachi-internal-hard-drive-hds722020ala330

 

Another decent option is this, slightly higher price/GB but on par with the price/GB of the 3TB barracuda: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/hitachi-internal-hard-drive-0f10452

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