Looking For a Cheap HDD

[Chugle]

I was recently told that I need an HDD along with my SSD since the SSD I selected can only contain 128GB of data. So I'm looking for a cheap HDD because I already dished out quite a bit of my budget on an SSD.

[don_svetlio]

WD Blue - good for it's price and a lot more reliable than the green

[FizzyFantom]

I always go for WD Blue drives for inexpensive storage. They only go up to 1TB, but they certainly aren't expensive and are reliable for data storage.

 

You could also go for a Seagate Barracuda, which offer similar speeds and reliability to WD Blues.

[Guest Johnny5g]

Wd blue

[don_svetlio]

I used to use a WD Blue - after 4 years of use it's still in quite good shape and has been through so many power outages I cannot begin to count.

[-iSynthesis]

Seagate Barracuda - Speed of a wd black and priced about the same as a blue. I have heard that the Blue is rather loud, i cannot confirm that though. 

[don_svetlio]

Seagate Barracuda - Speed of a wd black and priced about the same as a blue. I have heard that the Blue is rather loud, i cannot confirm that though. 

Speeds like the WD Black? I doubt. Also, WD Blues are inaudible in an open case to my experience >.>

[FizzyFantom]

Seagate Barracuda - Speed of a wd black and priced about the same as a blue. I have heard that the Blue is rather loud, i cannot confirm that though. 

In my experience Seagate Barracuda Drives perform more like Blues than Blacks. Good point about the noise, WD drives lack AAM so they can be louder than Seagate drives when spinning (but not very loud).

 

Both Seagate Barracudas and WD Blues are good inexpensive drives

[Chugle]

Aight, thanks for the advice guys. 

[arronleeds]

dont get a green whatever you do especially if an os is going on it, you could make a full english breaky before its done booting.

[TheMcSame]

If you want the best price/GB look on PCPartPicker. Without knowing what country you live in I can't say what'll be the cheapest but there's a good chance it'll be something from Toshiba (likely a rebranded drive from HGST) or something from HGST/Hitachi.

[terrytek]

Seagate Barracuda. Choose nothing else.

[-iSynthesis]

Speeds like the WD Black? I doubt. Also, WD Blues are inaudible in an open case to my experience >.>

Ya, i have a 86% full Barracuda and this is my crystaldiskmark score:

while this is on a 10% filled WD Black i found on the googlez: