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JRolley
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Hey guys in my current rig I'm just running an Intel 520 120GB SSD as a boot drive with a few important programs on there too and a 2TB Seagate Barracuda storage drive. My 2TB is almost full so I'm looking for a new 2TB-4TB storage drive and likely a 500GB SSD to go with it since I'll move my games over to that finally.

 

My main question is.... For 2-4TB HDDs which manufacturer is currently most highly regarded, I know some people hate Seagate and say they have ludicrous failure rates but mines been perfect for the last however many years. I've also been hearing that I should stay away from 3TB drives? Is this still true? If so that's unfortunate since they seem to be a bargain.

 

For SSDs I'm not really sure where to start, the 850 EVO seems to be the go to option for a value 250 or 500GB drive is this still one of the best options?

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Get a Samsung 850  EVO for the ssd and some wd blue or Seagate for the hdd

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I would say Seagate Barracuda 2-4TB, or WD black if you really demand performance. Hitachi Ultrastar are good as well.

 

For the SSD, you can go with the Samsung 850 Evo or Pro, but they are a lot more expensive. I use a Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB and it's great for the price. Corsair, OCZ and Crucial are good brands as well. Every manufacturer has decent and best performing SSD's, so it's all down to budget, demand for performance and warranty.

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Hey there JRolley,
 
It really depends on what you need the new HDD for. I would advise you to look for as many opinions as possible to see the overall trend about which drive is considered good for the type of usage you'd need it for and which is not. 
I can recommend checking out WD Black and WD Green as storage drives. Both have their design and pros and can be a great addition to a build.
WD Black is a performance-oriented drive designed to sustain heavier and longer workloads, capable of great speeds and a good 5-year long warranty. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=2jq3w5
WD Green is designed for secondary storage and is great for keeping your massive amounts of data that don't require fast access times. It saves energy and works really cool and quiet, and has a great price per GB value. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=5jvJpy
What do you need the drive for?
 
Feel free to ask if you happen to have any questions :)
 
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Thanks for the replies, I think what I'll be doing is keeping my 2TB Barracuda for all my non-essential programs and getting a new 2-4TB drive as a mass storage drive for files so a WD Green was definitely something I was considering. Are the 3TB WD Green's alright? I've heard so many bad things about 3TB drives and I just wasn't sure if that issue has been fixed

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Thanks for the replies, I think what I'll be doing is keeping my 2TB Barracuda for all my non-essential programs and getting a new 2-4TB drive as a mass storage drive for files so a WD Green was definitely something I was considering. Are the 3TB WD Green's alright? I've heard so many bad things about 3TB drives and I just wasn't sure if that issue has been fixed

 

WD Green drives are very good for secondary storage, less-demanding applications and data and for massive file storage. They should server you well for this purpose. If you have important data, regardless of the drive, I would always recommend to have a backup copy of it on a separate drive, possibly outside of the computer case (NAS or external drive) for better safety.
 
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Get a Samsung 850  EVO for the ssd and some wd blue or Seagate for the hdd

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Here is a list of HDD prices for anyone not in Australia if that helps recommend either 2, 3 or 4TB and WD, Seagate or HGST.

So the rumor about 3TB drives having really high failure rates compared to other sizes isn't true?

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Here is a list of HDD prices for anyone not in Australia if that helps recommend either 2, 3 or 4TB and WD, Seagate or HGST.

So the rumor about 3TB drives having really high failure rates compared to other sizes isn't true?

For Seagate esp, yes. For everyone else not quite so much.

Btw hgst offers as good of performance (if not better) than wd while generally being much cheaper, with even lower failure rates. The niceness of being a less well known brand.

As for the ssd.

The trifecta of cheap yet very very good sata ssds is currently 850 evo, bx100, mx200 (avoid mx100).

If you grab the cheapest of those three you will not regret it.

Ocz apparently isn't bad either now a days, but I'm not really comfortable with them yet.

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