Best 2TB Harddrive?

[Kenji the Uke]

I'm sure this has been asked before but It's nice asking anyways :3 I love you guys and like to talk to yah. BUT YIS! I bought a severely cheap 2tb already and I wanna transfer data from it to another. I am split between the Seagate Barracuda 2TB or the WD Black :3 Which is good in your guys's experience? Perhaps even a brand I am not thinking of?

[Enderman]

i would personally go with WD

but the black is loud

red gets almost as good speeds while running cooler and quieter

also has longer MTBF i think

[Kenji the Uke]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

i would personally go with WD

but the black is loud

red gets almost as good speeds while running cooler and quieter

also has longer MTBF i think

MTBF Whut? Owo 

And yes I am going for a silence build so thats why I ask.. ;w;

[Enderman]

Just now, Kenji the Uke said:

MTBF Whut? Owo 

And yes I am going for a silence build so thats why I ask.. ;w;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures

[EvilLemur]

Hitachi makes really good drives. What will you be using it for? 

 

[Kenji the Uke]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures

S-so, is that good? .w.

[Kenji the Uke]

2 minutes ago, EvilLemur said:

Hitachi makes really good drives. What will you be using it for? 

 

Bulk storage for most of my gaming library/misc stuff, as well as other things I'm at liberty to say =w= <3 Yar har, matey

[Enderman]

6 minutes ago, Kenji the Uke said:

S-so, is that good? .w.

yes more is better

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, Kenji the Uke said:

I'm sure this has been asked before but It's nice asking anyways :3 I love you guys and like to talk to yah. BUT YIS! I bought a severely cheap 2tb already and I wanna transfer data from it to another. I am split between the Seagate Barracuda 2TB or the WD Black :3 Which is good in your guys's experience? Perhaps even a brand I am not thinking of?

Any Harddrive will have sub 100MBS speed. its the Mean Time that matters.

 

For now, HDD's are dying, Servers are moving to SSD's, Enthusiasts and now prosumers.

I think its wiser know to get a Barracuda, Because a TB of an ssd had drop down from being 3000 dollars to 300 in 2 years, expect them to be 50 dollars by the time youre hdd dies.

 

Other reccomendations,

using it (on) 24/7? Nas Drives, They usually last longer.

using it Casually/Archival?

4 minutes ago, Kenji the Uke said:

Bulk storage for most of my gaming library/misc stuff, as well as other things I'm at liberty to say =w= <3 Yar har, matey

Blue/Regular Drives.

Using it Extreme! Blacks/Enterprise(sorta,, dont quote me on this)

Parental PC? Green drive.

[Kenji the Uke]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

yes more is better

Is Red Pro alright? .w. using PCPartpicker

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, Kenji the Uke said:

Is Red Pro alright? .w. using PCPartpicker

no, i was talking about the red

the red pro is more expensive and more datacenter grade

the red is more like the price of the black

[Kenji the Uke]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

no, i was talking about the red

the red pro is more expensive and more datacenter grade

the red is more like the price of the black

;w; I see RE4.. but thats the only other thing close to red.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

the red is more like the price of the black

A little less actually

7 minutes ago, Kenji the Uke said:

Bulk storage for most of my gaming library/misc stuff, as well as other things I'm at liberty to say =w= <3 Yar har, matey

A blue drive is FINE. when did you need a red for storing data lol.

[Enderman]

4 minutes ago, Kenji the Uke said:

;w; I see RE4.. but thats the only other thing close to red.

wd red

not re

http://www.amazon.com/Red-3TB-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B008JJLW4M

[done12many2]

3 hours ago, Enderman said:

but the black is loud

red gets almost as good speeds while running cooler and quieter

You're damn right it's louder.    Considerably faster than my reds, but it's definitely louder.

 

3 hours ago, Enderman said:

no, i was talking about the red

the red pro is more expensive and more datacenter grade

the red is more like the price of the black

Agreed.  The WD reds are about as good as you can get in the balance between performance, durability and noise.

[Kenji the Uke]

1 minute ago, josephaltareb said:

A little less actually

A blue drive is FINE. when did you need a red for storing data lol.

Blue is alright? ;w; Alright then.

 

1 minute ago, done12many2 said:

You're damn right it's louder.    Considerably faster than my reds, but it's definitely louder.

 

Agreed.  The WD reds are about as good as you can get in the balance between performance, durability and noise.

I can only find them in 5200rpm models. Dont I wanna aim for 7200?

[done12many2]

3 hours ago, josephaltareb said:

Any Harddrive will have sub 100MBS speed. its the Mean Time that matters.

Umm...  not quite.  There are several in the 200+ MB/s category and a whole lot running 100+ MB/s.

[Guest]

Just now, Kenji the Uke said:

 

I can only find them in 5200rpm models. Dont I wanna aim for 7200?

HDD obselence, i said. Contrary to some might believe Those 7200 RPM only goes ~20MBS faster, AND MOST OF THE TIME LESS!

 

[done12many2]

3 hours ago, Kenji the Uke said:

Blue is alright? ;w; Alright then.

 

I can only find them in 5200rpm models. Dont I wanna aim for 7200?

If your purpose is bulk storage, you don't really need to worry about it only being 5200 RPMs.  That's more than plenty.

[Kenji the Uke]

2 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

Umm...  not quite.  There are several in the 200+ MB/s category and a whole lot running 100+ MB/s.

;w; I would like speed too.. but that probably becomes with noise, right? 

 

1 minute ago, josephaltareb said:

HDD obselence, i said. Contrary to some might believe Those 7200 RPM only goes ~20MBS faster, AND MOST OF THE TIME LESS!

 

REALLY?! @W@  

 

1 minute ago, done12many2 said:

If your purpose is bulk storage, you don't really need to worry about it only being 5200 RPMs.  That's more than plenty.

;W; Alright

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Kenji the Uke said:

;w; I would like speed too.. but that probably becomes with noise, right? 

 

REALLY?! @W@  

 

;W; Alright

i might have overacted when i said most of the time less.

BLUE FREAKIN DRIVE... ONLY 50 dollars. NOTHING ELSE FITS IN YOUR USE CASE.

 

[done12many2]

3 hours ago, Kenji the Uke said:

;w; I would like speed too.. but that probably becomes with noise, right? 

Once again, the noise on Black series drives are substantially louder than Reds.  I have a Synology NAS filled will (8) WD 3TB drives.  I got a great deal on one of the drives, which was a Black series.  The remaining 7 are Reds.  I can hear that one drive over the other 7 and it's very loud.  I'm going to swap it out for a Red simply because I don't need the speed of that individual drive, since they are all running in a RAID anyways and that drive is essentially making noise for no real reason.  

[Kenji the Uke]

2 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

Once again, the noise on Black series drives are substantially louder than Reds.  I have a Synology NAS filled will (8) WD 3TB drives.  I got a great deal on one of the drives, which was a Black series.  The remaining 7 are Reds.  I can hear that one drive over the other 7 and it's very loud.  I'm going to swap it out for a Red simply because I don't need the speed of that individual drive, since they are all running in a RAID anyways and that drive is essentially making noise for no real reason.  

I'll go for a red then owo

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Kenji the Uke said:

I'll go for a red then owo

youre wasting 30 dollars by doing so but thats your choice.

Make sure you click that check button on his post to mark this topic as solved!

[done12many2]

3 hours ago, Kenji the Uke said:

I'll go for a red then owo

The only reason I'd go with a Red over blue is that the Reds are optimized for better data throughput at 5200 RPMs.  They are designed for sustained use in home servers and NAS units and have a much lower failure rate.