Replacing WD Black

[Pedro31]

So I have a 1TB Western Digital black, and its almost full, Ive cleaned it up a couple of times but it keeps getting full, So I need a 2TB one, heres the problem this thing is loud as hugs, getting a second one for raid 0 inst really a option, so my question is, what 2TB hdd or shdd under 150 euros is there that has around the same performance has the WD black but makes less noise, I was considering a Seagate SHHD witch I think is 5200rpm. Would this do it, I read somewhere (dont renember where that it was way slower), maybe I could get a laptop hdd and a ssd for cache?

http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/consumer/upgrade/desktop-solid-state-hybrid-drive/

 

Keep in mind this is just to store games I have a Raid 0 array with 240GB kingstone fury's for the OP, Programs and Downloads. But I whant my games to load fast.

[SageOfSpice]

Do NOT get a hybrid, just get a decent HDD.

 

What kind of noise is it making out of curiosity? Have you tried dampening the drive with some acoustic or anti-vibration padding?

 

The only time I have ever had issues with HDD noise is when it's reverberating because it isn't properly secured, or when my case is reverberating because the contact points with surfaces aren't dampened.

[dizmo]

You seriously play more than 1tb worth of games?

If I were you I'd just get a cheap 1TB SSD, and only have the games you play regularly installed.

If not, just grab higher capacity WD Blue.

 

Don't bother with hybrid drives.

[Pedro31]

1tb ssd's are too expensive, and I do play most of them, of couse no all, and it still has some space, wight now it has 300GB left, I could free up to 500GB but in a couple of months it would be full again, just one a higher capacity to have some leg room.

[Pedro31]

Ever since it fell on the ground the noise has gotten worse, I think it might not last much longer because of that, but even when it was new it aways made a lot of noise, I have it secured in a corsair 750d, I used some rubber pading underneat to reduce the sound and made it so it shuts down after 1 minute of inactivity.

[scottyseng]

I would run a test using WD Lifeguard Diagnostic (Extended Test) to make sure that WD Black isn't failing. You might consider a WD Red (They're pretty fast) or a HGST NAS drive (Also fast...but a bit on the noisy side). Sadly 7200 RPM drives aren't quiet by nature usually. My 4TB WD Red gets around 160MB/s sequential read and write, but my 4TB WD Re SAS drive gets around 180MB/s sequential read and write. The Re is the fastest drive made by WD (Well, except the new Gold enterprise series).

 

If a drive fell on the ground, it's life span can be heavily reduced if dropped in the right way (even while off).

[brighttail]

Honestly your 1TB WD Black is about the best there is. If you need to make room and aren't playing all 1TB of those games, you might consider an External HD to move things over.

Otherwise, 4TB HDDs are relatively cheap. You don't have to get the WD Black, tho I recommend them as I have 4 at home.  One for my wife, one for me and two in RAID 1 for my business.