Posted October 7, 2016 Putting together my first build and I was wandering if I should go with seagate barracuda or WD Black, or if there's a better option. If I go with the WD Black, I can afford a maximum of 1TB. The seagate is cheaper, but I've heard it's not very reliable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 Just now, prostrike33 said: Putting together my first build and I was wandering if I should go with seagate barracuda or WD Black, or if there's a better option. If I go with the WD Black, I can afford a maximum of 1TB. The seagate is cheaper, but I've heard it's not very reliable Seagate's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 1 minute ago, prostrike33 said: Putting together my first build and I was wandering if I should go with seagate barracuda or WD Black, or if there's a better option. If I go with the WD Black, I can afford a maximum of 1TB. The seagate is cheaper, but I've heard it's not very reliable And don't bother with the black, it's not worth it over the Blue really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 Just get WD blue, they are cheaper and still perform decently. Please quote our replys so we get a notification and can reply easily. Never cheap out on a PSU, or I will come to watch the fireworks. PSU Tier List My specs Spoiler PC: CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @4.8GHz CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VIII Hero GPU: Zotac AMP Extreme 1070 @ 2114Mhz Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 Power Supply: EVGA 750W G2 Peripherals Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX Browns Mouse: Logitech G502 Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver Monitor: U2713M @ 75Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 Just now, Starelementpoke said: And don't bother with the black, it's not worth it over the Blue really. Really? Isn't the Black supposed to be the "gaming" option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 Just now, prostrike33 said: Really? Isn't the Black supposed to be the "gaming" option? And Mac's are supposed to be worth the money they cost. And Razer supposedly gives you worth while periphals. And Beats are supposed to be good headphones. It's more over a perforrmance option rather than gaming, and it really isn't worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 1 minute ago, prostrike33 said: Really? Isn't the Black supposed to be the "gaming" option? its just alittle faster than the blue, don't bother with it, use the money for a better cpu/gpu, faster/larger ssd/hdd instead. i'm storing my games in a WD green 5400rpm drive and i don't notice it being slow. CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 Just now, Starelementpoke said: And Mac's are supposed to be worth the money they cost. And Razer supposedly gives you worth while periphals. And Beats are supposed to be good headphones. It's more over a perforrmance option rather than gaming, and it really isn't worth it. Ahaha true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 Can you buy HGST? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 All 3 HDD manufactures are fine, WD, Seagate and Toshiba (and their subsidies like Hitachi (HGST), IBM (HGST), Samsung, Maxtor, Fujitsu) may have some bad batches, but over all they are all fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 2 minutes ago, Mark77 said: Can you buy HGST? Looks pretty cheap. But honestly haven't heard of it till now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 2 minutes ago, prostrike33 said: Looks pretty cheap. But honestly haven't heard of it till now Have you heard of an "abomasum"? My recommendation would be WD, Seagate, or Hitachi. Get a drive that's larger if you have an SSD since the HDD will only be for storage. Cor Caeruleus Reborn v6 Spoiler CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4 Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14 Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA) Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel Headset Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 7, 2016 6 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said: All 3 HDD manufactures are fine, WD, Seagate and Toshiba (and their subsidies like Hitachi (HGST), IBM (HGST), Samsung, Maxtor, Fujitsu) may have some bad batches, but over all they are all fine Exactly this. I've had a good mix of most of these brands over the years and the only issue I had was with a WD drive I dropped and a Toshiba laptop drive that threw smart errors all day long after being dropped multiple times over a couple of years. Silent build - You know your pc is too loud when the deaf complain. Windows 98 gaming build, smells like beige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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