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14 hours ago, Mike Soda said:

Well by backup I was including a backup boot drive as well. Meaning if my 850 EVO ever failed, I'd still be able to enjoy decent performance while I waited for a replacement to ship. Are you saying that even in that case, the boot time difference between Seagate FireCuda & WD Black is too small to notice?

Oh, ok. If by SSHD you mean a hybrid drive, Then yes. Apparently that since it takes a while for the hybrid to kick in, it is not worth it. Get the more reliable HDD.

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I'm looking for a highly reliable, long lasting & very fast 1TB backup HDD for my 1st PC I'm building in a couple months. I know that seems like very early shopping but I've been slowly buying parts already in order to take advantage of the best possible sales. So far my 2 immediate options are Seagate FireCuda & Western Digital Black, both have a 5 year warranty, are around the same price, but I hear WD is slightly more reliable while SG is a little faster being an SSHD. However another feature I've been unable to find is Shock Resistance, I've seen External Portable HDD's that have this feature but not an internal one. I have a MasterCase Pro 3 & I suspect that a shock resistant external HDD could be mounted to the HDD Cage Base Plate that's also intended for a reservoir but am unsure. I'd greatly appreciate any & all suggestions regarding the two above options plus any other choices I might of missed.

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10 minutes ago, Mike Soda said:

I'm looking for a highly reliable, long lasting & very fast 1TB backup HDD for my 1st PC I'm building in a couple months. I know that seems like very early shopping but I've been slowly buying parts already in order to take advantage of the best possible sales. So far my 2 immediate options are Seagate FireCuda & Western Digital Black, both have a 5 year warranty, are around the same price, but I hear WD is slightly more reliable while SG is a little faster being an SSHD. However another feature I've been unable to find is Shock Resistance, I've seen External Portable HDD's that have this feature but not an internal one. I have a MasterCase Pro 3 & I suspect that a shock resistant external HDD could be mounted to the HDD Cage Base Plate that's also intended for a reservoir but am unsure. I'd greatly appreciate any & all suggestions regarding the two above options plus any other choices I might of missed.

For backup, don't get an SSHDD. It will be of no advantage to you.

 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor,

 Motherboard: ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard, 

Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory,

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive, 

Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card, 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case , 

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply, 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full, 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N USB 2.0 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter, Case Fan: Corsair Air Series White 2 pack 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan

 

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41 minutes ago, King_of_Oz said:

For backup, don't get an SSHDD. It will be of no advantage to you.

Well by backup I was including a backup boot drive as well. Meaning if my 850 EVO ever failed, I'd still be able to enjoy decent performance while I waited for a replacement to ship. Are you saying that even in that case, the boot time difference between Seagate FireCuda & WD Black is too small to notice?

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Sorry this was a double post.

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14 hours ago, Mike Soda said:

Well by backup I was including a backup boot drive as well. Meaning if my 850 EVO ever failed, I'd still be able to enjoy decent performance while I waited for a replacement to ship. Are you saying that even in that case, the boot time difference between Seagate FireCuda & WD Black is too small to notice?

Oh, ok. If by SSHD you mean a hybrid drive, Then yes. Apparently that since it takes a while for the hybrid to kick in, it is not worth it. Get the more reliable HDD.

 

Since I am to lazy to put something interesting here, I will put everything, but slightly abbreviated. Here is everything:

 

42

 

also, some questions to make you wonder about life:

 

What is I and who is me? Who is you? Which armrest in the movie theatre is yours?

 

also,

 

Welcome to the internet, I will be your guide. Or something.

 

 

My build:

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor,

 Motherboard: ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard, 

Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory,

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive, 

Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card, 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case , 

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply, 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full, 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N USB 2.0 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter, Case Fan: Corsair Air Series White 2 pack 52.2 CFM  120mm Fan

 

ou do not ask why, you ask why not -me

 

Remeber kinds, the only differ between screwing around and scince is writing it down. -Adam Savage.

 

Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not even sure of the former. - Albert Einstein.

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14 hours ago, King_of_Oz said:

Oh, ok. If by SSHD you mean a hybrid drive, Then yes. Apparently that since it takes a while for the hybrid to kick in, it is not worth it. Get the more reliable HDD.

Thanks I will, also glad I can decide on WD Black because it'll match build as Seagate FireCuda has a green/orange label.

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