Generic Brand HDD?

[DeLuN]

I am looking for cheap reliable storage for backup. I will use it in my R5 case so noise shouldn't be a concern. It will be mostly read operation and speed isn't much of a concern either.

I was looking for some cheap green drives and 3TB seems to offer the best GB/$ ratio. I saw the generic brand HDD on both Amazon and Newegg. I am not very familiar with those. Has try them before? What do you guys think about it?

 

EX: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD3KE4290

 

[manikyath]

but.. off memory.. isnt that thing around the same price as a 3TB toshiba?

[Erkel]

29 minutes ago, DeLuN said:

I am looking for cheap reliable storage for backup. I will use it in my R5 case so noise shouldn't be a concern. It will be mostly read operation and speed isn't much of a concern either.

I was looking for some cheap green drives and 3TB seems to offer the best GB/$ ratio. I saw the generic brand HDD on both Amazon and Newegg. I am not very familiar with those. Has try them before? What do you guys think about it?

 

EX: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD3KE4290

 

Appears to be a Western Digital.  Likely some stripped down application specific model that is excess or old stock out of a large datacenter.  

 

I avoid it, unless you are willing to buy them in bulk and test and verify that they will work for you application first