Looking for a large non-SSD Storage for Games

[Jupiter76]

Hello.

 

So, about to get my PSU upgraded.

 

Now looking for a storage for games, as I doubt I need more than a terrabyte for games.

 

I have been looking at Western Digital Black Edition, one terrabyte, but not sure if there's anything similar from Seagate to that, or if so, which would or should it be? Maybe a SSHD as it is not as expensive as a SSD but more inbetween. 

 

This is to get the majority of games that I do not play as much as the others, my games I play most on are on the SSD I have already.

[Budjet Tech]

I got myself a 4tb hdd by seagate from newegg.

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822179299

[themctipers]

blacks are not worth it

and sshds are not worth it either

 

either:

large blue drive

large red drive

large gold drive 

[Jupiter76]

Just now, themctipers said:

blacks are not worth it

and sshds are not worth it either

 

either:

large blue drive

large red drive

large gold drive 

How do they compare to Seagate's Ironwolf and Firecuda or whatever they're called, trying to get the most out of the money.

[Oshino Shinobu]

An SSHD is barely better than an HDD, it's not really worthy of being called in-between an HDD and SSD, it's more like an HDD with some benefits for specific circumstances. A 64GB SSD to use for Intel RST caching would be better than an SSHD and the whole thing would end up around the same cost.

 

The Seagate 7200RPM Barracuda is probably the closest to the WD Black, though I believe the Black still performs better and has a better warranty. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, WPMP36 said:

How do they compare to Seagate's Ironwolf and Firecuda or whatever they're called, trying to get the most out of the money.

Firecuda are the SSHDs, Barracuda are the HDDs. Seagate's 7200RPM Barracuda drives are probably the best performance for the money, similar to the Toshiba P300 and the WD 7200RPM Blue drives. Any one of those three will do well, so go for the cheapest of them. 

[Overlandr]

MIght as well get a larger capacity drive, like a 3TB Toshiba P300

[NrKj105]

Toshiba's X300 models are darn fast and big
 

[Jupiter76]

Looking at WD Black 1 Terrabyte and then BarraCuda 1TB, it seems the BarraCuda is just so little faster than the WD Black, and costs less.

But looking at this here.

http://hdd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/WD-Black-1TB-2013-vs-Seagate-Barracuda-1TB-2016/1822vs3896

[themctipers]

1 minute ago, WPMP36 said:

Looking at WD Black 1 Terrabyte and then BarraCuda 1TB, it seems the BarraCuda is just so little faster than the WD Black, and costs less.

But looking at this here.

http://hdd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/WD-Black-1TB-2013-vs-Seagate-Barracuda-1TB-2016/1822vs3896

go for barracuda for price/$

go for black if you just want to throw money to say you have a wd black

go for blue if you want only 1tb

[Not_Sean]

IIRC a black is just a Blue that went through more testing to ensure its better. They are the same drives. 

Honestly, OP asking whats faster between two 7200rpm drives is the same as asking how long is a piece of string. THey hard drives, they for large cheap storage. If you want performance get an SSD. it's that simple. 

[aezakmi]

get the wd blue if you don't need more than a TB

 

 

[DirtyManDan]

Barracuda=WD Blue and Firecuda =WD Black

[Aniallation]

A hard drive is a hard drive these days. Whatever's cheaper between a WD Blue and Seagate Barracuda.

 

SSHD's do nothing for gaming, unless all you do is play a game that's smaller than 8GB in size, but if you are why are you buying a big HDD in the first place

[Noyu]

On 2/2/2018 at 5:02 AM, Not_Sean said:

IIRC a black is just a Blue that went through more testing to ensure its better. They are the same drives. 

just to clarify: higher capacity Blues (2TB and above) are only 5400RPM, as opposed to Black's 7200RPM for all capacities.

 

personally though I just get whatever's cheapest ahahaha the IIRC the difference between 7200RPM and 5400RPM is not even noticeable in realworld scenarios.