Desktop HDD recommendations?

[Vectraat]

So, I'm wondering what you guys recommend for high capacity desktop storage? Maybe a top 3?

 

I have a spare 10 TB WD RED that I was going to use for my NAS, but I'm thinking of maybe using it for my desktop instead. However, It's only 5400 RPM and I don't see why I should want anything less than 7200 RPM in a desktop environment.

 

I plan on transferring large files to this drive/doing a lot of uploading and installing my Steam library on it, which is where the 5400 RPM may be disappointing. On the other hand, It's a NAS drive so it should be able to handle the high workload I'm going to throw at it.

 

I have 2 other hard drives in my PC and an SSD. I was considered WD Blacks, but they only go up to 6 TB according to Western Digital's website and of course, they're one of the most noisy drives around

[Electronics Wizardy]

How much do you want to spend? How many tb?

 

The 5400 vs 7200 rpm really can't be compared, you have to look at benchmarks of the drive, as there are other factors to speeds like platter density and cache. 

 

Look at the seagate barracuda pro drives and iron wolk, but that 10tb wd red should work fine here.

[Vectraat]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

How much do you want to spend? How many tb?

 

The 5400 vs 7200 rpm really can't be compared, you have to look at benchmarks of the drive, as there are other factors to speeds like platter density and cache. 

 

Look at the seagate barracuda pro drives and iron wolk, but that 10tb wd red should work fine here.

Well, I spent $420 on this WD RED 10 TB drive before taxes, so nothing more expensive than that.

I'd say 8-10 TB.

I can pretty much get an 8 TB Red Pro or 8 TB Gold here for the cost of 1x 10 TB Red.

I know about the IronWolf drives but they're NAS drives - same as WD Red. Though, they're 7200 RPM for the kinda storage I want. *shrugs*

Maybe I'm just overthinking this and should STFU and install the 10 TB WD Red and be done with it.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Vectraat said:

I know about the IronWolf drives but they're NAS drives - same as WD Red. Though, they're 7200 RPM for the kinda storage I want. *shrugs*

The nas drives are nothing special. The main differences compared to desktop drives are tler(they fail a data request on a bad block much faster than on desktop drives, this keeps them from falling out of raid arrays, only a factor if there are issues on the drive) and some vibration restance. They will work fine on a desktop.

 

2 minutes ago, Vectraat said:

Maybe I'm just overthinking this and should STFU and install the 10 TB WD Red and be done with it.

Thats what id do. A cache will help you more than a 7200rpm drive would if you want a bit more speed aswell.

[Firewrath9]

Mabye add some optane. By the way how many steam games are you going to need at once. 1tb is already 50 games...

[Vectraat]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

The nas drives are nothing special. The main differences compared to desktop drives are tler(they fail a data request on a bad block much faster than on desktop drives, this keeps them from falling out of raid arrays, only a factor if there are issues on the drive) and some vibration restance. They will work fine on a desktop.

 

Thats what id do. A cache will help you more than a 7200rpm drive would if you want a bit more speed aswell.

Eh? So desktop drives are better for desktops? Not sure I follow your first comment. Can you explain a bit further? 

Well, IronWolf drives come with 256 cache too and they're 7200 RPM. 

[Vectraat]

1 minute ago, Firewrath9 said:

Mabye add some optane. By the way how many steam games are you going to need at once. 1tb is already 50 games...

Probably just around 30.

 

I think maybe I should care about the RPM more than anything? I don't know though. My externals and the existing 2 internals are 5400 RPM, so that'll be my bottleneck I'd assume when I'm transferring files. But I also plan to use this drive to store my media files which are HUGE, and to upload large files on a regular basis. Like I said, whatever drive I use will take a beating and NAS drives are designed for 24/7 operation. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, Vectraat said:

Eh? So desktop drives are better for desktops? Not sure I follow your first comment. Can you explain a bit further? 

I was trying to say a nas drives works just fine in a desktop.

 

2 minutes ago, Vectraat said:

Well, IronWolf drives come with 256 cache too and they're 7200 RPM. 

Well according to this, the red 10tb is a bit faster than a 10tb ironwolf.

 

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8231/wd-red-10tb-nas-hdd-review/index6.html

 

Id just use the red though. Add a ssd cache if you want faster, your not getting too much faster than that drive.

[Vectraat]

3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

I was trying to say a nas drives works just fine in a desktop.

 

Well according to this, the red 10tb is a bit faster than a 10tb ironwolf.

 

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8231/wd-red-10tb-nas-hdd-review/index6.html

 

Id just use the red though. Add a ssd cache if you want faster, your not getting too much faster than that drive.

Hmm that's kinda strange.
It looks like on that test the WD RED is a fair bit faster than the IronWolf?

Which I don't really understand since the 10 TB Red is 5400 RPM while the IronWolf is 7200 RPM.

[Electronics Wizardy]

6 hours ago, Vectraat said:

Hmm that's kinda strange.
It looks like on that test the WD RED is a fair bit faster than the IronWolf?

Which I don't really understand since the 10 TB Red is 5400 RPM while the IronWolf is 7200 RPM.

And thats why I say there is more to speed than rpm.

 

If you want a faster drive go with something like a wd gold, but your gettinga bout 10% more performance on average, and spending a good amount more. Id just use your wd red here.

 

You can use storage spaces to add a ssd tier to speed it up if you want.