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Post subject: New harddrive  Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 9:36 pm |
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I need a new harddrive but not sure what to get so I come to ask you muppets  . What should I get? Some of you are brilliant at this so just tell me what to buy.. I read that Hitachi Deskstars has a lot less errors than Seagate barracuda plus I've read about issues with WD green and red (but what about black?) I need it for the usual stuff.. gaming and storage and it's doent have to be super big (1-2 TB should be plenty). I haven't been gaming for ages but I was thinking about doing it a bit again on thursdays nights (or when pls are on these days). _________________  .................................. FYI: Donald Duck = Anders And (in Danish) 
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Post subject: Re: New harddrive Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 10:51 am |
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I have a WD Black drive, seems to do it's job well Can't remember too much but that line got good reviews back when I bought it, 2 years ago I think? You could go for the more expensive NAS designed ones, supposed to be (quite) a bit more stable/durable, but feck knows which one is best  Haven't been up to date with hardware for a while tbh
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Post subject: Re: New harddrive Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 1:09 pm |
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If you dont need to much storage, then go for a ssd, use it for the OS and games. You could always add a normal mechanical drive for storage.
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Post subject: Re: New harddrive Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 3:52 pm |
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Post subject: Re: New harddrive Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:13 am |
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Quote: I've read about issues with WD green and red (but what about black?) I have a WD Blue seems fine tbh  _________________ 
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Post subject: Re: New harddrive Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 6:32 pm |
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WD blue, they have replaced the greens
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Post subject: Re: New harddrive Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 6:56 pm |
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Thanks all.
I ended up picking a Toshiba HDD it should be the same as the Hitachi Deskstar which is suppose to have a low fail rate. I will get a SSD for Windows etc like Coolman suggested.
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Post subject: Re: New harddrive Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 1:19 am |
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I agree with Coolman - Get a SSD Windows ( min 250Gb) and use the mech drive for storage. I've got the same set up: InternalOS Drive - Crucial: 128GB SSD - (Runtime of 8815 hours and HWinfo says it has 98% life remaining) Win 10 Seagate: 1TB External (For back up of main disks (Acronis images)) Western Digital 2TB USB 3 (Kept switch off unless I need to back up) _________________ 
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