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 Posted: Thu, 27th Dec 2018 23:11 Post subject: Most reliable / longest lifespan 2/3TB HDD? |
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My Seagate HDD is already starting to show bad signs, some bad sectors popped up, which is strange considering it's been used only 1 year, if even that. Been downloading things quite a bit lately, but I don't think I pushed it that much. I don't really want to mess too much with it until I have one to backup some of the things on it. I want to get a new HDD anyway because I left the PC back in Romania with only a small SSD, so if I can fix the current one it'll go back in that one.
So the thing is, WD Black is a very obvious choice, but I was wondering if it actually is the best one for what I want. I already have a 1TB SSD for games. The HDD I'll be using for storing and downloading stuff. Would a WD Red be better for that? Do the Red ones even work properly as normal HDDs? What should I go for?
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Dec 2018 23:13 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 29th Dec 2018 06:50 Post subject: |
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Been reading around a bit more and it seems like it might be best to still go with a Black. The reason I was curious about a Red one instead is because I can find those quite a bit cheaper and I don't necessarily need the fastest HDD and they are just as reliable if not more than the Black ones.
I found a 2TB Black one that's been only repackaged on Amazon.it that's around €100. Seems the best thing to go for right now. I imagine it's perfectly fine if that's what they marked it as only.
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Morphineus
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| Posted: Sat, 29th Dec 2018 12:41 Post subject: |
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Red's are also quite less noisy than black. Got two reds in the NAS, WD black in the waifu's PC and fucking hell that thing can roar at times while the reds are pretty silent even without a padded encasing.
If you don't need the speed, go red and save some cash and check for a deal. There should be a WD promotion once a month. 
The worst experience I had were the 3TB green's. Had to RMA 2... 3rd one I didled around with to adjust the spin-up behaviour and since then no problems. Still wouldn't go green again though.
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| Posted: Sat, 29th Dec 2018 13:48 Post subject: |
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got a 2tb wd blue and im more then happy with it.
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| Posted: Sat, 29th Dec 2018 18:46 Post subject: |
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Blue = green so watch out. I've had two greens die on me after a few years so I went black instead.
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Frant
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| Posted: Sat, 29th Dec 2018 20:20 Post subject: |
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If they're just used for storage without extensive delete/writes every day you should be fine with most drives.
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| Posted: Sat, 29th Dec 2018 20:53 Post subject: |
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WD Blue 1TB failed me twice in a 5 year span. However, I was using them to torrent and download shit. Went back to Seagate and no problems so far!
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| Posted: Sat, 29th Dec 2018 21:55 Post subject: |
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@Frant You would think so, but the Seagate I have now is not considered a bad HDD as far as I know and yet... I'm having problems with it already.
Green I was never even considering. I used one for a time, which to be fair was already used, and it was very slow and seemed to struggle a lot. Just don't really see the point in them.
Blue I've had before and it lasted quite some time, managed to go through 2 PCs, but in the end it did go bust, pretty much completely. Don't really want one again, might as well try the other flavours, heh.
Red I could buy a 3TB one if I do. From what I understand with these for general PC use is that you'd have to disable some technology it has regarding accessing bad sectors and such. At the same time, even though my current HDD has 3TB, I don't really need this much. Which brings me to:
Black - here the only question right now is: if I buy one, do I buy the repackaged one from Amazon and risk it or do I pay about €20 more and get one from where I work, pick it myself from the boxes they come in?
I'm bad at taking decisions. 
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| Posted: Sat, 29th Dec 2018 22:39 Post subject: Re: Most reliable / longest lifespan 2/3TB HDD? |
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| DarkRohirrim wrote: | | My Seagate HDD is already starting to show bad sign? |
Congrats on owning the worst manufacturer in existance right now..Seagate.
for storage, get a WD RED. I own three WD80EFAX drives.. all schucked and taken out of their case to use for my POS seagates that I don't trust anymore as backup..
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