So i want to get a larger hdd to backup my main, and serve as storage for movies and tv shows. And maybe a few games that i might sometimes play, but not often.
Ive seen that surveillance and NAS hdd are a bit cheaper than others. ive read some about these kinds and it seems they can work for my purpose, but are not ideal, in that they are just a bit slower at reading the data? is there anything else? or any way to get a surveillance hdd and make it change its priority of writing data, to make it more like a normal drive? or is that something you cannot really alter?
I have $50 credit at jet.com that i am trying to get rid of. Also jet.com has 15% off for me cause a coupon.
I am looking for at least a 3 tb hdd. Probably a 4 tb hdd, so i can give less fks about how much i store for now. Also because a 4 tb hdd seems to only cost an extra $20 for a whole extra 1 tb of data from a 3 td hdd.
Ive heard bad things about Seagate hdd, in that they have a much higher failure rate? this true?
So far this seems to be the best option, $115 for a 4tb WD Blue 5400RPM , seems to get good reviews? is $115 a decent price?
https://jet.com/product/Western-Digital-Blue-WD40EZRZ-4TB-5400RPM-SATA3SATA-60-GBs-64MB-Hard-Drive-35-in/1ec4325662a0491b9d8ff9b37cb2a8f8Are toshiba drives any good? $115 for a 4tb, 7200 RPM
https://jet.com/product/Toshiba-HDWE140XZSTA-4TB-Internal-Hard-Disk-Drive/5ed72907d25a48718fe661edb6e1a364Another toshiba, $95 for a 3 tb, 7200 RPM
https://jet.com/product/TOSHIBA-RETAIL-HARD-DRIVES-HDWD130XZSTA-3TB-35-INT-HDD-P300/94b46064453d4d23ab0d2d575904c3f7Or this seagate, 4tb, can maybe get it for $115 if they price match monoprice.com
https://jet.com/product/Seagate-4TB-BarraCuda-SATA-7200RPM-35-Inch-Internal-Hard-Drive-ST4000DM005/bf0057936e844d64a0c501224a742b7dim mainly looking at one of those 3 hdd that are 4 tb. it really comes down to seagate, vs toshiba, vs western digital? otherwise they all seem nearly identical right? any1 that i should definitely not get?edit: theres also this surveillance seagate 4tb for $102. so its a bit cheaper, but from what ive heard i should not get it
https://jet.com/product/Seagate-Surveillance-HDD-ST4000VX000-Hard-drive-4-TB-internal-35-inch-SATA-6Gbs-/9044ef8367d745db8d45cb9017c03ccfThis post was edited by noob_whacker on Jun 21 2017 04:02pm