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    What's the best standard HDDs these days?

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    • guyinpvG
      guyinpv
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      Samsung 850 Pro 1TB is $469. That's a bit cost prohibitive for this application.

      I'm looking for a 1 or 2TB standard drive with as much performance as I can get.

      Probably a Seagate Firecuda then.

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      • coliverC
        coliver @guyinpv
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        @guyinpv said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

        Samsung 850 Pro 1TB is $469. That's a bit cost prohibitive for this application.

        I'm looking for a 1 or 2TB standard drive with as much performance as I can get.

        Probably a Seagate Firecuda then.

        Mushkin has a drive on sale today. 1TB for $250. Really not that far fetched.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          I'm not aware of anyone making 10K SATA 2TB drives.

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            stess @guyinpv
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            @guyinpv said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

            Samsung 850 Pro 1TB is $469. That's a bit cost prohibitive for this application.

            I'm looking for a 1 or 2TB standard drive with as much performance as I can get.

            Probably a Seagate Firecuda then.

            What's the use for it? I would invest more $$$ for performance. 850 Evo 1TB is about $340 atm. Does it has to be 3.5mm?
            I have 4x 1tb WD Blue in Raid 5 setup in my secondary computer. Not the best, but it is cheap. I use it for storing movies and such. Still SSD is a lot better.

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            • guyinpvG
              guyinpv
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              Of course SSD is better, but it's a 5 year old basic PC that will likely be replaced within the year. Current 1TB drive has been reporting a zillion bad blocks lately.
              It's got about 470GB used space so I did contemplate putting a 500GB SSD in there but just didn't want free space that tight. They copy a lot of pictures and video recordings on there.

              Anyway it's settled. Yay for Amazon Prime it will be delivered tomorrow.

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              • PenguinWranglerP
                PenguinWrangler @guyinpv
                last edited by PenguinWrangler

                @guyinpv What did you go with?

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender
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                  5 year old PC and you're asking for the fastest option? LOL Anything with enough storage at a price you're happy to pay should be fine.

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                  • RojoLocoR
                    RojoLoco @stess
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                    @stess said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                    @guyinpv said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                    Samsung 850 Pro 1TB is $469. That's a bit cost prohibitive for this application.

                    I'm looking for a 1 or 2TB standard drive with as much performance as I can get.

                    Probably a Seagate Firecuda then.

                    I have 4x 1tb WD Blue in Raid 5 setup in my secondary computer. Not the best, but it is cheap mathematically doomed to fail.

                    FTFY

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                      @Dashrender said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                      5 year old PC and you're asking for the fastest option? LOL Anything with enough storage at a price you're happy to pay should be fine.

                      Even five years ago, I was all SSD.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                        @Dashrender said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                        5 year old PC and you're asking for the fastest option? LOL Anything with enough storage at a price you're happy to pay should be fine.

                        Even five years ago, I was all SSD.

                        You're also made of money 🙂

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                        • stacksofplatesS
                          stacksofplates @DustinB3403
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                          @DustinB3403 said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                          I think the 18TB SSD is pretty regular, and awesome.

                          I have 4 of those in OBR10 on my desktop.

                          18TB? Are you from the future?

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                          • stacksofplatesS
                            stacksofplates
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                            I have a 1TB WD Blue SSD at work. It was $279 (even from CDW)

                            WD Blue 1TB Internal SSD Solid State Drive - SATA 6Gb/s 2.5 Inch - WDS100T1B0A https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXPENRR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_w--lzb5WE8F0T

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @stacksofplates
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                              @stacksofplates said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                              @DustinB3403 said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                              I think the 18TB SSD is pretty regular, and awesome.

                              I have 4 of those in OBR10 on my desktop.

                              18TB? Are you from the future?

                              No but I did get the storage amount wrong, 16TB.

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                              • guyinpvG
                                guyinpv
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                                Firecuda. It has an extra 8GB SSD cache with smartypants stuff built in.

                                Like I said, getting a 1TB SSD for whatever, $400, versus a 2TB Firecuda for $100 was just the better deal. It's an i5 3Ghz with 8GB so not horrible as just an office PC.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  8GB is a small cache, but will definitely make a difference. Depends heavily on workload.

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch
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                                    This entire discussion was stupid. There is never need to worry about a "best drive" for 99% of users. You buy what ever is cheap and available. Even more so because you have clearly stated this is a short term solution.

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                                    • BRRABillB
                                      BRRABill @JaredBusch
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                                      @JaredBusch said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                                      This entire discussion was stupid. There is never need to worry about a "best drive" for 99% of users. You buy what ever is cheap and available. Even more so because you have clearly stated this is a short term solution.

                                      Hear ye, the word of the lord. And rejoice, because it has been given unto you.

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                                      • guyinpvG
                                        guyinpv @BRRABill
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                                        @BRRABill said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                                        @JaredBusch said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                                        This entire discussion was stupid. There is never need to worry about a "best drive" for 99% of users. You buy what ever is cheap and available. Even more so because you have clearly stated this is a short term solution.

                                        Hear ye, the word of the lord. And rejoice, because it has been given unto you.

                                        You dare blaspheme the name of Jared!!?!?! Burn!!!

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch @guyinpv
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                                          @guyinpv said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                                          @BRRABill said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                                          @JaredBusch said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                                          This entire discussion was stupid. There is never need to worry about a "best drive" for 99% of users. You buy what ever is cheap and available. Even more so because you have clearly stated this is a short term solution.

                                          Hear ye, the word of the lord. And rejoice, because it has been given unto you.

                                          You dare blaspheme the name of Jared!!?!?! Burn!!!

                                          Say what you want, but th time you spent looking for drives, and then purchasing a drive that is probably double the cost of what you could have gotten, means money wasted.

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                                          • ObsolesceO
                                            Obsolesce
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                                            This would be my preference to replace the cheap one in my laptop. Perhaps the 500 GB version instead because its more affordable.

                                            Samsung m.2

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