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Which 2/3 tb hardrive 3.5" for storage only?

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  • 25-08-2012 5:42pm
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    Sneachta
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭


    Hey guys,
    Need a new internal harddrive for desktop for storing music, pics, movies etc.
    Was gonna go with 2tb or 3tb depending on value for money specs etc.

    Any recommendations please?


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    Serephucus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    With most places currently, they're about the same value, with 3TB drives being slightly worse value.

    I'd go with a 3TB Seagate Barracuda if it were me.


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    Sneachta
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭Sneachta


    @ Serephucus

    Thanks for the reply. Any recommendations on where to buy?


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    JackieChan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭JackieChan


    Dabs, appear to have the best price at just under €150.

    Amazon are about the same,maybe a euro or two more


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    Sneachta
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭Sneachta


    Thanks for the links Jackie Chan.

    Just wondering considering it will be used purely for storing music etc would I be better off to go with 5400rpm to save energy or is there much difference do you think?


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    [Deleted User]
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    The power consumption difference is minimal if you were to work out the cost over a year. However there is a noticeable heat and noise difference if that is a factor for you.

    I would go for a Samsung or WD personally (in that order).


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    deconduo
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    The power consumption difference is minimal if you were to work out the cost over a year. However there is a noticeable heat and noise difference if that is a factor for you.

    I would go for a Samsung or WD personally (in that order).

    No more Samsung drives anymore, they were taken over by Seagate. The Spinpoint F4s are still being sold under the Seagate name however:

    http://www1.hardwareversand.de/5400+RPM/58234/Seagate+Barracuda+Spinpoint+HD204UI+2TB+SATA+II.article


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    There's Western Digital Red drives which come with 3 years warranty. Price is a bit higher than green drives although there's a few improvements in speed and power.


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    [Deleted User]
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    deconduo wrote: »
    No more Samsung drives anymore, they were taken over by Seagate. The Spinpoint F4s are still being sold under the Seagate name however:

    http://www1.hardwareversand.de/5400+RPM/58234/Seagate+Barracuda+Spinpoint+HD204UI+2TB+SATA+II.article

    There's still plenty of Samsung labelled drives in the supply chain and the Seagate labelled ones are still Samsung manufactured just with a mixed Seagate/Samsung label.

    So it should still be safe to buy a Samsung and know you're getting one made in the Samsung factories, but yes in the future there won't be any more 'real' Samsungs.
    There's Western Digital Red drives which come with 3 years warranty. Price is a bit higher than green drives although there's a few improvements in speed and power.
    They have TLER which makes them suitable for RAID use (unlike the Greens) however it makes them a little less suited for non-RAID use.


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    You can disable the TLER if you have no use for it with the WD software.


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    breadbin
    Registered Users Posts: 692 ✭✭✭breadbin


    i like hitachi, i think they are owned by western digital now but i have one in my ps3 and its doing mighty. i also have a samsung in my pc and its grand too no bothers, in the last few years i have had both seagates and western digital hard disks fail on me. although these are external so i don't know if that has something to do with it.

    i think its horses for courses and you can be lucky wiht the drive you get. they are all fairly reliable these days but it might be better to split your data over 2 smaller drives?


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