Reliable 2 tb hd

[Trnzaddict]

Hi can someone recommend a reliable 2 tb hd to stick a hyperspin setup on? My setup is finally coming to an end, and now it's time to make a dedicated HS drive. It's going to be an external case. I was going to go with the silver rosewill external case from newegg.com but there's sooooo many 2 tb drives out there i didn't know which to buy.

Will hd speed ie rpm speed affect performance of the frontend as well as it's being read?

I was going to go with a wd caviar black with 64 mb cache and 7200 rpm speed.

I just really don't want to spend like a week loading all the vids, games only to have it crash in a week.

Thanks

[Lailoken]

In my experience it doesn't matter too much what brand it is as long as it's a "known" brand. You'll hear stories about any brand being faulty or dying within 3 months, but that's mostly a side-product of mass production rather than an issue with a specific company.

Honestly, there are probably lesser known brands that work just fine as well, but I would stick with a company that at least have good customer support, just in case the drive is faulty. Namely, brands like Samsung, Toshiba, Seagate, Western Digital and Fujitsu (probably some others I can't think of).

RPM speed does increase performance, but from what I've heard cache really doesn't do anything noticeable to the average user.

If you're paranoid enough, you can buy 2 drives and use one as a back-up.

On a side node, if you're willing to spend the extra cash, having HyperSpin and Windows on an SSD would increase performance. You would still need an HHD for storage capacity, though.

[Trnzaddict]

In my experience it doesn't matter too much what brand it is as long as it's a "known" brand. You'll hear stories about any brand being faulty or dying within 3 months, but that's mostly a side-product of mass production rather than an issue with a specific company.

Honestly, there are probably lesser known brands that work just fine as well, but I would stick with a company that at least have good customer support, just in case the drive is faulty. Namely, brands like Samsung, Toshiba, Seagate, Western Digital and Fujitsu (probably some others I can't think of).

RPM speed does increase performance, but from what I've heard cache really doesn't do anything noticeable to the average user.

If you're paranoid enough, you can buy 2 drives and use one as a back-up.

On a side node, if you're willing to spend the extra cash, having HyperSpin and Windows on an SSD would increase performance. You would still need an HHD for storage capacity, though.


Yea but ssd's are way expensive. My setup weighs in at around 1.7 tb. I would like to have everything on 1 drive.

Thanks for the advice!

I think i'm going to go with the wd caviar black.

[loppydog]

the "black" model is a good choice. I think its WD's top of the line model. I have been using a "black" 1 TB HD for about a year now and it is great so far!

[SophT]

if you want to add a little bit more data security go for the 'enterprise' grade drives - I believe the Seagates are the 'es' model, and WD has some sort too.

Basically they guarantee you a higher MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) - and the drives go through a bit more rigorous testing at the factory.