Seagate 3TB

[MaxLG]

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB SATA3 64MB or Seagate NAS HDD 3TB SATA3?

What is the difference and which one do you recommend?

[Obione]

It is better built, but if you don't want it for NAS, I would go for the 7200.14 and look for another one for backup if the data to be stored is important.

[MaxLG]

But what does NAS have?

I just want a local drive for all my files

[Sylver]

If it's for the total space, I recommend you have several cheap 1Tb drives, you lose less percentage of Gb overall and you have more physical media available, because if 1 of 1 breaks, you're left with nothing, but if 1 of 3 breaks, you still have storage.

I say this because I bought a docking station this week and I'm very happy and pleased, I see that I can store things everywhere and the drives don't consume hours of life all day long when they're on :ugly:

Regards

[MaxLG]

Ok so I'm getting a tera.
But what 1TB hard drive do you recommend, for now I'll get the same model as before but with 1TB.

The PC I want to build is for gaming

[Sylver]

My colleague has just picked this one up for internal use:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB SATA3 ST1000DM003 Hard Drive

What I'm saying is to have several drives and plug them into one of these:

Sharkoon SATA QuickPort XT USB 3.0 Black 4044951011094 External USB Enclosure

It's the one I just bought and it's working great.

Best regards

[MaxLG]

Hey the PC is already going to be expensive, I don't want to buy any accessories, all I want is a good internal hard drive

[Sylver]

That's up to you. For the main drive, an SSD is recommended, and for data, an internal (or external) one like the Caviar Green that saves a lot of energy.

What I was saying is that if you want to have drives as storage, in my opinion it's better to have them this way, because if you have them all internal, every time you turn on the PC they will be working and therefore wasting hours of life, even if you don't use them directly. It's a bit of a conservative measure, all their lives the internal secondary drives have been working and nothing has happened, but nowadays they fail more easily than before, sectors start to get damaged, and ultimately, they give you headaches. For these reasons I have tried to cover myself with a docking station, but it's just my point of view.

Summary: If you want an internal drive as storage, the best one is a Caviar Green of the capacity you prefer.

Regards

[MaxLG]

And what is so special about it?

[Sylver]

The Green Caviar? Low RPMs and therefore lower power consumption, it is cooler than for example its superiors (Caviar Blue & Black) and also quieter. It is what is called an ideal disk for storage.

Best regards

[MaxLG]

But my pc will be for gaming and low RPMs are not good at all, I need more the better.

I have a 7200 RPM drive and it has worked perfectly for a long time.

The noise does not bother me, I almost always use headphones, besides they do not make that much noise

[Sylver]

Well, it starts by saying what you want it for, I thought you wanted it for storage.

In that case, as I told you, the best option is an SSD. Zero access times and superior performance for games and all types of programs, it's nothing like mechanical disks, it's another level. If you're not ready to make the jump to an SSD yet, you can always put a Seagate normal of 7200rpm and run, they are decent.

The Caviar Black as internal ones give better performance, in that they are fast but make more noise and get hotter. If those last details don't bother you as you commented, you can go for a Caviar Black.

Regards

[Franziskaner]

@MaxLG:

But my pc will be for gaming and low RPMs are not good at all, I need more the better.

I have a 7200 RPM drive and it has worked perfectly for a long time.

I don't care about the noise, I almost always use headphones, besides they don't make that much noise

Sylver in post 545167 recommends certain things to you.

if you want many revolutions, your drive is this one;D

and if you want it to be for data this one, but it is a little slower ;D
regards

[MaxLG]

HAHA but how do you place the cutter? won't it break the motherboard? xD
Hey but I'm not looking for a 200 euro disk xD
For now I'll get this one that seems pretty decent from the comments:
WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 64MB WD1002FAEX Hard Drive

[Franziskaner]

@Sylver:

That's up to you. For the main drive, an SSD is recommended, and for data, an internal (or external) like the Caviar Green that save a lot of energy.

if you only plan to have one hard drive ….. a black
the ideal is to have two hard drives, one for the OS and some games, and another for data
greetings
about the price, I think you've never commented on the budget and as you said you wanted a lot of RPM

[MaxLG]

The budget is a maximum of 900 for my computer, so I cut where I can.
For now I want a robust internal hard drive and then I'll get external ones.

With 7500 RPMs I'm already fine, with more RPMs it's not worth it, they consume a lot, they overheat and then they melt xD

[Sylver]

I suppose you mean 7200 rpm, because I don't know of any 7500 rpm disks... :ugly:
And as I say, hard drives now fail more easily than in the past, the rpm doesn't matter much, the disk that spins at 10,000 rpm is prepared to withstand them logically, it may fail under warranty just like it does at 8 years, when it has to fail it will fail.

I reiterate that for the system and games/programs, the best option is to invest in an SSD, and have another robust drive for data (or more than one). There is no comparison. But if you prefer to stick with internal ones, get the Seagate or the Caviar Black.

Regards

[MaxLG]

But an SSD is very expensive for the few GB it has, I can't spend that much for so little.
Besides, it's a pain because you have to transfer data internally because there are things that only work with the internal drive etc etc etc xD

[incrediboy]

@MaxLG:

But an SSD is very expensive for the few GB it has, I can't spend that much for so little.
Besides, it's a pain because you have to transfer data to the internal one because there are things that only work with the internal disk etc etc etc xD

you can put an SSD and a hard drive like the ones you've been looking at as internal ones (both at the same time).
if you have a low budget and want to cut somewhere, not putting the SSD is one of the worst things you can do, since it's the part where you'll notice the most difference in performance.

[MaxLG]

But I'm going to use very heavy games,
Also I don't know what problem a lifetime hard drive has, I have a mediocre computer with an i3, gt 630 and a 1TB hard drive and I can play BF3 or any game with graphics almost at maximum and I've never had performance problems.
By heavy I mean they take up a lot