I'm looking at getting one of these drives and tossing up between the 2tb or 3tb.
What I've noticed is there is a very slight price difference between the two and then a massive one between the 3tb and 4tb
Can anyone comment as to why that would be and provide any personal experience with them?
I'm predominantly after a reasonable amount of storage for games and understand that loading times on 7200 rpm drives will be better than say the WD greens.
As I'm not made of money, 2TB SSDs are out of the question and the 7200 Seagates seem t be comparable to the WD Greens in terms of price
As for reliability, the games are going to be downloaded from Steam Origin etc so if it fails, anything lost is recoverable. So that's not a big concern
I have a 256gig SSD with my OS and a few games so it doesn't last long after a few recent titles. The other drive i have is a 2nd hand 1tb WD Green.
You should be able to find a 7200 WD Blue for around the same price as a 7200 seagate if you shop around a bit or wait for a special ;)
funny you mention seagate and toss in the same sentence
i had to toss out my old two seagate's in my old computer
havent used them since
My 3tb seagate died after just over 2 years - warranty is only 2 years.
I already refer people to this blog when this question comes up: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-…
Handy link to have in the favourites - thanks!
As for reliability, the games are going to be downloaded from Steam Origin etc so if it fails, anything lost is recoverable. So that's not a big concern
Really? Maybe should be.
As Above + Moar Below, including Q3 reliability -
Even allowing for various Backblaze controversy, and in the overall, Seagate display here as having pulled-up their reliability socks:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bl…
Certain models in their 3TB range contributed significantly to the nastiest part of that graph:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bl…
Current, Q3, Backblaze update, which may include models of interest to you that are still current:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-q3-201…
Cute video to place on your new hard drive in order to distract you from playing too many games from the Steam folder -
Place video in the @°O°@ folder: https://instagram.com/p/AlRrgwFan/
What I meant by reliability that I was not overly worried about losing data, as the data is recoverable easily through reliable & legimate means.
I would be concerned with the hard drive dying completely - but I suppose that goes with the territory when talking about teh above.
As for the last link - no go, has been removed ;(
Cute!
3 TB have historically been the sweet spot for cost per byte. This happens because higher densities in the same amount of physical space costs more to manufacture, and they charge a premium on higher capacity drives coz its usually the enthusiasts that go for them and they can afford it. But as even higher capacity drives continue to hit the market and saturate the commercial market, the cost per byte of the 4tb should, in theory, continue to drop to around or just above the 3tb drives. However there are other market forces at play as well that may be keeping it high such as exchange rate, supply/demand, etc.
The general consensus on brands seem to be that WD has a slight edge over Seagate in terms of reliability, so if you can get a wd for the same price get that instead. But always be aware that mechanical hard drives can die at any moment. Their warranties are usually pretty good and easy to action, but that doesnt help you if you lose all your precious photos on it so ALWAYS BACK UP.