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What Harddrive should I get?
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http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178380&ignorebbr=1&_ga=1.164911103.131428430.1468618710

Seagate Hybrid Drive ST2000DX001 2TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s NCQ 3.5" Desktop SSHD  Its like $119.00 which is super cheap.

OR this mechanical HardDrive which is like $160.00
WD Black 2TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD2003FZEX
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236624&ignorebbr=1&_ga=1.159390461.131428430.1468618710

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: The5thElement]
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The seagate should be faster right? Both 2TB which is what I'm looking for. I duno, anyone think I'm better off with the Western Digital? I just need it for gaming so obiously the SSD would be the way to go.

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: The5thElement]
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I usually go with Seagate over WD, but I have no experience with SSDs so that's a hard one. If it were me I'd probably go with the WD just because I don't really know much about SSDs or their vulnerabilities. I know they used to (maybe still are) pretty damn expensive and one for just over 100 dollars would make me kinda nervous about it's longevity.

BTW I Just went to look and see if SSDs are still pretty expensive and Amazon has it with free shipping for 90.. https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST2000DX001/dp/B00EIQTKAS/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1477345474&sr=1-8&keywords=solid+state+drive


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: The5thElement]
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I don't know a ton about hardrives but I am cheap and would opt for the first one probably.

If they both have a 64/mb transfer speed I imagine there won't be a huge difference but like I said I don't know for sure.

Personally I would probably opt for an even cheaper 1TP drive as that would be plenty of space for me and you may be able to find one for 50% he price of the cheaper 2TB one.


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Don't worry about me, I've got all that I need. And I'm singing my song to the sky

You know how it feels, With the breeze of the sun in your eyes. Not minding that time's passing by

I've got all and more, My smile, just as before. Is all that I carry with me

I talk to myself, I need nobody else. I'm lost and I'm mine, yes I'm free


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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: The5thElement]
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My specs

Asus z97-Pro
Geforce GTX 770
i-7 4790k
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD
Western
Digital
Black 1TB
7200RPM
6.0Gb/s SATA3
Hard Drive

There shouldn't be a problem running 2 SSD's and one HDD on my computer do you guys think?

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: The5thElement]
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I definatly want 2 TB, even tho 1TB lasted me about one and a half years.
The extra 40$ for me isn't a huge deal, but it is nice. I always assumed for gaming anyways, that SSD was the way to go. I mean I read both reviews and even some on other products and it seems like weather Mechanical or Solid state, a lot of people experience having their components fail. It's just dicey because SSD's are always more expensive but in this case the SSD is cheaper which Is wierd.

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: Shroomslip]
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BTW I Just went to look and see if SSDs are still pretty expensive and Amazon has it with free shipping for 90.. https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST2000DX001/dp/B00EIQTKAS/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1477345474&sr=1-8&keywords=solid+state+drive


Damn, even cheaper. I don't know man that sounds pretty good

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: The5thElement]
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As far as I know the only limit to the amount of internal drives you can have is the space in your case and how many places on your motherboard/psu there is to plug them up.

As for SSD being superior for gaming, again I don't know a lot about them, but to my knowledge the only real benefit is load times. If you're actually concerned with saving a few seconds here and there, it might do something for you, but overall it won't make a lot of difference. I can't remember the last game I played that had unusually long load times. In a game like Skyrim, when you're outside traveling around, it's not going to have a noticeable difference I don't think. But if you're in a town going into everyone's homes and robbing them, then you might start shaving off time from the load screens. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

EDIT: In online gaming, you can only do so much to make the game faster on your end. No matter how fast your computer is, there is always going to be a loading delay while your computer downloads the information it needs to show the non-static features of the game (like other people's characters).


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline

Edited by Shroomslip (10/24/16 06:03 PM)

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: Shroomslip] * 1
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SSHD are garbage, its just a compromise.

Get a small SSD and a Large HDD


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You know, just sometimes in between the first cigarette with coffee in the morning to that 400th glass of cornershop piss at 3am--you do sometimes look at yourself and think--this is fantastic. I'm in heaven.
-Bernard Black


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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: kakashi68]
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kakashi68 said:
SSHD are garbage, its just a compromise.

Get a small SSD and a Large HDD


Thats exactly what I have tho.

I've got a 250GB SSD for my OS
and already HDD, but I need another HD for more space.

I mainly want to know which one will be faster, because both are 2TB.

You say SSHD are trash but when looking at the specs, its clear that money wise and speed the SSHD is the better deal compared to the HDD.

unless I'm missing something?

SSHD  http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178380&ignorebbr=1&_ga=1.164911103.131428430.1468618710


HDD   

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236624&ignorebbr=1&_ga=1.159390461.131428430.1468618710

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: The5thElement]
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The5thElement said:
I definatly want 2 TB, even tho 1TB lasted me about one and a half years.
The extra 40$ for me isn't a huge deal, but it is nice. I always assumed for gaming anyways, that SSD was the way to go. I mean I read both reviews and even some on other products and it seems like weather Mechanical or Solid state, a lot of people experience having their components fail. It's just dicey because SSD's are always more expensive but in this case the SSD is cheaper which Is wierd.


SSHD is basically a mechanical drive with a small SSD to cache frequently used stuff (which, if you already have a SSD, is of questionable advantage since your OS should be able to use that to do the same thing). IIRC the "Black" hard drive line is supposed to indicate better reliability than the cheapest hard drives.

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: psi]
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SSHD is basically a mechanical drive with a small SSD to cache frequently used stuff (which, if you already have a SSD, is of questionable advantage since your OS should be able to use that to do the same thing). IIRC the "Black" hard drive line is supposed to indicate better reliability than the cheapest hard drives.



So do u think I'm better off with the WD Black?

It is the most expensive I only assume that is because it could either be A)Better more dependable
B)Brand name
C) both

I'm thinking of getting the black, It will be more expensive but I've had no problems with my other HDD of the same brand.

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: The5thElement]
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I have had a couple of WD Green drives fail (haven't bought a hard drive in a while but I usually went with whatever was the cheapest). Green was their cheapest line at the time. The Black ones apparently have a 5 year warranty. Nothing is going to be failure proof, but that seems like quite a long warranty for a computer component.

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: psi]
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yeah true, I think I'm just gonna go with the Black.

Thanks everyone for your replies.

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: The5thElement]
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Get the ssd! I installed one recently

My desktop is now twice as fast as when I first bought it

:mindblown:


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Ach en wee ben ik de klos, met mijn boog schoot ik een albatros...

A philosopher is a person who knows less and less about more and more, until he knows nothing about everything.


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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: Tripsurfer]
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OP, make sure you get one that has NSA spyware on it

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: Mad_Larkin]
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"haha, what a whacky conspiracy, I cant believe anyone buys into that"

Reality.

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: Bodhi of Ankou] * 1
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Solid state with the largest memory you can
The rest is irrelevant


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Anyone got a lowpass filter in this biiiiash?

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: musiclover420]
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musiclover420 said:
I don't know a ton about hardrives but I am cheap and would opt for the first one probably.

If they both have a 64/mb transfer speed I imagine there won't be a huge difference but like I said I don't know for sure.




solid state drives seek, read and write faster, you also dont have to worry about dropping them and crashing the heads


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California Has Legalized Child Prostitution

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Re: What Harddrive should I get? [Re: psi]
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psi said:
SSHD is basically a mechanical drive with a small SSD to cache frequently used stuff



wrong



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California Has Legalized Child Prostitution

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