Hard drive recommendations
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2012-11-07, 08:38 AM
I'm looking for a quiet and reliable 2TB or 3TB hard drive for less than £100. Any recommendations?
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2012-11-07, 11:06 AM
If you can get one the Samsung F4 2TB drives (HD204UI) I know from experience they are reliable and super quiet. I have two of them in my system. Dunno if they still make 'em though what with all the corporate buyouts in the HDD world these days.
Iain
2012-11-07, 01:06 PM
Western Digital 2TB Green Desktop
Had a couple (previous model) in my unraid server for the last 2 1/2 years with no probs Also they are back down to £75 on ebuyer
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2012-11-07, 01:15 PM
Thanks Lao. I was looking at those already. Do you know what's the difference between these 2 (apart from £7)?
WD 2TB Green Desktop Drive WD20EARX £75 WD 2TB Green Desktop Hard Drive WD20EZRX £82
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2012-11-07, 01:16 PM
I've been staying away from Seagate and sticking to Western Digital. I've got a 2 TB Green that I use to record all my tv shows and movies and it works perfectly well.
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2012-11-07, 01:21 PM
I plan to order a couple of these today ...
Western Digital WD20EARX 2TB Caviar Green Quiet SATA 6Gb/s IntelliPower 64Mb Cache 8ms HDD (£75 at Scan) unless I read anything here to frighten me off !
2012-11-07, 01:25 PM
You want 2 of them! For 4TB or one for backup?
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2012-11-07, 01:26 PM
imilne Wrote:If you can get one the Samsung F4 2TB drives (HD204UI) I know from experience they are reliable and super quiet. I have two of them in my system. Dunno if they still make 'em though what with all the corporate buyouts in the HDD world these days. I have had two of these in this machine for 12 months without incident but they are 3 Gb drives.
2012-11-07, 01:32 PM
McBainUK Wrote:You want 2 of them! For 4TB or one for backup? I am building a machine for my daughter. One is for backup via a caddy ... http://www.scan.co.uk/products/antec-eas...5-sata-hdd
2012-11-07, 02:20 PM
I have a few of the Samsung F4 2tb drives (6 I think) and I like them for their quietness and (dare I mention it) reliability. They seem to have been subsumed into Seagate nowadays though (or was it WD?).
I keep looking, but never see them for sale any more. |
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