Depends on your prorities. Hgst is probably the favorite brand of data horders if you are looking for reliability and if warranty is important to you.
I'm generally of the opinion that those external drives are a great backup option, but that if you have the money, a drive like this one is a far better primary storage option. Fully agreed on the links to cheap 8tb externals for anyone that might be interested.Bedpan wrote: ↑ Depends on your prorities. Hgst is probably the favorite brand of data horders if you are looking for reliability and if warranty is important to you.
Shucking hds out of externals leaves you with likely no warranty (not always true as some people have had luck) and a lottery of models. When you could reliable get wr reds it was a no brainier. It's a little tougher now.
All that said any links to 8tb in $180 range for folks that might be interested
On the WD side - Blue is generally for lower performance needs (ie, a media drive) and lower cost - I believe it may use less power too, but I'm just going by memory. The Red should have a better warranty, and be better performing, but the main reason most people get a Red is that it is designed for 24/7 use. The Black is purely for performance, and uses more power. I don't see as much of a reason to buy a Black these days - back when people were still installing their software - games in particular - on a hard drive, that was where the Black excelled. But, if it was the same price as a Blue, I would buy the Black first.guru2gr8 wrote: ↑ Friendly advice from experts, if I want to buy Internal hard drive for my normal home PC(1 or 2 hours daily use after that shut down). HDD not the SSD.
If in any deal I found same price for all these HDD with same capacity & other properties.
Seagate: Firecuda or Ironwolf or Barracuda
WD :Black or Red or Blue
What is the recommended preference order for buying hard disk from above list. This is general advice so that I will buy the best option with same price.
Or I have to stick only Seagate Barracuda or WD Blue.
thanks
Staples $210 Seagate® 8 TB external STEB8000100 no usb 3.0 HUB but you can use Staples coupons to knock down price with a wee bit further + FS
I don't think you're going to find 10's or 12's at that rate yet. It's not all about the $/TB ratio either - it's all about the TB/drive density ratio too. You're going to have a tough time finding 8's that are NAS rated at that $/TB ratio too.
amazon has the Seagate® 8 TB external STEB8000100 on for $207.98 (possibly just prime and limited to one per purchaseRedscott wrote: ↑ Staples $210 Seagate® 8 TB external STEB8000100 no usb 3.0 HUB but you can use Staples coupons to knock down price with a wee bit further + FS
https://www.staples.ca/en/Seagate-STEB8 ... CA_1_20001
Newegg Canada Ebay $200 with FS - Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB USB 3.0 Hard Drives - Desktop External STEL8000100 B
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Seagate-Backup- ... 2ef7136a6d
No better deals I know of currently. yes cracking open casing risks no warranty but I am a cheap SOB
and just went oos Thursday). I almost pulled the trigger on one and had a buddy order a second for me this last week but decided to hold off. my two 5TB's from the last shucks are at 90% capacity. still a couple of months left on warranty (unshucked) and I've had zero problems. they had Seagates inside. it'd be nice to have the hub version at this price point to utilize the housing for something else. it seems like it's impossible to open the hub without damage to the tabs. whereas the backup plus I can open up with no trace of damage, if warranty was ever required.. maybe I'll pick up one from staples today. if I can find a decent coupon. thanks for posting. setting up a NAS is still above my head lol
How do you open a backup+ without breaking the plastic tabs?crashxxx wrote: ↑ amazon has the Seagate® 8 TB external STEB8000100 on for $207.98 (possibly just prime and limited to one per purchase
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watch the YouTube vids of people snapping clips using a screw driver to open. note where the clips are all located on the model you are opening. slip a guitar pic in to engage each tab working your way around until it basically falls apart. creates no damage whatsoever. my housings still have the shrink wrap on them in the original boxes. 