choose hardisk 6 - 8tb

teckguru · 2 Jun 2019 at 17:00

Helo because i have very large libraries with old and new games, old and new movies and a lot of albums of music. i want to buy 2 hardisks in 6 and 8tb

i am between these hardisks but i dont know which are very good, in performance, speed, reability

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seag...nternal-hard-drive-st6000dm004-hd-37h-se.html 6TB BARRACUDA PRO 7200RPM 256MB

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seag...ternal-hard-drive-st8000dm0004-hd-37g-se.html 8TB BARRACUDA PRO 7200RPM 256MB

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-6...formance-hard-drive-wd6003fzbx-hd-551-wd.html 6TB BLACK 7200RPM 256MB CACHE

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-u...ise-hard-drive-hus728t8tale6l4-hd-55p-wd.html ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-6...e-internal-hard-drive-wd60ezrz-hd-455-wd.html 6TB BLUE 5400RPM 64MB CACHE

https://www.kitguru.net/components/hard-drives/simon-crisp/toshiba-x300-6tb-hdd-review/ Toshiba X300 6TB HDD

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-8...rnal-nas-hard-drive-wd8003ffbx-hd-55c-wd.html 8TB RED PRO 7200RPM 256MB CACHE

i want these 2 hardisks for destop use, for most of the part i will use these 2 hardisks for my games

i have already 2 ssds in my computer, i have 2 crucial mx500 2tb but i want to buy 2 hardisks with 6-8 Tb for to add all my games, music and movies libraries.

from all these links with all these hardisks which you would suggested me to look? and which to avoid?

cyber69 · 2 Jun 2019 at 19:15

The Seagate Barracuda pro comes with 2 year recovery warranty. No 100% guarantee of recovery but a deal breaker really.

teckguru · 2 Jun 2019 at 19:53

cyber69 said:
The Seagate Barracuda pro comes with 2 year recovery warranty. No 100% guarantee of recovery but a deal breaker really.

which from all these are better in performance, speed, reability?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seag...ternal-hard-drive-st8000dm0004-hd-37g-se.html 8TB BARRACUDA PRO 7200RPM 256MB

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-6...formance-hard-drive-wd6003fzbx-hd-551-wd.html 6TB BLACK 7200RPM 256MB CACHE

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-u...ise-hard-drive-hus728t8tale6l4-hd-55p-wd.html ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL

https://www.kitguru.net/components/hard-drives/simon-crisp/toshiba-x300-6tb-hdd-review/ Toshiba X300 6TB HDD

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-6...e-internal-hard-drive-wd60ezrz-hd-455-wd.html 6TB BLUE 5400RPM 64MB CACHE

cyber69 · 2 Jun 2019 at 22:44

Theres not much to chose between the top three drives. All come with 5 year warranty. Personally I would go with Seagate/WD.

JasonM · 3 Jun 2019 at 04:12

Of the Western Digital drives the most reliable there are the WD Ultrastars, they have NoTouch Ramp Load to increase reliability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBS23cDfqYA

I have been running WD Enterprise drives in my desktop/workstations for years with out any issue, I honestly believe they are the best. I have some 2TB WD Gold drives in my current i7 8700 software development computer, and for HDD's they are fast and surprisingly quiet for 7200rpm drives.

Regarding the Barracuda pro, don't know much about these but expect they will be more reliable and faster then the non pro versions so probably quite a good drive also.

teckguru · 3 Jun 2019 at 14:41

JasonM said:
Of the Western Digital drives the most reliable there are the WD Ultrastars, they have NoTouch Ramp Load to increase reliability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBS23cDfqYA

I have been running WD Enterprise drives in my desktop/workstations for years with out any issue, I honestly believe they are the best. I have some 2TB WD Gold drives in my current i7 8700 software development computer, and for HDD's they are fast and surprisingly quiet for 7200rpm drives.

Regarding the Barracuda pro, don't know much about these but expect they will be more reliable and faster then the non pro versions so probably quite a good drive also.

tell me something the ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-u...ise-hard-drive-hus728t8tale6l4-hd-55p-wd.html is better for gaming against https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-6...formance-hard-drive-wd6003fzbx-hd-551-wd.html 6TB BLACK 7200RPM 256MB CACHE?

which from these 2 is faster, better performance., better material quality , and etc?

can the ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL be used for destop use? like black?
because black westerns are performance drives

for destop use which is better? ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL or 6 TB BLACK 7200RPM 256MB CACHE?

JasonM · 4 Jun 2019 at 14:11

teckguru said:
tell me something the ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-u...ise-hard-drive-hus728t8tale6l4-hd-55p-wd.html is better for gaming against https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-6...formance-hard-drive-wd6003fzbx-hd-551-wd.html 6TB BLACK 7200RPM 256MB CACHE?

which from these 2 is faster, better performance., better material quality , and etc?

can the ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL be used for destop use? like black?
because black westerns are performance drives

for destop use which is better? ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL or 6 TB BLACK 7200RPM 256MB CACHE?

If you want a high capacity drive for running games from, I would choose the 6TB WD Black in this case.

PiKe · 4 Jun 2019 at 14:14

JasonM said:
Of the Western Digital drives the most reliable there are the WD Ultrastars, they have NoTouch Ramp Load to increase reliability.

What a load of marketing tripe, all hard drives have a unload head ramp.

teckguru · 4 Jun 2019 at 14:36

JasonM said:
If you want a high capacity drive for running games from, I would choose the 6TB WD Black in this case.

ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL 8TB and baracuda pro 8TB arent good like 6TB WD Black for gaming?

some people told me that for gaming the best are ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL 8TB and baracuda pro 8TB . and they said that these 2 hardisks are better from 6TB WD Black for gaming? do you agree or disagree?

Jamin280672 · 4 Jun 2019 at 17:35

teckguru said:
Helo because i have very large libraries with old and new games, old and new movies and a lot of albums of music. i want to buy 2 hardisks in 6 and 8tb

i am between these hardisks but i dont know which are very good, in performance, speed, reability

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seag...nternal-hard-drive-st6000dm004-hd-37h-se.html 6TB BARRACUDA PRO 7200RPM 256MB

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seag...ternal-hard-drive-st8000dm0004-hd-37g-se.html 8TB BARRACUDA PRO 7200RPM 256MB

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-6...formance-hard-drive-wd6003fzbx-hd-551-wd.html 6TB BLACK 7200RPM 256MB CACHE

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-u...ise-hard-drive-hus728t8tale6l4-hd-55p-wd.html ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-6...e-internal-hard-drive-wd60ezrz-hd-455-wd.html 6TB BLUE 5400RPM 64MB CACHE

https://www.kitguru.net/components/hard-drives/simon-crisp/toshiba-x300-6tb-hdd-review/ Toshiba X300 6TB HDD

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-8...rnal-nas-hard-drive-wd8003ffbx-hd-55c-wd.html 8TB RED PRO 7200RPM 256MB CACHE

i want these 2 hardisks for destop use, for most of the part i will use these 2 hardisks for my games

i have already 2 ssds in my computer, i have 2 crucial mx500 2tb but i want to buy 2 hardisks with 6-8 Tb for to add all my games, music and movies libraries.

from all these links with all these hardisks which you would suggested me to look? and which to avoid?

Honestly, and you're going to think im nuts, just google this and you'll see what I mean "8tb external hard drive"

I got an 8tb Seagate external hard drive for half the price of those that I just opened up, removed the drive which was just a standard 8tb SATA hard drive in a caddy and stuck it in my PC as an internal hard drive, make sure if you choose this route to keep the box and caddy for warranty purposes.

As already stated, every hard drive has a ramp up time, day to day use between any hard drive you wouldnt notice any difference.......unless you run benchmarks all day long.

teckguru · 4 Jun 2019 at 17:46

Jamin280672 said:
Honestly, and you're going to think im nuts, just google this and you'll see what I mean "8tb external hard drive"

I got an 8tb Seagate external hard drive for half the price of those that I just opened up, removed the drive which was just a standard 8tb SATA hard drive in a caddy and stuck it in my PC as an internal hard drive, make sure if you choose this route to keep the box and caddy for warranty purposes.

As already stated, every hard drive has a ramp up time, day to day use between any hard drive you wouldnt notice any difference.......unless you run benchmarks all day long.

ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL 8TB and baracuda pro 8TB arent good like 6TB WD Black for gaming?

some people told me that for gaming the best are ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL 8TB and baracuda pro 8TB . and they said that these 2 hardisks are better from 6TB WD Black for gaming? do you agree or disagree?

from all these drives you will see difference my friend
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seag...nternal-hard-drive-st6000dm004-hd-37h-se.html 6TB BARRACUDA PRO 7200RPM 256MB

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seag...ternal-hard-drive-st8000dm0004-hd-37g-se.html 8TB BARRACUDA PRO 7200RPM 256MB

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-6...formance-hard-drive-wd6003fzbx-hd-551-wd.html 6TB BLACK 7200RPM 256MB CACHE

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-u...ise-hard-drive-hus728t8tale6l4-hd-55p-wd.html ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-6...e-internal-hard-drive-wd60ezrz-hd-455-wd.html 6TB BLUE 5400RPM 64MB CACHE

https://www.kitguru.net/components/hard-drives/simon-crisp/toshiba-x300-6tb-hdd-review/ Toshiba X300 6TB HDD

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-8...rnal-nas-hard-drive-wd8003ffbx-hd-55c-wd.html 8TB RED PRO 7200RPM 256MB CACHE

all these hardisks arent the same in performance and etc this i believe//

example blue western and rednas pro are slower in gaming from black and baracuda pro?? and ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER INTERNAL ?

i believe all these hardisks have positives and negatives ..

The 8TB Barracuda Pro and 8TB Ultrastar DC are likely to be the fastest performers, as they won't have to move the heads as far to seek the same data, and may come with denser platters for higher sequential bandwidth. The 6TB Black and 6TB X300 will fall in line as slightly slower, with the 6T Blue taking up the bottom of the performance spectrum.

I would expect the Ultrastar to have the highest average reliability, followed by Black, followed by Barracuda Pro, followed by the Blue/X300 with similar "consumer" grade build quality.

do you agree or disagree?

JasonM · 4 Jun 2019 at 18:45

The WD Ultrastars are more durable then the WD Blacks, that in turn are durable than say a WD Blue. This is backed up by MTTF in the WD spec sheets.

I would go for the 6TB WD Black however, as the firmware on it will be more suited to application / game loading.

When I mentioned no ramp load before was getting mixed up with dynamic fly height technology. The following is for the older RE drives, but gives an idea of improvements made to a WD enterprise class drive. That said for the OP the WD black is probably best as WD actually state they can be used for games drives.

https://www.storagereview.com/wd_introduces_world_s_most_powerefficient_high_capacity_datacenter_hdd

teckguru · 4 Jun 2019 at 18:55

JasonM said:
The WD Ultrastars are more durable then the WD Blacks, that in turn are durable than say a WD Blue. This is backed up by MTTF in the WD spec sheets.

I would go for the 6TB WD Black however, as the firmware on it will be more suited to application / game loading.

When I mentioned no ramp load before was getting mixed up with dynamic fly height technology. The following is for the older RE drives, but gives an idea of improvements made to a WD enterprise class drive. That said for the OP the WD black is probably best as WD actually state they can be used for games drives.

https://www.storagereview.com/wd_introduces_world_s_most_powerefficient_high_capacity_datacenter_hdd

what you mean when you say that 6TB WD Black however, as the firmware on it will be more suited to application / game loading.??

why you believe that WD Ultrastars arent for gaming like black drives?/ can you tell me the reasons please?

the filmware from WD Ultrastars will not be suited to application / game loading.??

also the blue western drives are better from black drives for gaming?

ninezerofive · 5 Jun 2019 at 00:24

I've always had Seagate's. Never had any problems with them, although there has been some unreliable models, I think it was a 3TB one that wasn't that great.

teckguru · 8 Jun 2019 at 01:06

ninezerofive said:
I've always had Seagate's. Never had any problems with them, although there has been some unreliable models, I think it was a 3TB one that wasn't that great.

what you mean when you say that 6TB WD Black however, as the firmware on it will be more suited to application / game loading.??

why you believe that WD Ultrastars arent for gaming like black drives?/ can you tell me the reasons please?

the filmware from WD Ultrastars will not be suited to application / game loading.??

also the blue western drives are better from black drives for gaming?

JasonM said:
The WD Ultrastars are more durable then the WD Blacks, that in turn are durable than say a WD Blue. This is backed up by MTTF in the WD spec sheets.

I would go for the 6TB WD Black however, as the firmware on it will be more suited to application / game loading.

When I mentioned no ramp load before was getting mixed up with dynamic fly height technology. The following is for the older RE drives, but gives an idea of improvements made to a WD enterprise class drive. That said for the OP the WD black is probably best as WD actually state they can be used for games drives.

https://www.storagereview.com/wd_introduces_world_s_most_powerefficient_high_capacity_datacenter_hdd

what you mean when you say that 6TB WD Black however, as the firmware on it will be more suited to application / game loading.??

why you believe that WD Ultrastars arent for gaming like black drives?/ can you tell me the reasons please?

the filmware from WD Ultrastars will not be suited to application / game loading.??

also the blue western drives are better from black drives for gaming?

ninezerofive · 9 Jun 2019 at 15:18

AFAIK blue drives are 5400 RPM and they are not suitable for gaming although you can run games from them, depends on the game.

EssexBoy · 9 Jun 2019 at 15:22

No games should be run from hdd these days with ssd's being so cheap.

teckguru · 9 Jun 2019 at 15:28

ninezerofive said:
AFAIK blue drives are 5400 RPM and they are not suitable for gaming although you can run games from them, depends on the game.

SO BLUDRIVES are not suitable for gaming

SO do you believe that baracuda pro 8TB is better in speed, performance, pluters and etc against black 6TB?? for destop use/?
ALSO the ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER is better from 6TB BLACK 7200RPM 256MB for gaming, speed, and etc?

some people claim that ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER is better from 6TB BLACK 7200RPM 256MB for gaming, speed, and etc? is it true?
ALSO WHAT IS YOUR OPINION FOR THE Toshiba X300 6TB HDD And the 8TB RED PRO 7200RPM 256MB are these 2 hardisks for gaming?

ninezerofive · 9 Jun 2019 at 15:30

Here mate, draw your own conclusions :

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Blog-Q1-2019-Quarterly-Chart.png

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teckguru · 9 Jun 2019 at 15:39

ninezerofive said:
Here mate, draw your own conclusions :

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Blog-Q1-2019-Quarterly-Chart.png

for gaming destop use the best are 6TB BLACK 7200RPM 256MB and baracuda pro 8TB and ULTRASTAR 8TB DATA CENTER??

in the blackblaze list i dont see the black 6Tb WD6003FZBX and baracuda pro 8Tb ST8000DM0004 so these 2 hardisks are trust without failures?