hard drive advice?

Jamwelshtralian · 5 Jul 2021 at 14:04

Hi all

just got an OCUK Pyrite machine (https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...400f-nvidia-rtx-3070-gaming-pc-fs-1eh-og.html) - am looking to put an addition internal hdd in - prob about 4tb - doesnt have to be massively performant as all it will be for is MP3 and photos...

what hdd would you go for?

cheers

varkanoid · 5 Jul 2021 at 15:08

Western Digital 4tb

Jamwelshtralian · 5 Jul 2021 at 15:20

varkanoid said:
Western Digital 4tb

any particular one?
(i havent looke don the motherboard and not at home at the moment but assume that it has a sata connection - its been so long since i added a hdd to a pc!!!)

varkanoid · 5 Jul 2021 at 15:58

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-4...e-internal-hard-drive-wd40ezaz-hd-57s-wd.html

if you dont need anything fancy

that PC comes with a 1tb hdd so either swap it for the 4tb or add it.

GreyHam · 7 Jul 2021 at 20:16

Another vite for Western digital. Never had a problem with them.

Jamwelshtralian · 9 Jul 2021 at 13:39

Thanks all

Have got the drive and transferred the data....but am having a bit of an idiot moment. Have opened up the case and can't for the life of me see where I can slot the thing!the cabling is so neat and tidy!have found the power conned cation and can see the sata slot on the motherboard....but where the hell can I physically put the drive!? The area where there are 2 drives already doesn't seem to have any space or drilled holes for screws...not that I can get a screwdriver in there anyway!do am looking elsewhere....any ideas anyone?

Jamwelshtralian · 9 Jul 2021 at 13:56

ah...just seen...it only handle 2 x 3.5" drives! bugger!

foster grant · 9 Jul 2021 at 14:06

Hope it doesnt come with one of those Kolink PSUs cos in that link to the PC it looks like it has a Kolink PSU swapping that out would be the first thing I would do.

Rannoch · 9 Jul 2021 at 14:08

Is this a backup drive?

Jamwelshtralian · 9 Jul 2021 at 14:22

not a back up drive but everything is backed up elsewhere

Danny75 · 9 Jul 2021 at 14:39

Jamwelshtralian said:
ah...just seen...it only handle 2 x 3.5" drives! bugger!

So are there any 2.5" drives occupying those 3.5" bays? You could transfer those out to any 2.5" mounting locations to make room. If they are SATA SSDs you don't even actually need to mount them, just find a place to rest them somewhere, use double-sided sticky tape or something.

Preytheon · 13 Jul 2021 at 10:57

Western Digital Blue/Green would probably be plenty... that said, I have a pair of WD Red's in my PC and they run just fine as 2x8Tb in software RAID1: the Green/Blue would be faster and better suited though - I know they're designed for NAS boxes and servers, so I wouldn't really recommend them... I just had a drive caddy that was failing, so I moved the drives over to make sure they were okay and never moved them back. I think the entire caddy cost less than a single 8Tb drive, so I'm not going to whine about sub-optimal performance

Jamwelshtralian · 13 Jul 2021 at 11:00

all sorted thanks....swapped out the 1tb in there - was a bit of a palava as everything is very tight but all good in the end!

thanks for the replies all