4tb recommendation.

Freeman · 1 Sep 2016 at 09:38

I'm looking for a 4tb internal drive.

I'll be storing the majority of my files on it but I am primarily running programs and games from an SSD. So it needs to be quick but nothing amazing. It also needs to be quiet.

So far I've found this: Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB SATA 3 HDD 5900rpm 64MB Cache

What can you recommend? My budget is about £110.

Thanks.

Dave2150 · 1 Sep 2016 at 17:28

I'd recommend Western Digital - they are commonly regarded as the most reliable drives.

I've had several seagates fail on me.

HoneyBadger · 1 Sep 2016 at 20:02

If I had to choose a brand, out of WD and Seagate, I'd choose WD - however all my rigs, my NAS box and all the drives in the PC's at work are seagate...some have been going for years.

Seagate isnt really that bad. If they were, I wouldnt have them at home

Destination · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:06

I bought two of the seagates you linked last week.
They seem perfectly adequate for what you are suggesting.

httk · 5 Sep 2016 at 12:55

If you're just going for one drive, i.e. not an array, then I'd go WD over Seagate, they are generally better in my opinion. Toshiba are ok also.

However, what I would say is that getting a 4TB drive, or whatever make, and loading it with stuff, is setting yourself up for an inevitable fall, at some point it's going to fail, so just give some thought to whether it's stuff you can lose and how you're going to back it up.

Semple · 5 Sep 2016 at 13:00

httk said:
However, what I would say is that getting a 4TB drive, or whatever make, and loading it with stuff, is setting yourself up for an inevitable fall, at some point it's going to fail, so just give some thought to whether it's stuff you can lose and how you're going to back it up.

Going by that logic the same would apply to any sized drive. Infact any backup medium unless there are multiple redundant copies could still fail in the same way.

bledd · 5 Sep 2016 at 13:40

Buy 2x drives, one for storage, the other for a backup of that storage.

Ryan-3 · 5 Sep 2016 at 18:55

HGST (now owned by ->) or Western Digital if you want something reliable. Toshiba can be a bit loud.

Rikki · 7 Sep 2016 at 22:34

^- Ryan speaks the truth.

You can get 4TB HGST/Hitachi NAS level drives in the UK for decent prices

Read reliability survey here - https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/

sastusbulbas · 8 Sep 2016 at 12:12

If you look at the applications and custom setting of the systems used by Backblaze you could assume they have absolutely no bearing on how a drive will perform within a PC in a home environment.

Read that article thoroughly including the remarks and look at their systems requirements and the math formula they use for drive failure.

That said, I went for HGST due to reviews and reputation of failure rates also, and because I wanted a 7200rpm drive.

I was going to buy two, but ended up with one, it's been in constant use since in a couple of PC's with no issues, anything on that drive is occasionally backed onto an external 4tb Seagate portable.