New big HDD for storage

MichaelAwkward · 8 Dec 2015 at 09:05

Only got 21GB free on my 250GB SSD and 40GB free on my 500GB HDD. I use a 1TB HDD to back these up.

Plan is to buy a 2TB HDD to replace the 1TB, and use the 1TB to replace the 500GB and move some shiz from the SSD to it.

Looking at the Toshiba DT01ACA200 and Seagate ST2000DM001. Leaning towards the Toshiba because I've had Seagate drives fail in the past (although they were good to replace it) and I heard the Toshiba is a rebadged HGST drive that's supposedly pretty reliable.

A competitor also has a WD RE-GP 2TB drive available for a few quid less, but that's a 'clean pull' from a pre-built PC and only comes with 1 year warranty.

Thoughts?

kayomani · 8 Dec 2015 at 09:08

I would go for the Toshiba even though Seagate have fixed their reliability issues.

MichaelAwkward · 10 Dec 2015 at 10:31

Thanks, just ordered as OcUK were suddenly showing 1 in stock.

bledd · 11 Dec 2015 at 12:27

Buy a pair of 2TB drives.

One for the data, second for a backup of that data.

MichaelAwkward · 15 Dec 2015 at 15:50

Thanks, but I've decided to get another 250GB SSD specifically for my flight simulator installation (OcUK didn't actually have the Toshiba 2TB in stock anyway). That'll free up a ton of space on my OS 250GB SSD and the 500GB HDD and I can still use the 1TB HDD for backing them all up.