Replacing old Hard Drives

[stu.artd]

I've recently built a new PC with a SSD boot drive. I have 4 old 3.5" SATA drives (no raid, just standard hard drives) from my old PC. They're all 6-8 years old and I'm looking to replace with a single 8TB drive, budget around £250. This will store my Steam library as well as my DSLR photo's and videos.

I've always went for 7200 RPM drives in the past and have been looking at the WD Black and WD Gold drives as I believe they offer a good combination of price/performance. However, I have read conflicting reports about them and wondered if there were other recommendations ?

 

[stu.artd]

Thanks for the replies. I'd rather choose my drive than buy an external and shuck it.

So far I've been put off quite a few 8TB drives, mainly due to noise levels. These include 8TB versions of the WD Gold and Black (ticking), the Seagate Ironwolf / Ironwolf Pro being very loud. Looked at WD Red drives but also see reports of them being very loud as well.

I’m not looking for silent, just something that’s not audible at the other end of a room.

 

[stu.artd]

I ended up getting a WD Black 8TB. Seems quiet enough so far, although it was only installed today.