Some Storage Advice

benji182

benji182

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So I have a Samsung Evo for my boot/steam/origin drive and two Samsung F4 Eco drives for storage but not wanting to delete my GoPro footage as they are almost full up. 118GBs free space which is enough to make Windows show it as red in my computer!


I'd ideally like to get two new larger drives and remove these and place into a portable hard drive thing that will attach to my Asus router for backups.

However I really haven't got a clue what to go for. 2TB was HUGE when I bought them and that isn't very much looking at the OcUK selection but I still don't know what is a good price/performance range.


Noise is a big no for me and that was the general appeal of the F4 Eco's but I see OcUK don't stock them anymore so what is similar but larger? WD Caviar Green 4TB = £120 (2 years warranty)
yet the Black is £172 for same size but 5 years extra warranty. Would I be paying for the peace of mine in 3 extra years warranty or is the Black that much better?

I'm confused in all honesty any light shed on the matter would be of huge help :confused:
 
black is a 7200 drive, green is slower spindle like your eco drives. Performance is different, but not by that much.

Id get the greens for normal storage, or maybe the reds/red pros for extended warranty.
Black is just too expensive in comparison for the small performance benefit.

Samsung HDD division got bought by seagate, hence not seeing them listed. Seagate drives have a much higher failure rate (at least at that price point) compared to Hitachi or WD.
 
Ah that would be why I couldn't see them lol. I had a very old Seagate that died on me which is why I actually moved to Samsung to give them a go for my back up drives.

I'll look at the Reds/Greens. Thanks
 
Whatever you go for, buy two of them.

Because, you already do this to have a backup of your data, right?
 
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