Which HDD is good for torrent/storage?

[The Big Bang Theory]

my WD green gg uplorry liao, looking for around 1TB-2TB size HDD that is suitable for torrent/storage...

 

[FinalTidus]

Get another WD Green lor....

 

[The Big Bang Theory]

Get another WD Green lor....

dun wan la, bad sexperience leh...load so slow

 

[Alternative X]

WD Reds? They are designed for NAS use and thus should be more durable.

 

[The Big Bang Theory]

WD Reds? They are designed for NAS use and thus should be more durable.

i heard this too when i searched online.

any RED user? gotch any feedback?

 

[Peach Tea]

wd black, backed by 5 years warranty

 

[nannan82]

i believe sheldon will recommend wd red or green......

 

[jtjt00]

Grab Toshiba 2TB 7200rpm at $94 @Tradepac

 

[FinalTidus]

Grab Toshiba 2TB 7200rpm at $94 @Tradepac

Wah so cheap?!?!!

 

[Ark Law]

Get enterprise drive, cooler and quieter than Black with 5-yr warranty while on par with performance. No horse run

WD RE 1TB - $150
WD SE 1TB - $115
WD SE 2TB - $185
WD SE 3TB - $260
WD SE 4TB - $350

 

[yewtee7]

WD Green is actually not recommeded for its high uplorry rate. Go for Blue at least, if got more $$, get a Black.

 

[Jian19]

Wd red 2tb ~

 

[tungsten2]

There is no single brand that won't fail.
So just depends on you luck.

For myself, I will avoid WD Green as much as possible.
Avoid Samsung also.
I only trust Seagate Barracuda and Hitachi.

 

[ordway]

WD Green is actually not recommeded for its high uplorry rate. Go for Blue at least, if got more $$, get a Black.

People crap on the greens all the time, but just switch off the intellipark feature and it works the same as any other drive. Can use wdidle3.exe tool.

If just for video file non critical archival storage, why would you spend 2x the cost on blacks that also generate more heat?

Sure some models are prone to death, but as long as you keep the drives cool (well ventilated or with active airflow) greens work really well. I have 4 x 2TB greens in my DIY NAS, have a few 3/4GB models (probably owned over 30 green drives over the past half a decade) and haven't noticed higher failure rates than other models.

 

[ahbear82]

There is no single brand that won't fail.
So just depends on you luck.

For myself, I will avoid WD Green as much as possible.
Avoid Samsung also.
I only trust Seagate Barracuda and Hitachi.

for me i would avoid seagate, my current sea gate Ext HDD just suddenly fail on me, right after 2 years. Had a really bad experience.

For me WD Green still ok if its for external back up storage, the torrent movie files will store directly into the PC HDD right, so just buy a WD Green HDD to back up all thise files will do. Its just a simple Copy and Paste function nia.

 

[FinalTidus]

For me I will only buy Samsung, Western Digital or Hitachi.

1) Hitachi for reliability as they have proven to be the top for durability. A lot of articles say that Hitachi tops in the lowest failure rates.

2) Samsung for performance. Bought the F3 Spinpoint and that has been my main OS drive for 5 years without any problems.

3) Western Digital for both performance and variety. Got greens/blues/black/red/purple and brown. So many to choose.

 

[Ark Law]

2) Samsung for performance. Bought the F3 Spinpoint and that has been my main OS drive for 5 years without any problems.

Samsung is Seagate now

HDD industry is wholly a duopoly between Seagate and WD

 

[FinalTidus]

Samsung is Seagate now

HDD industry is wholly a duopoly between Seagate and WD

Oh yeah forgot....

then only WD for me lor.

 

[Alternative X]

Oh yeah forgot....

then only WD for me lor.

Hitachi's 3.5" HDD division has also been sold to Toshiba, can also consider Toshiba.

 

[Ark Law]

Hitachi's 3.5" HDD division has also been sold to Toshiba, can also consider Toshiba.

The weird thing is that a desktop Toshiba drive I bought last year was labelled as made by HGST

Anyone checked the labels recently?