Hi
One of my 4.5 year old 7200.11 1TB drives seems to be failing/have failed and I need to replace it. Luckily I only lost 4 days of data since last back-up. 3TB drives are down to $59CAD/TB while 2TB is $50CAD/TB, so I think 3TB is the best way to go, 4TB is still too expensive per TB. Drive is only used for storage of mp3, movies, temp install files, scratch etc. and is powered on 24/7 in my home PC (I do sleep hard drives after 30min though). Options are:
Hitachi 5K3000 5400rpm SATA 3 32mb cache - $159, might be OOS/EOL not sure yet
WD Green 3TB 5400rpm SATA 3 64mb cache WD30EZRX - $159
Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200rpm SATA 3 64mb cache - $159
Speed is not an issue as 99% of the use on my storage drives is sequential read/write, and frankly I like how 5400rpm drives are cooler by a few degrees. The Hitachi seems to be EOL and hard to find, which sucks because I've been very happy with the one I have. Haven't heard much about the WD 3TB, and I'm hesitant on Seagate as they are the only brand I've had issues with in recent years (500GB 7200.10 a few years back now my 7200.11).
My current setup:
SSD for OS/apps/games
Seagate 7200.11 1TB (failed)
Hitachi 3K5000 3TB
Then in an eSATA enclosure I have another 7200.11 1TB + 5K3000 which I use SyncToy to back-up to on a weekly basis. My plan is to replace the broken 7200.11 in my tower and eventually replace the one in the eSATA enclosure (with the same drive that I buy to put in the tower) when I either need to back-up more than 1TB to it, or it fails.
Thanks, tried searching but couldn't find threads with google or forum search (3TB is hard to search for).
One of my 4.5 year old 7200.11 1TB drives seems to be failing/have failed and I need to replace it. Luckily I only lost 4 days of data since last back-up. 3TB drives are down to $59CAD/TB while 2TB is $50CAD/TB, so I think 3TB is the best way to go, 4TB is still too expensive per TB. Drive is only used for storage of mp3, movies, temp install files, scratch etc. and is powered on 24/7 in my home PC (I do sleep hard drives after 30min though). Options are:
Hitachi 5K3000 5400rpm SATA 3 32mb cache - $159, might be OOS/EOL not sure yet
WD Green 3TB 5400rpm SATA 3 64mb cache WD30EZRX - $159
Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200rpm SATA 3 64mb cache - $159
Speed is not an issue as 99% of the use on my storage drives is sequential read/write, and frankly I like how 5400rpm drives are cooler by a few degrees. The Hitachi seems to be EOL and hard to find, which sucks because I've been very happy with the one I have. Haven't heard much about the WD 3TB, and I'm hesitant on Seagate as they are the only brand I've had issues with in recent years (500GB 7200.10 a few years back now my 7200.11).
My current setup:
SSD for OS/apps/games
Seagate 7200.11 1TB (failed)
Hitachi 3K5000 3TB
Then in an eSATA enclosure I have another 7200.11 1TB + 5K3000 which I use SyncToy to back-up to on a weekly basis. My plan is to replace the broken 7200.11 in my tower and eventually replace the one in the eSATA enclosure (with the same drive that I buy to put in the tower) when I either need to back-up more than 1TB to it, or it fails.
Thanks, tried searching but couldn't find threads with google or forum search (3TB is hard to search for).