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Dead HD - need replacement recommendation

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Cbl12886

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I currently have two traditional hard drives in my system, a Seagate 2TB for documents and an old Seagate 500GB with media for Plex. Today, after noticing extremely slow transfer rates, I found that my 2TB drive is dying according to Seagates SeaTools. I am thinking of replacing both drives with a single 3-4TB. Any recommendations on brand/model?? HGST seems to be the most reliable but I didn't know which model would be best. It will only be storing local copies of cloud stored documents as well as media.
 
HGST seems to be the most reliable but I didn't know which model would be best
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Does not really matter. The HGST models (except for the He series) are all pretty much the same with minor firmware differnces. The NAS models will work fine as a desktop drive. A say get the model that costs the least.
 
I went ahead and ordered a 2TB Red Drive because based on the data I'm currently storing, it'll be more than enough. HGST might have been a more reliable option but they're more expensive and they have way too many model numbers to process.
 
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