Need some ideas on memory management.

[Azureth]

I have a TB HD that I am using now that is almost filled up, lots of games, movies, music, etc. I need lots of space for my stuff but I know TB drives aren't really reliable so should I just get, say 2 or 3 640 GB HDs? Or maybe go for the new 2TB HD that's out?

 

[lowteckh]

TB drives are not reliable? 2TB drives are more reliable? Orly.

There's a section for Storage Systems.

 

[sirmonkey1985]

id go with the 1TB WD GP drives if all you want is storage.. they are slower, run cooler, and use less power.. all in all the perfect drive for storage.. id use the 640's as my OS/gaming/application drives before using them as storage.. the 2TB WD GP2 drives are coming down in price.. so i mean its a catch 22 of how many drives do you run/want to run.. but thats my opinion..

TB drives are not reliable? 2TB drives are more reliable? Orly.

There's a section for Storage Systems.

i think he was mostly refering to the fiasco with seagate..

 

[lowteckh]

From his remarks he's generalizing the entire 1TB drive category into "unreliable". If it's just cuz of Seagate, well avoid them. 1TB drives are the most popular drives around, Western Digital being choice.

 

[nitrobass24]

I run a shit ton of seagates, and dont have problems.
I actually just bought two more tonight.

If something were to happen i dont care because Seagate has the best Cust service of all the HDD manufacturers IMO, and the easiest RMA process.

That said Azureth, just get two WD640's they are fast, put them in Raid0 put all your shit on there.
Backup to the 1.tb and the external and be done.

BTW quit posting random shit in GenHard.

 

[engiNURD]

I don't run a shit tone of seagates, just 12 of them here at work (11th gen cudas), and 3 of them have bricked on me, despite the FW update. I can't take advantage of an RMA from Seagate because company policy is to destroy any old/broken HDDs for security reasons. So on that note, I'd avoid Seagate 11th gen 'cudas.

If you do a lot of transcoding/encoding or anything that needs fast access to large amounts of data, then get a fast drive, like the 1TB Caviar Black or two 640s in RAID0 as nitro suggested. If you don't need fast access and just use the drive for simple storage, then the WD Green 1TB works great and saves power.