Storage for new gaming PC

claes · Oct 27, 2021

If you are concerned about SMR, here’s a list:

List of known SMR drives

Hard drives that write data in overlapping, "shingled" tracks, have greater areal density than ones that do not. For cost and capacity reasons, manufacturers are increasingly moving to SMR, Shingled Magnetic Recording. SMR is a form of PMR...

www.truenas.com

WatEagle · Oct 27, 2021

Toothless said:
I'd look at Toshiba HDDs. 150mb/s average for my 5TBs and you can get quite a bit storage for a good deal.

Not sure the hate on HDDs. I get people don't want to wait but is three seconds really going to ruin your day.

That's what I was goning to suggest. My 2tb toshiba is a good drive so far, I have nothing to complain about. I also have a wd blue (the 5400 rpm variant). The main thing is speed, the toshiba is clearly faster, but when it comes to noise the blue is far superior.

cst1992 · Oct 27, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Oh heck yes. It might be a wiser idea to get a 4TB WD Blue. You get a lot of space for a price that's easy on the wallet.

IDK on that - the average case comes with 3 2.5" slots + 2 3.5" slots (plus 2x M.2 on the motherboard). I don't need 4TB right now, but upgrade paths are wide open down the road.

ThrashZone · Oct 27, 2021

Hi,
WD did get caught switching parts on the blues but there are 7200rpm blues
Think there is some cheap 1tb wd blacks also floating around WD10SPSX

I have all my t.v. series on wd blacks they work just fine.

xrobwx71 · Oct 27, 2021

TheoneandonlyMrK said:
WD black, I have had three Seagate sshhds die on me so can't recommend them plus the speed up wasn't worth it or effective in typical usage.

I will never buy another Seagate. At my store over the last 9 years, I've also had 3 Seagate failures and one DOA.

cst1992 · Oct 27, 2021

Hi all, an update.

I've since decided to go with the MX500 1TB version. I have a 500GB 970 Evo Plus M.2 SSD already so that should suffice as an OS + main games drive, and this should serve for storing old games + data.

I liked the MX500 out of all the options overall but I'm a stickler for value and as I said earlier the 2TB MX500 is overpriced - by at least $40. The 1TB MX500 is cheaper than the 2TB WD Black and the 2TB QVO. I have lots of room for expansion later so I can decide later on depending on how much data I have in there.

Chrispy_ · Oct 27, 2021

cst1992 said:
Hi all, an update.

I've since decided to go with the MX500 1TB version. I have a 500GB 970 Evo Plus M.2 SSD already so that should suffice as an OS + main games drive, and this should serve for storing old games + data.

I liked the MX500 out of all the options overall but I'm a stickler for value and as I said earlier the 2TB MX500 is overpriced - by at least $40. The 1TB MX500 is cheaper than the 2TB WD Black and the 2TB QVO. I have lots of room for expansion later so I can decide later on depending on how much data I have in there.

I'm using MX500 as a games drive. It's fine, writes at 400MB/s for several hundred gigs at a time when I'm moving games off to it from my WD Black or SX8200.

Ralfi · Nov 3, 2021

I just purchased a 2TB Kingston KC2500 this week, to compliment the 1TB A2000 my OS is on.

Happy with it so far. & for a sale price of AU$300, I can’t complain.

cst1992 · Nov 3, 2021

KC2500 - you got it pretty cheap it seems; here it's INR 30,960 on Amazon - which is 415.43 USD or 557.96 AUD. I'd rather get the 870 EVO.

If it does drop to AUD 300 (INR 16,646) like yours was, then it's something to consider. IMO that's a fair price here for a 2TB SSD.

Chrispy_ · Nov 3, 2021

cst1992 said:
KC2500 - you got it pretty cheap it seems; here it's INR 30,960 on Amazon - which is 415.43 USD or 557.96 AUD. I'd rather get the 870 EVO.

If it does drop to AUD 300 (INR 16,646) like yours was, then it's something to consider. IMO that's a fair price here for a 2TB SSD.

TPU has just reviewed the KIOXIA Excercia which holds the record for lowest cost/GB and is vastly better than pretty much any other budget drive.

Kioxia Exceria 1 TB Review - Amazing Value

The Kioxia Exceria is the new price/performance king in our SSD reviews. This Phison E12-based drive is priced at just 9 cents per GB, yet offers performance besting most value solid-state drives. This is the drive you want if money is tight.

www.techpowerup.com

Regional pricing may vary but it's basically a flawless midrange drive for 15-25% less money than the competition.

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