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Thread ID: 128179	2012-12-05 02:48:00	Buying a new hard drive	drbark (16966)	Press F1

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1316540	2012-12-05 04:50:00	Not quite: the Red drives are designed for NAS use where 24/7 operation is needed, and the Black drives are designed for maximum performance without any regard to power use. Green drives are designed for minumum power consumption and are good for plain storage (but I wouldn't install an OS onto one). i already have a 60GB solid state for my OS i really just want to know now if the Seagate pricespy.co.nz is worth getting compared to the black pros and cons	drbark (16966)
1316541	2012-12-05 05:02:00	At one stage the WD blacks had a high failure rate. This was a year or so back. Generally find the Blacks are also a bit more noisier than other drives. I had brought 5 black Drives from different suppliers, and 4 of them failed within a month, different batches, and also seen several HP PC's with Black drives failed in the same time area. But that was a while back - still a bit hesitant to use them. Although many people do use them and don't have any problems at all. Seagate went through a bad patch as well a few years back, so its all swings and roundabouts. :)	wainuitech (129)
1316542	2012-12-05 07:35:00	I would consider using multiple smaller green drives, for redundancy if nothing else. If one goes you don't quite lose everything. Alternatively, look into a NAS or something? USB 3 and the like harddrives are pretty quick now, so I could see them becoming pretty worthwhile.	8ftmetalhaed (14526)
1316543	2012-12-05 09:42:00	I would consider using multiple smaller green drives, for redundancy if nothing else. If one goes you don't quite lose everything. Alternatively, look into a NAS or something? USB 3 and the like harddrives are pretty quick now, so I could see them becoming pretty worthwhile. Ok what im thinking know is getting the smaller 2TB Black($170) hard drive and buying a 3TB green($209) for a hard drive to back up everything onto. www.amazon.com can you guys find any floors in this plan	drbark (16966)
1316544	2012-12-05 09:53:00	Not to sure why the link goes to a coolermaster case ?? The idea of having the 3TB as a backup drive is fine, BUT do not have it on the same PC . It really should be on another PC, over a LAN, or as a separate Plug in drive that can be stored somewhere else . Simple reasons why: If something goes wrong with your PC ( frys for example ) , and all drives are in the one PC, then the backup drive can Fry as well . If the PC gets stolen or badly damaged -- Guess where the backup is ? Ideally you need to look at it like this --- If the PC is suddenly gone for what ever reason, do you have access to the backups ? Hardware can be replaced, software re-installed, BUT Data lost can be anywhere from oh well to disastrous .	wainuitech (129)
1316545	2012-12-05 11:02:00	As a designer myself I recommend you keep your backups constant and close at hand, a 3TB drive on a gigabit NAS or USB3 will serve well to back up with the 2TB drive being your primary. If you need more space in the future add another 2TB drive in RAID to your setup. Same with the backup, add another 3 (or by the time you upgrade it might be 5TB drives) tothe NAS/External caddy. Also, separate you work from meh if you lost it it would be annoying but no biggie and really mad --> deathly serious. Keep those important files on a regular backup and leave the meh ones off or on a separate backup routine). I accidentally flattened a really important work today and was too quick on the close/don't save and lost it. Left with a flattened layer + some crappy ones that were hidden, no backup :p Back up every night, I want to set myself up so I have cached copies of every local file I edit so I don't repeat the above (it's happened before) With the pricespy stores, I recommend itexpress, decent team of people there.	The Error Guy (14052)
1316546	2012-12-05 22:39:00	I use my comp for photography . Hobby . I don't think it really matters between Seagate or WD . Like WT says, the WD has an issue before, but so did the Seagate with their famous 500GBs which needed that firmware update . One of mine did fail but I have 2 other Seagate still fine now, and that one in question was replaced swiftly under warranty thru someone else when that store I bought from closed down . C1 it was (CHC) . I would just look from a price point . Green WD is fine . If you are gonna access it on a regular basis maybe a Blue might be better . You can also look at the longer warranty that the Black has . But I'm not that concerned, HDs will get ever so cheaper over the years anyway . Why pay more for a Black just for the warranty b/c if it does fail in 3 or 4yrs you can just get another bigger one for a cheaper price :confused: Also you need to have multiple HDDs for backup . I have 2x in the computer and 1x external and I am thinking about another in a safe custody box so it is offsite . My software is on HD1, pix on HD2 . HD2 is synced to a folder on HD1 and a HD image of HD1 is placed on HD2 . I then have both of these on my external HD .	Nomad (952)
1316547	2012-12-05 23:59:00	There isnt much difference in price between green, black and blue...If it were me, i wouldnt buy green period...	SolMiester (139)
1316548	2012-12-06 10:16:00	thanks guys for all you help i think i have decide on what im going to do :clap BTW about that link i was going to write something and then change my mind and forgot to delete link oops :)	drbark (16966)
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