What's a good 2 or 3TB HDD?

[gbtygfvyg]

I was personally looking at [URL="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B229W04/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1BKCYQGK0QCS0"]this Toshiba[/URL] but I'd like to see some other suggestions. My current HDD is nearing the end of its lifespan (I'm hearing that dreaded clicking/screeching noise) so I'm looking for a new HDD to replace it.

[Snek]

[URL="https://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?q=Hard+Drive&searcharea=deals&searchin=first"]Whatever's[/url] [url=http://www.techbargains.com/catsearch.cfm/0_11_0]on[/url] [url=http://gizmodo.com/tag/dealzmodo]sale[/url].

That being said, that hard drive is pretty good, but if you can wait around for a sale looking on deals websites, hard drives go on sale at least once a week.

[ExtReMLapin]

[QUOTE=fishyfish777;47982455][URL="https://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?q=Hard+Drive&searcharea=deals&searchin=first"]Whatever's[/url] [url=http://www.techbargains.com/catsearch.cfm/0_11_0]on[/url] [url=http://gizmodo.com/tag/dealzmodo]sale[/url].

That being said, that hard drive is pretty good, but if you can wait around for a sale looking on deals websites, hard drives go on sale at least once a week.[/QUOTE]

Or [URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales"]here[/URL].

[Sand Castle]

western digital caviar blacks are nice unless you're worried about heat

[ZpankR]

As for WD's, the sturdiest one I've had is a 3TB WD Red. My 1TB Green started having the idle glitch and it's really annoying and I'm worried it might stop working

[Perogi Palooka]

I'm sorry to bump, but the sales mentioned previously have changed. I just need help finding the cheapest 3TB I can.

[redBadger]

[url]http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0067G0YR0/ref=psdc_1254762011_t1_B005T3GRLY[/url]

[Perogi Palooka]

[QUOTE=redBadger;48042072][url]http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0067G0YR0/ref=psdc_1254762011_t1_B005T3GRLY[/url][/QUOTE]

Thank you. But looking at similar items, there are [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM001/dp/B005T3GRLY/ref=pd_sim_147_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=02HBV41FTQHG5AXVH50T"]these ($88)[/URL] [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Green-Desktop/dp/B004RORMF6/ref=pd_sim_147_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=02HBV41FTQHG5AXVH50T"]two ($94)[/URL] 3TB HDD's for sale for cheaper.

Not to sound like an ass, but why should I choose the seagate baracuda over the other two?

[Levelog]

Get the Seagate you linked. Definitely not the WD.

[redBadger]

I was going to link the seagate but I wasn't sure if you just needed the bare drive or not.

[editline]24th June 2015[/editline]

In other words, it doesn't come with software/cables/nuts/etc. Just the hard drive. But chances are your mobo came with a few spares.

[Rand0mNumbers]

I had that particular Seagate drive for a couple years. It was quite a solid drive (And still is. I just swapped it out to increase my storage capacity).

I should probably bring up this blog entry from BackBlaze: [URL]https://www.backblaze.com/blog/3tb-hard-drive-failure/[/URL]
It's doubtful you'll hit their level of wear/tear, so you'll probably be fine with the drive.

[Levelog]

There are more problems than I care to name with that backblaze article. It really shouldn't be brought up as a reliable source.

[Demache]

Yeah everytime that article comes up, we have to point out there are a lot of flaws with the study.

[Rand0mNumbers]

Ah, fair enough. Apologies.
Time for me to do some due diligence.