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System Name | HAL_9017 |
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Processor | Intel i9 10850k |
Motherboard | Asus Prime z490-A |
Cooling | Corsair H115i |
Memory | GSkill 32GB DDR4-3000 Trident-Z RGB |
Video Card(s) | NVIDIA 1080GTX FE w/ EVGA Hybrid Water Cooler |
Storage | Samsung EVO 960 M.2 SSD 500Gb |
Display(s) | Asus XG279 |
Case | In Win 805i |
Audio Device(s) | EVGA NuAudio |
Power Supply | CORSAIR RM750 |
Mouse | Logitech Master 2s |
Keyboard | Keychron K4 |
So I got 2 hard drives lately.
HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 4TB 7200RPM SATA III 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive Kit (0S03664)
and
Toshiba 3TB Internal Hard Disk Drive - 3.5" Form Factor, SATA III 6 Gb/s, 7,200 RPM, 64MB Buffer - HDKPC08
One is reserved for my work rig, and the other for my personal.
Now, the question is ultimately, which would be suited better for which? I can't seem to find any good info that directly says a yay or nay in this manner. The only thing I can find is that NAS drives that are for servers and don't power down or have a lag to their power-up (as say the WD Green drives do). However I can't find anything that is for or agianst using them with say, Steam games.
At work, I have some backed up raw images files, hd videos, and the occasional archive. I can say the same for my personal rig, however, the main is that at home I have an 240gb EVO drive as my main OS drive, and want to reserve on of the other drives for my growing Steam library.
Seeing I can't game at work, Steam and games are the only different really between my home and work rig. So which drive would you put where?
EDIT: I thought it might help to add my thought process in this. I have an SSD for the OS and select apps (adobe suite for example) and currently the second drive for files, games, ect. I want the better performance out of the games so a 5400 drive is a no-no (so no WD Green, HGST Coolspin, ect). I know a 7200 drive is then the option I need (no raptors, too much money). I know to avoid Seagate at the moment because of the drive reliability reports I've seen lately so I read that HGST was Hitachi, and that Western Digital owns the 2.5 form portion, and Toshiba the 3.5 of what was originally Hitachi.
Got these drives at the time because they were a good price for what I wanted to spend.
HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 4TB 7200RPM SATA III 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive Kit (0S03664)
and
Toshiba 3TB Internal Hard Disk Drive - 3.5" Form Factor, SATA III 6 Gb/s, 7,200 RPM, 64MB Buffer - HDKPC08
One is reserved for my work rig, and the other for my personal.
Now, the question is ultimately, which would be suited better for which? I can't seem to find any good info that directly says a yay or nay in this manner. The only thing I can find is that NAS drives that are for servers and don't power down or have a lag to their power-up (as say the WD Green drives do). However I can't find anything that is for or agianst using them with say, Steam games.
At work, I have some backed up raw images files, hd videos, and the occasional archive. I can say the same for my personal rig, however, the main is that at home I have an 240gb EVO drive as my main OS drive, and want to reserve on of the other drives for my growing Steam library.
Seeing I can't game at work, Steam and games are the only different really between my home and work rig. So which drive would you put where?
EDIT: I thought it might help to add my thought process in this. I have an SSD for the OS and select apps (adobe suite for example) and currently the second drive for files, games, ect. I want the better performance out of the games so a 5400 drive is a no-no (so no WD Green, HGST Coolspin, ect). I know a 7200 drive is then the option I need (no raptors, too much money). I know to avoid Seagate at the moment because of the drive reliability reports I've seen lately so I read that HGST was Hitachi, and that Western Digital owns the 2.5 form portion, and Toshiba the 3.5 of what was originally Hitachi.
Got these drives at the time because they were a good price for what I wanted to spend.
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