Advice on a new HDD

[WatEagle]

I quickly glanced through the topic. I didn't see a budget, and Black Friday is three weeks ahead, so not very urgent for now. I give another vote for the WD black. I've had trouble with the blue series for laptops, but OP says he was happy with his. As always it's the model, more than the company itself usually. When you see the "deal" just quickly check a few reviews anywhere really: amazon.it/com/uk, website and see if this particular model is OK.

No it's not really urgent cause it contains only games, no big deal if it fails tomorrow but I would like to replace it if I see a good offer

 

[WatEagle]

So guys quick update... I picked up a toshiba p300 2tb drive, making sure it’s a CMR drive and in 1 Or 2 days should arrive ( also i checked for wd Black but had crazy prices like 120€ for a 2tb one and hybrid drives were out of stock)

now my Seagate is a spare drive, what can I do with it while It’s still alive?

 

[Rei]

So guys quick update... I picked up a toshiba p300 2tb drive, making sure it’s a CMR drive and in 1 Or 2 days should arrive ( also i checked for wd Black but had crazy prices like 120€ for a 2tb one and hybrid drives were out of stock)

now my Seagate is a spare drive, what can I do with it while It’s still alive?

Good to know & congratulation on the new drive.

After you get your drive, make sure to sort of stress test & benchmark it before you do any long term storage in it to ensure that you are getting the performance & reliability that you paid for.

As for your spare drive, well... It's a spare... You could still use that drive to install low priority games so when the drive's time is up, you won't lose much other than install time.

 

[WatEagle]

Good to know & congratulation on the new drive.

After you get your drive, make sure to sort of stress test & benchmark it before you do any long term storage in it to ensure that you are getting the performance & reliability that you paid for.

As for your spare drive, well... It's a spare... You could still use that drive to install low priority games so when the drive's time is up, you won't lose much other than install time.

that's also what I thought. Ty

 

[silentbogo]

So guys quick update... I picked up a toshiba p300 2tb drive, making sure it’s a CMR drive and in 1 Or 2 days should arrive ( also i checked for wd Black but had crazy prices like 120€ for a 2tb one and hybrid drives were out of stock)

Got three P300's not too long ago, we'll see how long those last...
I had really hard time picking a CMR drive this summer, almost went with 2.5" WD Black cause everything else was out of stock.

 

[WatEagle]

A quick question
I filled almost 1Tb of 2 and now with crystal disk mark I see 150MB/s during reads and almost the same during writes.
I also defragmented it
Is it normal to drop the performance?
Checking on Amazon I see people getting 200 MB/s with only 200Gb occupied

 

[silentbogo]

Is it normal to drop the performance?

Yes, it's normal for any HDD. It's not the amount of filled data that makes it go slower, but the position of a head on a platter during benchmark. The closer it is to the center, the slower it gets (may get as low as 100MB/s). If you do a full surface scan in, let's say, Victoria HDD, you'll see what I'm talking about:

Defrag was really unnecessary, since this is a brand new drive.

 

[Jetster]

Take reviews with a grain of salt 150MB/s is fine

 

[dragontamer5788]

A quick question
I filled almost 1Tb of 2 and now with crystal disk mark I see 150MB/s during reads and almost the same during writes.
I also defragmented it
Is it normal to drop the performance?
Checking on Amazon I see people getting 200 MB/s with only 200Gb occupied

The speed of the hard drive depends on the density.

A 5TB hard drive will be faster than a 2TB hard drive. Because you bought a smaller drive, there are fewer heads, fewer platters, and less bit density. All hard drives spin at specified speeds (either 5400 RPM or 7200 RPM), so the only thing that makes things go faster is "bits per inch", so to speak.

Bigger hard drives have more bits-per-inch and still spin at the same speed (7200RPM), and thus have faster performance. By buying a 2TB hard drive, you're naturally going to have less performance than a 3TB, 4TB, or 5TB drive. 200MB/s seems like a 4TB or 5TB drive speed, in my experience. 150MB/s is about right for a 2TB drive like yours.

 

[WatEagle]

The speed of the hard drive depends on the density.

A 5TB hard drive will be faster than a 2TB hard drive. Because you bought a smaller drive, there are fewer heads, fewer platters, and less bit density. All hard drives spin at specified speeds (either 5400 RPM or 7200 RPM), so the only thing that makes things go faster is "bits per inch", so to speak.

Bigger hard drives have more bits-per-inch and still spin at the same speed (7200RPM), and thus have faster performance. By buying a 2TB hard drive, you're naturally going to have less performance than a 3TB, 4TB, or 5TB drive. 200MB/s seems like a 4TB or 5TB drive speed, in my experience. 150MB/s is about right for a 2TB drive like yours.

ty, you're right.... I should have remebered this thing from computer architecture course

Victoria HDD, you'll see what I'm talking about:

Defrag was really unnecessary, since this is a brand new drive.

I'll try it, thanks