Best 2.5" disk for 24/7 work

silverkin

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Hello!

Recently bought a router with USB Port and I am planning to get DD-WRT on this to have torrent client and media center.

Im searching for 2.5" hard drive and then getting a 2.5 case for that. Doing that weird combination because sometimes Im gonna use that as a portable disk.

Looking for something which is quiet, and can work 24/7 for some years. I don't care about power comsumption.

If someone would be that nice and also recommend case for that disk I would be really grateful.

Thanks in advance for reading!
 
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Well..it depends on what you are actually doing.
Constant 24/7 read/write? Consider a WD Purple or Red.
Or just on, 24/7, playing movies sometimes? Anything will work. If it dies within the warranty, RMA.

And you can't put a specific 'number of years' on any individual drive.


So there is no alternative to WD RED's?

Its a little bit retarded, because i can afford WD Blue 1TB for 40$, but WD RED 750GB costs 80$.

3.5" RED's are not overpriced like 2.5 ones 🙁.
 



Any drive will work, but the Red's are specifically tuned for that 24/7 use case.
 
So after let's say 3 years my drive is gonna crush and burn?

I really don't know about life-time of hard disks with that amount of power time.

I'm so glad that u are helping me :).
 


Well..it depends on what you are actually doing.
Constant 24/7 read/write? Consider a WD Purple or Red.
Or just on, 24/7, playing movies sometimes? Anything will work. If it dies within the warranty, RMA.

And you can't put a specific 'number of years' on any individual drive.
 
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