Hard drives for excess games and videos

[TurtleyAwesome]

I currently have a ssd for my os and most used games but I figured the ssd wont cover all my files as I plan on video editing and gaming a lot. I'm currently looking at two hard drives the seagate 3tb ( Seagate Desktop HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 64MB Cache) or a western digital hard drive (black i figure) however the seagate is cheaper in terms of space but I'm hearing a lot of horror stories of them failing after the warranty. As I tend to worry a lot can someone tell me which will be a better investment for my intended use? preferably explain the reasoning behind your choice as well.

I know that any hard drive is not as bullet proof, but I want to avoid dealing with a dead hdd and/or lost files.

Thanks for your time!

 

[USAFRet]

In particular, the Seagate 3TB has had major reliability issues.

There are multiple other drives. Seagate or WD 2TB.
The WD Black in any size would work well.

 

[weberdarren97]

I would go with 4tb WD Black for video editing. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W019M6841&cm_re=wd_black_4tb-_-22-236-622-_-Product

 

[johnnyb105]

Wow the WD bLACK ONLY HAS A 2 yEAR WARRENTY I have used there drives before but the blue drives where the last ones I bought had a 2 yr warrenty as well..

 

[weberdarren97]

I've been using my WD Black for file storage for video editing for over six years now, never had a single problem with it.

 

[TurtleyAwesome]

In particular, the Seagate 3TB has had major reliability issues.

There are multiple other drives. Seagate or WD 2TB.
The WD Black in any size would work well.

any idea why the 3 tb is so failure prone? (just curious) also, between a the 2 tb seagate or a 2 tb wd blue/black which would you recommend?

 

[weberdarren97]

I'd recommend the WD Black, but I guess the vet probably has more experience than me here.

 

[USAFRet]

In particular, the Seagate 3TB has had major reliability issues.

There are multiple other drives. Seagate or WD 2TB.
The WD Black in any size would work well.

any idea why the 3 tb is so failure prone? (just curious) also, between a the 2 tb seagate or a 2 tb wd which would you recommend?

No idea. But there was a report from BackBlaze a couple of years ago calling that particular drive out for an unusually high fail rate.
Now...does that roll over to drives sold today? No idea. But the taint remains.