So assuming you are using solid state for operating system at least, does it really matter if you use a HDD for extended storage what you choose as long as it's reliable?
I remember spending extra back in the day (circa 2009) to get a huge 500GB (lol) HDD with a sizeable cache and 7200rpm. Because back then, that's where the OS was installed.
Now I'm putting together a new rig and ordered a 1TB M.2 NVME drive already. Was planning to just transplant my HDD for a little more storage and plan to add more later as needed, maybe even another M.2 since my MB has a second slot fore it. But then I figure, hey I can buy a HDD now for so cheap, why not do that and still add the other later?
I was looking at the Barracuda drives the 4TB seems good, although I noticed it's 5400rpm whereas if I drop down to 2TB I get 7200rpm. Does it really even matter for something that mostly just for storage? I mean, mabye I'll being installing things to it.
I remember spending extra back in the day (circa 2009) to get a huge 500GB (lol) HDD with a sizeable cache and 7200rpm. Because back then, that's where the OS was installed.
Now I'm putting together a new rig and ordered a 1TB M.2 NVME drive already. Was planning to just transplant my HDD for a little more storage and plan to add more later as needed, maybe even another M.2 since my MB has a second slot fore it. But then I figure, hey I can buy a HDD now for so cheap, why not do that and still add the other later?
I was looking at the Barracuda drives the 4TB seems good, although I noticed it's 5400rpm whereas if I drop down to 2TB I get 7200rpm. Does it really even matter for something that mostly just for storage? I mean, mabye I'll being installing things to it.