Looking for reliable and durable 500gb hard drive

[jbclem]

Looking for a reliable and durable SATA 500 mb (or smaller) hard drive. I don't mind older models if they have good reputations and are still available.

 

[The Paladin]

500MB or GB?

if 500GB then WD Black, but why pay 66$ for 500Gb when you can get 1TB for less per GB
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236345&nm_mc=KNC-MSNSearch-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-MSNSearch-PC-_-pla-_-Hard+Drives-_-Western+Digital-_-22236345&msclkid=3220271e134014d7ac4e7c8c72bf2db0&gclid=CNjg5P7lqN0CFQjrDQodYQcLOw&gclsrc=ds

1TB is only 79$
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236625&cm_re=WD_Black_1TB-_-22-236-625-_-Product

 

[kerberos_20]

ironwolf is also good for reliability if u dont look for speed 1TB 60$, 2TB 77$ (150MB transfer speed)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822179008

 

[jbclem]

I don't need ultra large hard drives, I can't even fill up a 500gb drive. And why put everything on a large drive when you can spread it over several smaller drives so in the event of a failure without backup you don't loose everything.
After this discussion I realized that when I last bought hard drives I was getting the WD enterprise version (for reliability). So a few days ago I was looking on eBay and there was a brand new WD RE4 250gb drive for $20. I grabbed it and it was delivered today. A few more of those and I'll be able to have extra drives for backing up my two computers.

Any opinions on the WD RE4 enterprise hard drives?

 

[kerberos_20]

re4 should be same quality as black, just it has extra raid enabled feature for recovery (when in raid mode)
5yr warranty

 

[jbclem]

If it's true that the 5 yr warranty starts from the date of manufacture, then I'll have to rely on whatever warranty comes from the seller.

Are the black WD drives their most reliable?

 

[kerberos_20]

gold enterprise would be da best i guess