What 2TB HDD to buy ?

[Vlad_14]

I'm looking for an additional HDD , as the only storage drive i have now is my crucial mx 300 275gb ssd .
I was looking for 1 tb/2tb variants , and I think that 2 TB of space is worth for me , as Im planning on playing a lot of games that i might not want to delete , plus start recording for youtube channel and so on .So im looking for 2tb.
There is a problem , i live in romania , so i need to search on this market .
For example i found this 2tb toshiba 7200rpm hdd , which is like the only 7200rpm i could find here . The rest of wd blue ones are only 5400rpm . is it good ? it quite cheaper than the rest of them . I heard that toshiba are good . not stellar but good . so what you say ? im mostly set on it , but i want to hear your opinnion https://www.evomag.ro/COMPONENTE-PC-Hard-Disk-Drive-HDD-Desktop/Toshiba-HDD-Desktop-Toshiba-2TB-SATA-III-600-64-MB-Buffer-96491.html
What moddel should i consider
And , also , how do i find stuff that should be moved onto my hdd ? i mean , programs that wont require fast storage . I know how to move my games , but im asking for other programs that maybe should be moved onto the hdd , and i dont want to reinstall the os either for this to happen

 

[Colif]

It looks okay to me, most people here have positive opinions: http://www.overclock.net/t/1421552/toshiba-2tb-hdd-worth-it

what version of windows are you on?

You should think about moving your library folders like music, documents, pictures, etc onto the 2tb drive as it gives you more space on C and also makes rebuilding PC after a format faster as all your folders already waiting. Here is how to do it in win 10: http://www.dummies.com/computers/operating-systems/windows-10/how-to-change-the-location-of-user-folders-in-windows-10/

just be careful not to turn the entire drive into a folder

I normally leave programs on the ssd as they would need to be reinstalled after a fresh install anyway.

If you on Win 10 I would move the onedrive location to hdd as well - https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/instantanswers/346c0dc9-68fb-4189-9674-8011c670c3de/change-the-location-of-your-onedrive-folder

 

[Vlad_14]

w 10 obviously . So , ill take it then

 

[dudeman509]

I've been very pleased with my Toshiba (3 TB) drive. Quick, mostly quiet, and it's been reliable for ~2 years.

 

[Vlad_14]

I've been very pleased with my Toshiba (3 TB) drive. Quick, mostly quiet, and it's been reliable for ~2 years.

Nice.
Probably every hdd is differently reliable , indiferent of brand .
I had an old HDD from Seagate that run quite good for like 4 years until it started to sometimes bluescreen . But it happened strange , like in a week there would be 3 of them and then for another 5 months , none . so , its pure luck here i guess

 

[Colif]

I like WD drives, I have had about 4 of them in the last 14+ years and only one that died in that time was used as C so it got lots of usage. I had one in my last PC that lasted 10 years, probably still works. I retired it with last PC. Speed of storage doesn't really bother me, not sure what speed my 2tb is as I mostly use the ssd.