What HDD 4TB 7200 for my PC? I want it to be quiet

[Joselox]

Hello,

I was thinking of https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822235064

I want it to be quiet. Is this a good price?

Thanks!

 

[lperreault21]

Yup Western digital make the best HDDs.

And, whoa, that is a bg sale, i might have to get one for my nas server,

 

[Joselox]

That was fast haha. I didn't read the NAS thing. It is still good for my PC right?
Thanks I think I will get it right now

 

[Joselox]

I was about to use it as a boost drive xD Muy other drives are 10 years old xD why shouldnt I?

 

[lperreault21]

I was about to use it as a boost drive xD Muy other drives are 10 years old xD why shouldnt I?

Well, I found this


I wouldn't look at desktop and NAS hard drives as equals. It really depends on your intended purpose for that particular new HDD you're looking for. The WD Red can be used as a regular desktop drive, however, it's okay to do that only if you need massive secondary storage for your data. Otherwise I wouldn't consider using the drive for OS and run demanding software programs from it. The WD Red NAS drive uses IntelliPower RPM which is a fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver significant power savings because, after all, it's designed to run in 24/7 RAID/NAS environments. This basically causes the drive to spin down occasionally (when not accessed), so I wouldn't use it for booting on its own. The HDD is also equipped with a specific NASware 3.0 firmware that delivers a lot of benefits in terms of performance, but unfortunately, they are rarely noticed when used as regular secondary HDD, so it does look like any other massive desktop storage drive. You can read more about WD Red's features on the official product page here: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=2XCRpN

Depending on the purpose for your storage upgrade, there are different drives out there that are designed to deliver what you are looking for. If interested, here is a link to our desktop HDDs with a short description of their purpose and capabilities: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=X1QXLS

Thats why, i would get a 240gb SSD, 80 bucks more,

 

[dshort01]

Hello,

I was thinking of https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822235064

I want it to be quiet. Is this a good price?

Thanks!

 

[dshort01]

These drives are great in a NAS. For a stand alone pc I am don't know the speed. In my NAS I have four of these in 2 TB, for a total of 8 TB. I have a Raid 5 configuration which includes redundancy and stripping. And the performance is amazing... but things operate differen't than in a PC. So I don't know.

 

[Joselox]

I was about to use it as a boost drive xD Muy other drives are 10 years old xD why shouldnt I?

Well, I found this


I wouldn't look at desktop and NAS hard drives as equals. It really depends on your intended purpose for that particular new HDD you're looking for. The WD Red can be used as a regular desktop drive, however, it's okay to do that only if you need massive secondary storage for your data. Otherwise I wouldn't consider using the drive for OS and run demanding software programs from it. The WD Red NAS drive uses IntelliPower RPM which is a fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver significant power savings because, after all, it's designed to run in 24/7 RAID/NAS environments. This basically causes the drive to spin down occasionally (when not accessed), so I wouldn't use it for booting on its own. The HDD is also equipped with a specific NASware 3.0 firmware that delivers a lot of benefits in terms of performance, but unfortunately, they are rarely noticed when used as regular secondary HDD, so it does look like any other massive desktop storage drive. You can read more about WD Red's features on the official product page here: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=2XCRpN

Depending on the purpose for your storage upgrade, there are different drives out there that are designed to deliver what you are looking for. If interested, here is a link to our desktop HDDs with a short description of their purpose and capabilities: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=X1QXLS

Thats why, i would get a 240gb SSD, 80 bucks more,

WD Link is not working.

 

[Joselox]

These drives are great in a NAS. For a stand alone pc I am don't know the speed. In my NAS I have four of these in 2 TB, for a total of 8 TB. I have a Raid 5 configuration which includes redundancy and stripping. And the performance is amazing... but things operate differen't than in a PC. So I don't know.

Thanks for the info man. I appreciate it.

 

[lperreault21]

I was about to use it as a boost drive xD Muy other drives are 10 years old xD why shouldnt I?

Well, I found this


I wouldn't look at desktop and NAS hard drives as equals. It really depends on your intended purpose for that particular new HDD you're looking for. The WD Red can be used as a regular desktop drive, however, it's okay to do that only if you need massive secondary storage for your data. Otherwise I wouldn't consider using the drive for OS and run demanding software programs from it. The WD Red NAS drive uses IntelliPower RPM which is a fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver significant power savings because, after all, it's designed to run in 24/7 RAID/NAS environments. This basically causes the drive to spin down occasionally (when not accessed), so I wouldn't use it for booting on its own. The HDD is also equipped with a specific NASware 3.0 firmware that delivers a lot of benefits in terms of performance, but unfortunately, they are rarely noticed when used as regular secondary HDD, so it does look like any other massive desktop storage drive. You can read more about WD Red's features on the official product page here: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=2XCRpN

Depending on the purpose for your storage upgrade, there are different drives out there that are designed to deliver what you are looking for. If interested, here is a link to our desktop HDDs with a short description of their purpose and capabilities: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=X1QXLS

Thats why, i would get a 240gb SSD, 80 bucks more,

WD Link is not working.

huh

 

[Joselox]

http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=X1QXLS
this link wont open