[SOLVED] What is the most reliable 6TB HDD

[mkharman]

I want to build my next gaming rig. I intend to buy the Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER ATX LGA1151 Motherboard so it has to be compatible with it, if it's a factor that is

I am searching for the most reliable 6TB HDD to store my games, music and movies since the latter two I tend not do delete.

So what would be the best choice here in terms of reliability and noise? and is there much difference between 5400 RPM and 7200 RPM?

 

[kanewolf]

Anything important can't have a single copy. In addition to a reliable drive, you have to have a backup process that is automated.

 

[Blitz Blitz]

I like wd brand. Take 7200 rpm, it would be faster.

 

[kanewolf]

I want to build my next gaming rig. I intend to buy the Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER ATX LGA1151 Motherboard so it has to be compatible with it, if it's a factor that is

I am searching for the most reliable 6TB HDD to store my games, music and movies since the latter two I tend not do delete.

So what would be the best choice here in terms of reliability and noise? and is there much difference between 5400 RPM and 7200 RPM?

Look at the manufacturer's warranty. A drive with a 5 year warranty is believed, by the manufacturer, to be more reliable than a 3 year. A "NAS" drive is designed for 24/7 use.
But none of that matters if you delete something or get a virus. Only backups protect your data.

 

[digitalgriffin]

Backblaze only reports one 6TB model: Seagate with a 1.07% failure rate

What SMART Stats Are Telling Us About Hard Drive Reliability

A problem that would have been discovered in the future would now be captured by the SMART stats when the process reads that section of disk today.

www.backblaze.com

HGST usually has lower drive failure rates.

That said, buy an external offline 6TB backup.

If you have a half decent router, chances are it supports simple NAS storage. Set up windows 10 backup to access it with the unique router password, and don't mount it as a drive letter. That way Ransomware can't encrypt it.

 

[Blitz Blitz]

I don't remember hitachi or toshiba, have low fail rates(yes it's good mechanical reliable drives), but there is another problem, - fails their firmware.

 

[mkharman]

Thank you for your suggestions. How about the Toshiba X300 6 TB 3.5" 7200RPM? Any thoughts?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Any thoughts?

Either WD red or HGST ultrastar.

 

[faalin]

Im running 3 6TB WD red pro drives in my computer. First one was bought back in october 2014 and holds all my steam games. I bought 2 more last year, one holds all my other games battle.net, origin, and any old CD/DVD games i ripped to ISOs. third drive backs up my steam drive, cause lets face it im not downloading and installing 700+ games again. Comcast threw a poop fit the last time i download 4+TB of games in a month.