[SOLVED] what second drive should I get for my steam collection?

[antonis mark]

can't decide options (also can easily move from motherboard to motherboard without problems both SATA and nvme acceptable prefered SATA for SSDs):
1.wd blue: mid noise
+very good capacity for a very good price
+reliable
-lacks performance
2.Seagate barracuda: mid noise
average performance
+still very cheap for 2 TB of capacity like wd
-unreliable
3.SSD(Samsung):
+very quite
+very good reliability
+incredible speed
-limited capacities to 1 TB (above that price is unreasonable)
-very expensive
4.wd black:
+good performance
+good capacity 2TB
-very noisy
-click of death <=> unreliable
-can be expensive similar to an SSD
5.Seagate firecuda:
+good price to performance
+good capacity
-limited availability (especially for 2 TB)
-only available in 2.5 size which is bad
-noise might be a problem
-since its an shdd it can be slow in certain situations (ex: loading a game for the first time)

 

[USAFRet]

How much space do you need?
What is the budget for this?

 

[Pextaxmx]

Steam collection = can be re-downloaded if lost, right?
I would buy any Seagate external drive on sale and shuck...

 

[antonis mark]

How much space do you need?
What is the budget for this?

well idk, I want good performance I mean the game won't load for minutes (10+) and also good capacity I pay a high value of 100$+ for 2 TB and cheap for 1TB of storage , I also want it to not make much noise since this would be annoying during gameplay

 

[antonis mark]

Steam collection = can be re-downloaded if lost, right?
I would buy any Seagate external drive on sale and shuck...

The problem with USB external drives is that they lose the connection sometimes and your game crashes potentially without saving which erases your progress

 

[USAFRet]

well idk, I want good performance I mean the game won't load for minutes (10+) and also good capacity I pay a high value of 100$+ for 2 TB and cheap for 1TB of storage , I also want it to not make much noise since this would be annoying during gameplay

Your needs call for an SSD, your budget dictates an HDD.

I would consider a compromise.
1TB SSD now ($100), and another later.

 

[USAFRet]

The problem with USB external drives is that they lose the connection sometimes and your game crashes potentially without saving which erases your progress

"shuck" = taking the drive out of the external enclosure, and installing it as an internal.
Seagate externals are good for this.
An 8TB external can be had for ~$150.

I have one, its in my NAS right now.

 

[antonis mark]

Your needs call for an SSD, your budget dictates an HDD.

I would consider a compromise.
1TB SSD now ($100), and another later.

well, I will probably buy a 1TB (or lower) SSD and upgrade later...