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Which HDD is Better? Help Me Choose.

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Originally Posted by Gilles3000 View Post

They're very similar drives performance wise, and they both only have 2 year warranty's, so I'd just go for the cheaper P300.
This seems to be good timing. The 3 TB Toshiba P300 can be had from Newegg for $69.99 shipped after the promo code (4-7 business day shipping, not guaranteed): https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149633

The promo code requires you to sign up for their newsletter, but still. Edit: Of course, you can just unsubscribe immediately after ordering.

I think I'll order it. The sale ends in 19 hours. I'm going to continue doing a little bit of looking around for a while first. I can stay awake another hour or so I think.

As an OS drive though, I would get the Toshiba X300 for $109.99 shipped: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xHzZxr/toshiba-internal-hard-drive-hdwe140xzs

I only need a storage drive though. I have 3 drives (see my sig rig), and I have pretty much no space left. lol
 
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Originally Posted by TwoCables View Post

This seems to be good timing. The 3 TB Toshiba P300 can be had from Newegg for $69.99 shipped after the promo code (4-7 business day shipping, not guaranteed): https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149633

The promo code requires you to sign up for their newsletter, but still.

I think I'll order it. The sale ends in 19 hours. I'm going to continue doing a little bit of looking around for a while first. I can stay awake another hour or so I think.

As an OS drive though, I would get the Toshiba X300 for $109.99 shipped: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xHzZxr/toshiba-internal-hard-drive-hdwe140xzs

I only need a storage drive though. I have 3 drives (see my sig rig), and I have pretty much no space left. lol
There's an enterprise 3TB seagate drive on amazon for $73 now with a 5 year warranty, which should be a pretty awesome deal. Although a different seller has been known to sell OEM versions with no warranty, so probably contact this seller to confirm its a retail drive with the full 5y warranty if you were to be interested.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00752R2H0
 
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Originally Posted by Gilles3000 View Post

There's an enterprise 3TB seagate drive on amazon for $73 now with a 5 year warranty, which should be a pretty awesome deal. Although a different seller has been known to sell OEM versions with no warranty, so probably contact this seller to confirm its a retail drive with the full 5y warranty if you were to be interested.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00752R2H0
Oh no, I'm not interested in taking a chance with Seagate hard drives. :)

Thank you, though! Really, I mean it. Thank you.
 
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Originally Posted by Gilles3000 View Post

Can't blame you, although you'd think the enterprise ones would be more reliable, maybe?
I did a search in the Hard Drives & Storage forum on here for "Toshiba P300", and for some reason I began looking for the word "seagate". I found mostly negative comments about them, including this one (the part I'm talking about is in bold):

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Originally Posted by umeng2002 View Post

You're only going to see a difference going from 5400rpm to 7200rpm to SSD.

Actually, right now I'm looking for another 1 TB HDD since my WD1001FALS circa 2009 is simply old, but otherwise in great condition. Some games are ran from it, some from my SSD. I'd like to get another 1 TB Black, but they seem to be rebranded 1 TB Blue drives. How much does a 16ms to 12ms or 10 ms access time matter when loading a level? Probably not much as the sequential transfer rate.

So I think I'd get the cheaper WD Blue drive (only the 7200 rpm versions though).

As far as reliability, yes there is a ton of data (in a server environment) that shows, if anything, avoid Seagate.

I have so many older, smaller IDE WD drives sitting around collecting dust, but still in perfect working order, that'd I'd be a fool not to get another WD drive.

But the whole WD10EZEX = WD1003FZEX thing is a bit off-putting.
Of course, I should ask for proof, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's absolutely right. It just adds to the already negative opinion I have of Seagate. It's a real shame, too: I remember when Seagate hard drives were the best. I remember the first time I was able to buy a Seagate hard drive; I was very excited, and that thing turned out to be an extremely good drive. After that 7200.11 debacle, it seems they have continued to go down hill more and more and more. Today, I see just 2 options for hard drives: Toshiba and Western Digital.
 
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I just ordered the Toshiba P300 3TB hard drive for $69.99 shipped from Newegg!

Edit: I am feeling extremely good about this purchase. As I read more and more about how this drive compares to others in this general price range for ~3TB, I become more and more sure that I definitely made the right choice.
 
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Originally Posted by mijotter View Post

I'm getting the Samsung 960 EVO for my SSD. So this drive will be mainly for storage and such.
Then the 3TB Toshiba P300 is absolutely the best choice. It is about on par with the WD Black (and better in some ways) and costs less. You won't be able to beat it for $69.99 shipped: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822149633

Regarding the 5TB Toshiba X300, it's intended to be used as your OS drive. It would be extreme overkill (and a waste of money) to use an X300 as a storage drive. It would truly be a bit ridiculous. However, it's $119.99 shipped right now after a promo code, so I guess it depends on how easily you can afford to spend $119.99.
 
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I installed my new Toshiba 3TB P300, and so far I am loving it! Installation was super easy, and I copied 382 GB in about 35-40 minutes from my 840 EVO using a SATA 2 connection on the Intel P67 SATA controller (I have to use SATA 2 until I finish the process of removing my old storage drives). During the entire copying process, I couldn't hear anything at all. I remember having a 250 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, and I remember being able to hear it every single time I used it. The location of my computer is still in the same spot, and I'm still using the same case and my room is dead silent except for the soft quiet hum of my case fans, yet I can't hear it at all.

The average speed I got from this data copy was 163 - 186 MB/sec (depending on if it took 40 minutes or just 35). At times, I saw speeds that were a few hundred MB/sec. During the last 50-25% of the process though, it sustained perfectly at 142 MB/sec for some reason. I'm happy with that too though.

What I'm trying to say is, I'm extremely happy with this hard drive!
 
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Originally Posted by TwoCables View Post

I did a search in the Hard Drives & Storage forum on here for "Toshiba P300", and for some reason I began looking for the word "seagate". I found mostly negative comments about them, including this one (the part I'm talking about is in bold):

Of course, I should ask for proof, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's absolutely right. It just adds to the already negative opinion I have of Seagate. It's a real shame, too: I remember when Seagate hard drives were the best. I remember the first time I was able to buy a Seagate hard drive; I was very excited, and that thing turned out to be an extremely good drive. After that 7200.11 debacle, it seems they have continued to go down hill more and more and more. Today, I see just 2 options for hard drives: Toshiba and Western Digital.
I thought Seagate picked their game up over the past couple of years, bringing their failure rates down closer to WD and other competitors. I also still wouldn't go seagate when you can get a WD drive for a few bux more. It could have a 100 year warranty, but warranty doesnt get your data back
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Originally Posted by spinFX View Post

I thought Seagate picked their game up over the past couple of years, bringing their failure rates down closer to WD and other competitors. I also still wouldn't go seagate when you can get a WD drive for a few bux more. It could have a 100 year warranty, but warranty doesnt get your data back
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With what I'm experiencing with this Toshiba P300 so far, I see no good reason to get anything else. I'm so happy with it that I wouldn't mind using an X300 as an OS drive if I wanted a large capacity OS drive for a much lower price than a large capacity solid state drive.
 
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Originally Posted by TwoCables View Post

I installed my new Toshiba 3TB P300, and so far I am loving it! Installation was super easy, and I copied 382 GB in about 35-40 minutes from my 840 EVO using a SATA 2 connection on the Intel P67 SATA controller (I have to use SATA 2 until I finish the process of removing my old storage drives). During the entire copying process, I couldn't hear anything at all. I remember having a 250 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, and I remember being able to hear it every single time I used it. The location of my computer is still in the same spot, and I'm still using the same case and my room is dead silent except for the soft quiet hum of my case fans, yet I can't hear it at all.

The average speed I got from this data copy was 163 - 186 MB/sec (depending on if it took 40 minutes or just 35). At times, I saw speeds that were a few hundred MB/sec. During the last 50-25% of the process though, it sustained perfectly at 142 MB/sec for some reason. I'm happy with that too though.

What I'm trying to say is, I'm extremely happy with this hard drive!
After reading your comments, i ordered Toshiba X300 4TB, it should be here Monday. I needed a replacement for my 5 year old WD Black 1TB that tarted giving me errors. I managed to get most of the files off it. The transfer speed would hit 0, windows would show the disk 100% in use . It also caused windows to take a lot longer to boot.
 
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