French-Guy Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Hello Would like to upgrade my drives (I have 2TB and 1,5TB) I've read it was not interesting to go with 3TB....better select 4TB or even better, 6TB But 6TB are expensive, so I guess 4TB is the best option for me right now What would be a good drive that sells at a reasonable price? Well actually what would be the cheapest but still good drive? Thanks Quote Link to comment
megalodon Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I only use WD red's. I'm in the process of converting all my 3TB and 4TB Reds to the 6TB ones. Quote Link to comment
eroz Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I only use WD red's. Is the wdiddle3 command needed on the 4TB reds? Quote Link to comment
megalodon Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 No, that was really for the SATA II drives but I never used it. My SATA III 3, 4 and 6TB reds are pre cleared once then added into the array. Never had any issues. Quote Link to comment
eroz Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 No, that was really for the SATA II drives but I never used it. My SATA III 3, 4 and 6TB reds are pre cleared once then added into the array. Never had any issues. Great....I saw some posts on other websites about it still being an issue. I guess it might have been a small batch that were affected. Quote Link to comment
French-Guy Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 I will probably wait Thanksgiving.....should get some good deals for Black Friday Ideally, I would need 3 disks (1 parity and 2 to replace my 1,5TB) Quote Link to comment
maccabbi Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Whats the temperature like on the 6tb reds? I'm using HGST 4TB Deskstar Coolspin. They run about 8 degrees cooler than my WD Greens, but I haven't tried reds. Quote Link to comment
megalodon Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Obviously a lot of factors come into this question but they run 2c cooler than my 3tb Reds. Mine all run around 35c during use and 28c idle. Coolest drives I've ever had. Quote Link to comment
doron Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 If you're willing to shell a few extra $$, try the WD SE (WD4000F9YZ). Silent, cool, reliable. And 5yr warranty. I love them. Quote Link to comment
Doctor_WD Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Hey French-Guy, Let's try to find out which one will be best for you. Can you tell me please what are you going to do with them? I mean are you going to play games, some video editing, programing or it will be just storage drives? If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Hope this helps, Doctor_WD Quote Link to comment
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