CCPD 207 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) Looking to get reliable 8TB external hard drive with fast write and read speed, to free some space from my internal drive. I will mainly use it to store large video and image files. 1. Seagate Expansion Desktop Hard Drive 8TB HDD External - PC Windows PS4 & Xbox - USB 2.0 & 3.0 Black (STEB8000100) 2. Seagate 8TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0 for PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation (STGY8000400) 3. Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB USB 3.0 Hard Drives - Desktop External STEL8000100 4. WD My Book 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive for Windows/Mac/Laptop, USB 3.0 Black (WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN) 5. WD Elements 8TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive Black WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN 6. WD Black 8TB D10 Game Drive Portable External Hard Drive for PS4/Xbox One/PC/Mac USB 3.2 (WDBA3P0080HBK-NESN) Edited November 21, 2020 by CCPD Link to post Share on other sites
Minalessa 13 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Whatever you do, do not buy Seagate. Their drives are highly unreliable. Now you have 3 choices left. Link to post Share on other sites
LunaMax 14 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Do you need it to be portable? As that'll also wittle your options down by either 1 or 5. Or if you take the advice of the previous poster, 1 or 2 options. Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Pink 12,204 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 What's everyone's opinion of Western Digital? I'm unfamiliar with them. An uncle recommended them to me but haven't used them myself. I've pretty much been using those Adata HD Pro ones that claim to be military grade, drop-proof and waterproof (up to 2ft or something). I take that with a huge pinch of salt but I do like the protection. They're mostly just kept as backup drives and aren't actively used unless occasionally I need to get something off them. @CCPD I've only experience with one Seagate 2tb HDD. It's been going OK. I'm actually actively using it doing some Premier Pro projects off it. It runs fine. They seem like good value. I know all HDD's are prone to failure but there has to be one that's statistically better than them all. It's just impossible to find that data. Did you decide on one in the end? If so, how's it working out for you? Link to post Share on other sites
LunaMax 14 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 On 1/9/2021 at 7:41 PM, Mister Pink said: What's everyone's opinion of Western Digital? I'm unfamiliar with them. An uncle recommended them to me but haven't used them myself. I've pretty much been using those Adata HD Pro ones that claim to be military grade, drop-proof and waterproof (up to 2ft or something). I take that with a huge pinch of salt but I do like the protection. They're mostly just kept as backup drives and aren't actively used unless occasionally I need to get something off them. @CCPD I've only experience with one Seagate 2tb HDD. It's been going OK. I'm actually actively using it doing some Premier Pro projects off it. It runs fine. They seem like good value. I know all HDD's are prone to failure but there has to be one that's statistically better than them all. It's just impossible to find that data. Did you decide on one in the end? If so, how's it working out for you? For small 1 box servers I'd usually say go with the WD Red SSHD's they're pretty reliable in fairness. Had a little Dell Poweredge with 8*6TB ones in a RAID10 and they worked really well. I think also having like 8GB on board SSD helps with caching even in just a 1 disk scenario. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
