Need internal 5TB or 6TB HDD, what to get?

Lgembel on 01/10/2016 - 11:12

Need an internal 5tb or 6tb drive, what's a good bang to buck you can get atm?

Doesn't have to be locally sourced, Amazon etc is fine.

Comments

nocure on 01/10/2016 - 12:49

-1

3 x 2GB Seagate barra's would be a better choice.imo
- fruit on 01/10/2016 - 13:47
  
  Why?
  - [Deactivated] on 01/10/2016 - 15:18
    
    because in the right environment they would be more reliable
    bigger drives have less reliability atm
gembel on 01/10/2016 - 12:50

+1

its for my HTPC which only has 1 3.5" slot :)

currently has 2tb, but running out of space!
- nocure on 01/10/2016 - 12:52
  
  Oh OK.
jzdhgkd on 01/10/2016 - 12:59

I bought one of these when it was on sale for ~$250 AUD delivered but currently it's about $300 delivered.

You're probably better off buying locally in case of DOA.

Seagate used to be notorious for early failures but these days they seem to be much improved.

I've heard Backblaze isn't great because they're not real world scenarios but you can read the comparison of seagate vs WD here