I have been looking for an internal HDD for me to store my movies and TV shows on for Plex. (streaming movies to my chromecast/roku/tv ect..)
I am un-decided on where I should be looking as black Friday sales don't seem to be too great for Aussies.
On a side note, is there any real downsides to HDD specs other than size and speed?
As in, What would the difference be between a WD Black HDD and a WD Gold HDD?
Cheers
Hate to be a pain but what would a 256mb cache be better at than a 128mb? Would it be noticeable at all?
Cheers for the rest of the info though, I think I will have to have a look around some more.
For movies, WD red is enough?
In that case, Ive heard red is aimed at NAS,
I would be streaming movies off the HDD using the Plex server.
@0burntrice0:
isn't it depend, on type of steaming you do? to whole neighborhood or within your house hold?:)
I got wd red, no issues other than slow copying large number of files, then again too hard to compare since I don't have either black or gold. I got red because its cheap and always on as a server, but OS on a SSD.
This is what dr google told me https://www.techporn.ph/understanding-the-differences-betwee… :)
You could grab a Toshiba X300 Performance HDD (8TB) for around $365.35 delivered on Newegg.
FWIW, i bought a 5TB one for AUD $158 from Amazon. today's price will be USD $146.1 / $191.65 which is not as cheap.
5TB just came back down to a resonable price - $170 delivered.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/345355
Not really a NAS drive though.
256mb cache vs 128mb cache. If your constantly streaming videos or music or using the HD as a server then go for the higher cache.
But honestly the WD Blacks are damm fast. I get 120 to 240 mbs transfer speeds on usb 3.0. Price ratio the blacks win.
In comparison to WD red, would red be okay?
One user above said for movies red is enough.
I don't think the slowest Hard drive will get anywhere near slow enough to be a problem for streaming movies. It should stream 1080p video perfectly every time.
Looks like any colour WD is great:
https://metanophilia.wordpress.com/2015/07/01/rainbow-caviar…
I got a 4TB blue.
Wow nice find scrimshaw.
I bought 2 x Seagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB8000100) at $174.99 USD each.
Came to $379.40 USD.
Purchased July 23, 2017.
My actual Amazon invoice was:
Item(s) Subtotal: AUD 459.22
Shipping & Handling: AUD 28.14
Gift-wrap: AUD 10.47
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Total before tax: AUD 497.83
Sales Tax: AUD 0.00
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Total for This Shipment: AUD 497.83
No idea on the quality of these drives compared to others but for the price it seemed like a steal. Gave one to my housemate to use for his Xbox One S and the other for his laptop.
I'm looking similar drive for the same purpose for my nas. I think I will buy WD red 8TB (WD80EFZX).
hey 0burntrice0
Difference between WD Black and WD Gold is 128mb cache on the black vs 256mb cache on the gold.
Plus I think WD Black has 5 year warranty and WD Gold has 10 year warranty.
I personally go for WD Black's. You can score a 6TB WD Black for around $430 online a WD Gold 12TB will cost $1K.
Don't buy Seagate's (rubbish) or Toshiba's (better than Seagate but still bad). Hitachie is good as they are owned by WD.