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    What's the best standard HDDs these days?

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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      @Dashrender said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

      5 year old PC and you're asking for the fastest option? LOL Anything with enough storage at a price you're happy to pay should be fine.

      Even five years ago, I was all SSD.

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

        @Dashrender said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

        5 year old PC and you're asking for the fastest option? LOL Anything with enough storage at a price you're happy to pay should be fine.

        Even five years ago, I was all SSD.

        You're also made of money 🙂

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        • stacksofplatesS
          stacksofplates @DustinB3403
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          @DustinB3403 said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

          I think the 18TB SSD is pretty regular, and awesome.

          I have 4 of those in OBR10 on my desktop.

          18TB? Are you from the future?

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          • stacksofplatesS
            stacksofplates
            last edited by stacksofplates

            I have a 1TB WD Blue SSD at work. It was $279 (even from CDW)

            WD Blue 1TB Internal SSD Solid State Drive - SATA 6Gb/s 2.5 Inch - WDS100T1B0A https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXPENRR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_w--lzb5WE8F0T

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @stacksofplates
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              @stacksofplates said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

              @DustinB3403 said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

              I think the 18TB SSD is pretty regular, and awesome.

              I have 4 of those in OBR10 on my desktop.

              18TB? Are you from the future?

              No but I did get the storage amount wrong, 16TB.

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              • guyinpvG
                guyinpv
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                Firecuda. It has an extra 8GB SSD cache with smartypants stuff built in.

                Like I said, getting a 1TB SSD for whatever, $400, versus a 2TB Firecuda for $100 was just the better deal. It's an i5 3Ghz with 8GB so not horrible as just an office PC.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  8GB is a small cache, but will definitely make a difference. Depends heavily on workload.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch
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                    This entire discussion was stupid. There is never need to worry about a "best drive" for 99% of users. You buy what ever is cheap and available. Even more so because you have clearly stated this is a short term solution.

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                    • BRRABillB
                      BRRABill @JaredBusch
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                      @JaredBusch said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                      This entire discussion was stupid. There is never need to worry about a "best drive" for 99% of users. You buy what ever is cheap and available. Even more so because you have clearly stated this is a short term solution.

                      Hear ye, the word of the lord. And rejoice, because it has been given unto you.

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                      • guyinpvG
                        guyinpv @BRRABill
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                        @BRRABill said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                        @JaredBusch said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                        This entire discussion was stupid. There is never need to worry about a "best drive" for 99% of users. You buy what ever is cheap and available. Even more so because you have clearly stated this is a short term solution.

                        Hear ye, the word of the lord. And rejoice, because it has been given unto you.

                        You dare blaspheme the name of Jared!!?!?! Burn!!!

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @guyinpv
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                          @guyinpv said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                          @BRRABill said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                          @JaredBusch said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                          This entire discussion was stupid. There is never need to worry about a "best drive" for 99% of users. You buy what ever is cheap and available. Even more so because you have clearly stated this is a short term solution.

                          Hear ye, the word of the lord. And rejoice, because it has been given unto you.

                          You dare blaspheme the name of Jared!!?!?! Burn!!!

                          Say what you want, but th time you spent looking for drives, and then purchasing a drive that is probably double the cost of what you could have gotten, means money wasted.

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                          • ObsolesceO
                            Obsolesce
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                            This would be my preference to replace the cheap one in my laptop. Perhaps the 500 GB version instead because its more affordable.

                            Samsung m.2

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                            • guyinpvG
                              guyinpv @JaredBusch
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                              @JaredBusch said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                              @guyinpv said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                              @BRRABill said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                              @JaredBusch said in What's the best standard HDDs these days?:

                              This entire discussion was stupid. There is never need to worry about a "best drive" for 99% of users. You buy what ever is cheap and available. Even more so because you have clearly stated this is a short term solution.

                              Hear ye, the word of the lord. And rejoice, because it has been given unto you.

                              You dare blaspheme the name of Jared!!?!?! Burn!!!

                              Say what you want, but th time you spent looking for drives, and then purchasing a drive that is probably double the cost of what you could have gotten, means money wasted.

                              Don't sweat it. I did one Google search, posted a thread on here, then looked at Amazon's popular stuff.
                              10 minute decision.

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