Hey,

So I’ve been hanging out for blackfriday to get two 2TB SSDs to replace my two 2TB HDDs that I ripped out of some old Sky HD boxes many years ago (you can hear them ticking away when I use them.

I primarily use them for general data storage, videos, music, pictures, backups of my software exes, documents etc, and in my recent years music production sample packs, drum kits, VSTs etc.

I have already just about filled one drive and am about half way through another.

Now I was thinking of replacing them for SSDs to improve data access when needed, currently Amazon has an SSD for roughly £74, but I have also recently seen that 4tb seagate barracuda drives are £75.

Onlything I’m worried about with the HDD is the mechanical aspect, IE life expectancy but what worries me about the SSD is the nature of the data storage not being as secure as HDDs (read that SSDs electrically store data rather than physically.

So in your opinion would you rather the two SSDs of the same storage size for improved speeds or two 4tb HDDs to improve storage space?

  • Pvt-Snafu@alien.topBEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I would go for SSDs if I needed speed. SSDs longevity is just fine. Any drive can die when you leave it unused for a decade.

    • Jufinda@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I did in the end, a 1tb WD Black gaming nvme for £60 and something I was dumbfounded by, a 4tb WD black PCIe ssd I had to Google it because I was so shocked, sold and fulfilled by Amazon US, so I’d have to import it but it was £136 pounds, Google telling me it’s £800 to £1000, amazon has since said that the item is unavailable and the 1tb has now gone on sale.

      WD Black AN1500 4TB SSD

  • Tangled SlinkyEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Given your use case, I’d go for size over speed. I did music production for a few years using HDDs to store my samples and VSTs, and I never had any major issues. Storage prices stagnated for a while, but they’re finally coming down more steadily, so you might consider picking up HDDs for now and holding out for an SSD upgrade down the road.

  • Sopel97@alien.topBEnglish
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    7 months ago

    EDIT: was thinking Firecuda as they are SMR rather than the CMR barracuda, so read that SMR drivers are considered to be better.

    read again