Western Digital - Black

[Flanders]

I'm looking to get a desktop drive for additional storage but I'd like to run apps and games off it too.

WD vs. Seagate?

This is what I had in mind - WD4004FZWX

WD 4.0TB
3.5" 7200RPM 256MB HDD - Black

Any complaints or things I should consider?

Thanks

 

[ponder]

WD is good. Should really look at a SSD for OS and apps and use the HDD for staorage.

 

[rambo919]

Unfortunately some of us only have HDD money... though those also don't have WD black money.

 

[Flanders]

WD is good. Should really look at a SSD for OS and apps and use the HDD for staorage.

Thanks. Yeah, SSD will come later. Will put OS and apps on that but for now I need space more than speed and from what I've seen the large capacity SSDs are crazy expensive.

 

[Rickster]

The bigger the drive the more the heads are likely to fail, also more platters the more force it would take to spin them causing wear.

 

[LightningSux]

If you don't need more than 2 TB for now, consider the Seagate FireCuda SSHD (it has an 8GB MLC SSD cache - good enough for faster booting of Windows and accelerating your most frequently used apps / games). There used to be a 4 TB model available, but doesn't look like it is sold anymore.