Some advice re large capacity hard-drives please

longtalker · 10-27-2009, 04:28 PM

Hello everybody,

I need a hard-drive of about 1 or 1.5 TB, and since I am not really up-to-date with the latest developments, I thought I'd ask people who have a better overall view of these things. My questions are:

(1) Is it worth waiting a bit more until SSD drives become more prevalent, and then grab a cheap 1.5 TB traditional (electromechanical) drive? Although I need storage space quite badly, I'd be willing to wait a bit more if I had reason to believe their prices will drop sharply within a month or so!

and

(2) Is it true that large capacity (>1TB) traditional (electromechanical) hard drives are more prone to data loss and crashes than "normal" capacity ones (say, around 320 GB)? If so, are other technologies (such as SSD hard-drives, or perhaps even large-capacity USB flash drives) a better overall choice (taking both price and reliability into account), for the moment?

Anticipated thanks for any replies, I really appreciate the help!

StrangleHold · 10-27-2009, 06:01 PM

1. No, as far as I know drive prices are not going to drop in the next month because of SSD drives.

2. In my experience no, havent had anymore large drives die then smaller ones. You usually have more data on a large drive if it fails, bummer. But thats the whole point in backing up your data no matter what size/kind of drive you have.

longtalker · 10-27-2009, 09:49 PM

I see, thanks for your reply!

10-27-2009, 04:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
longtalker New Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 7	Some advice re large capacity hard-drives please Hello everybody, I need a hard-drive of about 1 or 1.5 TB, and since I am not really up-to-date with the latest developments, I thought I'd ask people who have a better overall view of these things. My questions are: (1) Is it worth waiting a bit more until SSD drives become more prevalent, and then grab a cheap 1.5 TB traditional (electromechanical) drive? Although I need storage space quite badly, I'd be willing to wait a bit more if I had reason to believe their prices will drop sharply within a month or so! and (2) Is it true that large capacity (>1TB) traditional (electromechanical) hard drives are more prone to data loss and crashes than "normal" capacity ones (say, around 320 GB)? If so, are other technologies (such as SSD hard-drives, or perhaps even large-capacity USB flash drives) a better overall choice (taking both price and reliability into account), for the moment? Anticipated thanks for any replies, I really appreciate the help!

10-27-2009, 06:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
StrangleHold VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11,174	1. No, as far as I know drive prices are not going to drop in the next month because of SSD drives. 2. In my experience no, havent had anymore large drives die then smaller ones. You usually have more data on a large drive if it fails, bummer. But thats the whole point in backing up your data no matter what size/kind of drive you have. __________________ NZXT Apollo S75QB 750W ZEROtherm FZ120 Phenom II 720BE (X4) 3.5GHZ. Gigabyte GA MA790X UD4P G Skill DDR2 1066 4GB. MSI GTS 250 Seagate 7200.12 500GB. Welcome to the show

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10-27-2009, 09:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
longtalker New Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 7	I see, thanks for your reply!