Hey,
I've been looking into some 3TB HDDs lately and would like to get some advice from you guys. I have two 1TB drives by Seagate (the series is listed as Baracuda on the German Amazon site but I can't find it with this name on the English page, but the model number is ST3000DM001) in my PC but one (my main drive which currently runs Windows) will be completely full soonish (only 60GB left). Now there are also 3TB drives available from this series and since I'm very pleased with the two I already have I will probably buy that one unless someone recommends me another drive.
I would use the new HDD for installing games on it and just for general file storage, you know films, music and stuff so the drive would really be just for everyday use. However, it would be nice to have a drive with a good writing speed since I'm recording gameplay videos every once in a while and slow drives cause serious lag in those videos. Since my other drives are fast enough too, I guess going with SeaGate again wouldn't be too bad of an idea.
So do you guys know of any other drive that would fit my needs?
Also, my mainboard only has two SATA III ports, and four SATA II, but I've read that it doesn't really make a difference dealing with normal HDDs. Is that right? I guess the potential of SATA III is only needed for SSDs? Speaking of SSDs, are the ones by Samsung any good? And is a 120GB one big enough for running Windows and maybe a small amount of programmes like PhotoShop?
Furthermore, I've come across these SSHDs by Seagate, do they really make such a huge difference? How is it with my SATA dilemma with those drives?
Please don't think of me as some sort of tech illiterate for asking these questions but I'd simply like to get some recommendations by my fellow tempers
Thanks in advance,
Michael
I've been looking into some 3TB HDDs lately and would like to get some advice from you guys. I have two 1TB drives by Seagate (the series is listed as Baracuda on the German Amazon site but I can't find it with this name on the English page, but the model number is ST3000DM001) in my PC but one (my main drive which currently runs Windows) will be completely full soonish (only 60GB left). Now there are also 3TB drives available from this series and since I'm very pleased with the two I already have I will probably buy that one unless someone recommends me another drive.
I would use the new HDD for installing games on it and just for general file storage, you know films, music and stuff so the drive would really be just for everyday use. However, it would be nice to have a drive with a good writing speed since I'm recording gameplay videos every once in a while and slow drives cause serious lag in those videos. Since my other drives are fast enough too, I guess going with SeaGate again wouldn't be too bad of an idea.
So do you guys know of any other drive that would fit my needs?
Also, my mainboard only has two SATA III ports, and four SATA II, but I've read that it doesn't really make a difference dealing with normal HDDs. Is that right? I guess the potential of SATA III is only needed for SSDs? Speaking of SSDs, are the ones by Samsung any good? And is a 120GB one big enough for running Windows and maybe a small amount of programmes like PhotoShop?
Furthermore, I've come across these SSHDs by Seagate, do they really make such a huge difference? How is it with my SATA dilemma with those drives?
Please don't think of me as some sort of tech illiterate for asking these questions but I'd simply like to get some recommendations by my fellow tempers
Thanks in advance,
Michael