I'm looking to buy an external hdd that won't die in a few months, any suggestions Jow Forums?
I'm looking to buy an external hdd that won't die in a few months, any suggestions Jow Forums?
Joshua Ross
Caleb Martin
>any suggestions
read the sticky again and pay extra attention to the "not your fucking consumer review site" part.
Carter Butler
Just about any of them. Unless you keep smashing them in things while they're running, they don't die this quickly on average. But when it dies, you'll be glad to have had a RAID1/5/6 array or a setup with a solid backup / synchronization schedule.
Basically, set up a NAS or something if you care about your data and convenience both.
Juan Bennett
show bobs, show vagene
Lincoln Rivera
5.25 SSD hotswap
Juan Myers
toshiba canvio
i have 1tb and still going strong after 2 years
Brandon Parker
Samsung
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Parker Diaz
If you move it around a lot and abuse it, probably an SSD or flash memory. If you're keeping it safe and secure and not dropping it then any of them will last 1 month - 10 years and there's no brand specifics that'll save you from that lottery.
Aaron Bennett
Samsung T5
Ryder Murphy
you don't really want an external unless you plan on carrying it around with you. otherwise you should either get/build a nas unless you've got one of them thar fancy routers that supports usb connections to plug an external into. but either way you'll want something self powered, not usb powered if you want it to last
Carson Murphy
if you want hard drive and not ssd then buy high quality internal 2.5'' drive and external enclosure because most external drives are poor quality (b stock) and come with non standard connection
Dylan Ross
>not usb powered if you want it to last
Why so?
Charles Robinson
don't buy seagate
Brandon Sanchez
>I'm looking to buy an external hdd that won't die in a few months, any suggestions Jow Forums?
Buy SSD with 5 year warranty and external case separately
Jackson Barnes
>he doesnt own a WD My Passport
David Jackson
Because disconnected often
Mason Lee
I had a WD 1TB my passport that last maybe 3-4 years will lots of moving it around, drops, and generally irresponsible abuse of the poor little guy
Christian Smith
Had one of these 2TB Silicon Power drives and dropped (5+ feet) and abused it a lot over the 2 years I've had it, still working perfectly.
There's a new 5TB model out now, but can't vouch for it.
Jackson King
Your pic-related works fine
Gabriel Richardson
I've never seen one last more than 6 months.
Gabriel Baker
ozbargain.com.au
pretty cheap
Connor Turner
China is good at this, eh.
Kayden Smith
Dont buy WD their drive use properitary garbage connector and not SATA and when the chinkshit usb controller dies you're fucked.
Brandon Green
Mines been going for years. Don't sit on it or chuck it out the window I guess.
Hunter Russell
I had one and it died in 1 or 2 months
Jonathan Gray
WDs are decent but you have to be careful and soft disconnect them every time. I think unplugging the drive when the platter is still spinning shortens their lifespan, especially if it's when the head is r/w shit. Combine with the fact that most people let the drives thrash around in a bag.
Nicholas Price
the poo in loos have figured out how to make them work with regular sata.
Charles Anderson
I have a version of this, though mine's just solid darker blue not dotted blue like this. Mine works just fine but I don't leave it plugged in all the time. , only when I need to read off it or backup it like a giant usb drive.
Cooper Jones
Buy an SSD, HDDs break often and quick if you use them as portable drives because they're mechanical and they can damage through bumps and stuff.
Ian Garcia
It worked on my end. I only had one bad throughout the last 5 years.
Juan Rodriguez
I've shucked 3 8tb white labels and didn't have to touch anything... and if I did all I have to do is kepton 3 pins like pic relate and presto. Newfag begone
Oliver Morris
No seagate, EVER. No 3tb drives of any sort, ever. Buy used older drives that have actual sata drives inside and not ones hard wired to the enclosure. Back your shit up.
Jordan Stewart
>No 3tb drives of any sort, ever.
Are there any other sizes you should be avoiding?
4/6/8/10 tb drives safe?
Brayden Walker
IBM LTO7 tape
Matthew Gomez
Just buy an enclosure instead.
Camden Campbell
What if I buy an external HDD and take it out of the enclosure and throw it in my PC? Are they mechnical and will last long?
Brayden Reed
I have a 10 year old one of these. Its my seed box hard drive. Works like a charm.
Nathan Ross
costco.com
$130 for 8 TB
Austin Scott
>get cucked by the company
>poo tier work around and still support them anyway
This is some Applefags tier cope.
Aiden Martinez
wont work with Western Digital ones they use some proprietary garbage connector
Christopher Sullivan
because if usb powered it goes off and on a lot supposedly to save power but it kills the life of the drive
Levi Gray
I've got a Toshiba canvio 4 years ago and still works.
Hunter Martinez
Would it work with others?
Wanna just get a 8tb one and throw it in my PC since externals are cheaper.
Lucas Brown
I have a 4TB seagate running everyday for 5 years now
Kevin Harris
can I shuck those?
Jayden Anderson
Buy internal drive you trust. Put it in enclosure. Save lots of money.
Lucas Moore
cheap enclosures have bad solders and easily break
Joseph Martin
Last week I bought an 8TB external seagate drive, there was a standard sata drive inside the case
Nathaniel Russell
Josiah Richardson
yes
Josiah Hill
stop throwing them against hard objects while they're still spinning and you'll be fine
Zachary Sullivan
Seagate 1TB external (laptop) drives that you can get at any American walmart.
Western Digital 1TB external drive (also laptop size)
Works well too.
Bought 4x1TB external drives for around 50 dollars each, all were Seagate. They have been working fine for 3 years now. The western digital drive is 2 years old and works fine as well. I have written tons of data to all of the drives and formatted them many times.
AFAIK Walmart still sells the same exact drives for around the same price, so try it out op.