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They are called HGST now, two models of 7K6000 are available for me. But they look like server drives, will they work on my desktop grade motherboard?
Yes, but if you're not using it as a boot drive, you'll probably not notice it most of the time. I wouldn't be too freaked out by a Blue as a data/media drive. For anything that had a lot of reading/writing, or that was responsible for loading applications (boot drive, Steam Library) I'd want the fastest drive I could get.Thank you for a long and descriptive reply, it was very helpful!
I like WD Black as an option here but WD blue is so much cheaper! Is there a big difference between the two?
Right now I have WD blue 1tb and I do get annoyed sometimes at the slower loading speeds, but I think it's just an HDD being an HDD not an SSD (yet to buy my first SSD). It is of course faster than my old Seagate 250GB drive that I had, but that's probably not a surprise.
Get an SSD. Srsly.
SSHD (hybrid) drives are a good option & :thumbsup: to the fact that SSD's are nowhere near cheap enough to get anywhere close to the capacity OP is looking for.You guys recommending SSD can stop. He's looking at 2 TB HDDs. Now unless 2 TB SSDs have mass released onto the market that are affordable, you can all stop.