Reddit mentions of Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB Hitachi UltraStar 7K3000 HUA723030ALA640 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive

This is my first time hearing about these, can someone link the model?

Edit: nevermind found it I think

New for same price Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB Hitachi UltraStar 7K3000 HUA723030ALA640 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005QTSDDQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_VBCYDbASV5XF5

Basically 30% discount for it being refurbished, not bad - might have to pick a few up.

https://www.amzn.com/B005QTSDDQ

These are cheaper per terabyte and are enterprise raid drives.

http://www.amazon.com/Hitachi-HUA723030ALA640-UltraStar-7K3000-7200RPM/dp/B005QTSDDQ/ref=pd_sim_pc_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=13H10N2RDQ0DJB4KF82Q

- Freenas is based on Freebsd, which takes a bit longer to support/optimize for new platforms. That being said, Freebsd fully supports Ryzen at this point in time. The only caveat is that most motherboards will not support ECC memory with an APU such as the 2200g.

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- Microsoft has made great strides with Windows Storage Spaces in terms of performance, but I'll be damned if ill trust a windows os with my data. They are just too unreliable in terms of updates breaking things badly, poor code that causes memory leaks and other nasty things that are directly opposed to some of the main tenets of a storage solution: Uptime&Stability

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This being said, for a small business, your most likely carefree experience will actually come to a platform that is tested by time, with the advantage of being very cost efficient. ECC DDR3 ram is very inexpensive right now, and the performance difference from a dual Xeon motherboard with 32gb of ddr3 to a Ryzen with the same amount will be minimal, while probably costing you a fraction.

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As a quick example:

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Sever-Motherboard-S5520UR-Dual-XEON-CPU-SOCKET-LGA1366-SYSTEM-BOARD/233150647664?epid=97043371&hash=item3648dc8d70:g:NtoAAOSwoW1ceHLB

1 x S5520UR motherboard 19.95

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Matched-Pair-2x-Intel-Xeon-X5570-SLBF3-2-93GHz-8MB-LGA1366-Quad-Core-CPUs/163392681195?hash=item260af674eb:g:hdUAAOSwf1xb-Fgh

2 x Intel Xeon X5570 9.95

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N2W66ZB/?tag=pcpapi-20

2x ROCC-16002 cooler 20.0

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https://ebay.us/5VT5iP

48gb (6x8gb) ddr3 ecc PC3L-10600R memory - 75.99

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https://ebay.us/S8U3if

Rosewill RSV-L4500 4U case 109.99

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https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1285892-REG/evga_100_b1_0700_k1_nex_700w_bronze_power.html

EVGA 700B 700W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - 29.99 after rebate

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005QTSDDQ/?tag=pcpapi-20

Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB Hitachi UltraStar 7K3000 x6 - 296.7

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https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-SDCZ43-032G-GAM46-Newest-Version/dp/B01BGTG41W

SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - 8.75

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Total cost -> 571.32

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This should get you started for a not very intensive investment. It's pretty amazing what you get for it

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8 core / 16 threads at 2.93

48gb of ram

15tb of usable storage by going Raidz1

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This is by no means a specific endorsement of these components, just an example of components that are more than adequate for the job and have been around for long enough for any potential bugs driver/firmware wise to have been sorted out.

That graph isn't even accurate. It says 6c per GB for HDD.

You can literally get HDD for less than half that.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005QTSDDQ/?tag=pcpapi-20

2.4c per GB.

The cheapest SSD I see is 20.5c per GB.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226596

HDD is 8.55x cheaper at the moment.

SSD has a long way to go and HDD prices are also a moving target as they continue to get cheaper too.

other than keeping that SSD as a boot up drive (it's what i do), i'd recommend either upgrading your HDD or putting another one in, if you have the room in your tower, though that's personal preference talking there, i keep a lot of stuff on my pc, heh. i'd also recommend a minimum of 16 GB of ram, double that if its within your budget.

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offhand, my current set up is:

240 GB SSD - Boot Up drive (gift from Finger)

1 TB Samsung HDD (kept from my old computer)

3 TB Hitachi HDD - currently about $50 on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QTSDDQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

16 GB Corsair DDR4 Ram

RTX 2070 GPU

i5-9600k CPU.

This one on amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QTSDDQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ah thank you so much, I will go with m.2


I may have screwed this up, so i cant use this as my main data drive? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QTSDDQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1QGYAMZ8JLYH3

just an FYI, this thing does exist - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005QTSDDQ for $6 more than your asking price

> Does this list have everything I'll need to build a PC and then mod/play Skyrim?

Yes

> Do I need thermal paste or a sound card?

No, no.

> Any recommendations are appreciated

Ditch the liquid cooler and just use the stock intel cooler since you're not overclocking.

This motherboard will perform just as well while saving you $$.

This PSU will perform just as well while providing full modularity, easier cable management, and saving you $$.

This RAM will perform identically and save you some more $$.

Try this HDD instead. It's best to steer clear of Seagate if possible.

I would avoid the SSHD as well as Seagate in general. Those HDDs with small SSD Nand flash chips work great at first, but once you've used it enough to fill the Nand flash, they cause all kinds of problems. I may just have bad luck with Seagate brand, but I don't own a single working one... in a stack of 11 drives, all of them have failed.


These two drives would probably be best for the $$:


HP 500GB NVMe M.2 SSD $57
Hitachi 3TB Enterprise Tier HDD $55

I was looking at that. I saw the 3TB here: link

is that a good HDD?

Compared to this 2TB one here: link what throws me off on this 2TB one is the A in front if the A7K3000 part.