Reddit mentions of WD Blue 2TB PC Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, , 64 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD20EZRZ (Old Version)

If you don't see the £37 price then scroll down a bit on the Amazon product page and look at "Other Sellers on Amazon." Then at the bottom of that you'll see "x new from" click on that and it will list all sellers on the next page. If it doesn't show £37 on there then Amazon is either out of stock or they've increased the price.

Anyway, yes it's an "old school" hard drive and not an SSD, and it's also "slow" at only 5400rpm, but if you need cheap internal storage then this it's the lowest this drive has ever been...

https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/product/B013QFRS2S

Great for storing data in your PC that doesn't need to be portable or you don't care about load times for your games.

Processor - Ryzen 5 1600 - 17k

Motherboard - Any good motherboard which support AM4 socket. Dont choose the cheapest one. - GIGABYTE GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AM4 - 7k

RAM - Any good 8GB DDR4 2400Mhz(or more) RAM HyperX FURY Black 8 GB 2400 - 6k

SSD - Get atleast 250GB. Nvme ssd is much faster than sata ssd. Samsung is the best in SSDs. - Samsung 960 EVO nvme - 11k

Power supply - Get a good power supply. Don't cheap out. This is the one thing keeping your other components safe. Bad power supply can even catch fire. Corsair VS650 - 4.5k

Cabinet - Get whatever you like. You can get cool looking cabinet for less than 2k to 3k. Iball Stallion - 2.5k


Hard disk - You can always buy more storage later- WD internal 2TB -5k

Graphic card - It is a must have because Ryzen doesnt have an internal GPU. Nvidia 1050 Ti - 1050ti -12k

Total - 65K

You will get better prices if you look around. In most cases, it is overpriced on Amazon. I have just mentioned approx prices.

If you want better performance than this, then just spend 5k more on the processor and get Ryzen 1600X + Coolermaster 212 cooler.

7 flash drives, if he wants cheap lets say they're 64gb, not 128. That's 448gb. $10 each, $70 total. [2tb Western Digital Blue for $76.99] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013QFRS2S/ref=twister_B019SU6YA2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1). But ok, s/he wants specifically a SSD. In that case they did save money. Best I could find was this Samsung for roughly double what the flash drives were. USB 2.0 transfer rate is 480 megabits per second, vs SATA III 4.8 to 6 gigabits per second (10x to 15x faster). I applaud the MacGyver approach, but ultimately it would probably be better to just buy an internal drive.

1. I went with this https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B013QFRS2S/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1522885721&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=wd+2tb+hdd&dpPl=1&dpID=519l6PabkxL&ref=plSrch. Works great!
   
   
   Also note that you’ll need a data adapter to use the drive. I recommend this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00EOJNGC2/ref=mp_s_a_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1522885867&sr=8-11&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=startech+sata+adapter
   
   Also will need a Molex Y power splitter and an 80 wire ide cable (upgraded from the stock 40 pin) Everything all together should be around $75.
   
   I reccomend using Chimp to clone your hard drive since you have a 1.6 and can’t tsop. I watched this video and it told me everything I needed:
   https://youtu.be/lBC9599ww6I
   
   
2. As you stated before, JCRocky5 has his softmod package which you can burn to a dvd-r and easily install xbmc and set it as your main dashboard.
   
   
3. Tbh not many people I know do the ram upgrade, it’s uses are limited but would help a bit with some emulators. The 2 popular snes emus run fantastic without the ram upgrade, as does the genesis, gba, and nes. The psx and n64 ones are a bit more finnicky, but many of the popular games have compatibility settings which make the games run quite well.
   
   Number 4 I’ll let someone more experienced help on.

Maybe a flash drive?

You can get a 2tb drive for super cheap on Amazon anyway. Storage shouldn't really matter for a lot of cases.

You should go with an AMD card anyway. It's not really a good service to your friend to let him buy the worse pick just because you are not used to buying AMD. The R9 380X really is a lot better.

To go with the stock cooler is perfectly fine.

That mainboard is way too expensive for a Z97 board. 4GB ram are also not enough today. It's better to move this to skylake and have a proper basis for the future. You also absolutely need an SSD in this budget area – you don't want the PC to feel as slow and sound as it was 10 years old.

This would be my suggestion:

pc-kombo shared list

Type|Item|Price

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CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 | EUR 199,90 @ Caseking
Motherboard | MSI H110M PRO-VD | EUR 56,84 @ Amazon.de
Memory | Crucial CT8G4DFD8213 (8 GB) | EUR 26,21 @ Amazon.de
Storage | WD 2TB Blue (2 TB) | EUR 75,90 @ Amazon.de
SSD | Sandisk Ultra II 120 (128 GB) | EUR 55,95 @ Amazon.de
Video Card | Radeon R9 380X | EUR 214,36 @ Amazon.de
Case | Cooler Master N300 | EUR 47,00 @ Amazon.de
Power Supply | Super Flower Golden Green HX (450 W) | EUR 69,02 @ Amazon.de
| Total | €749.17
| Generated by pc-kombo 20.03.2016 |

Halo=3.4GB, Halo 2=4.4GB, GTA San An=2.9GB, DJFFNY=2.8GB, SW KOTOR=3.7GB, Battle for Bikini Bottom=1.7GB. I'd say average is maybe 2 to 3.5GB. All these sizes I listed are in xbe format, ftp'd to hdd.

I put a 2TB in mine, and I can now see it was overkilll for what I wanted. I have a few more modded xbox's I'm gonna upgrade soon, and planned on going with 500GB, but the 1TB is only a few bucks more, so I'm gonna do that.

I used these parts...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013QFRS2S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EOJNGC2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003IDF0JC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The adapter comes with a molex splitter, so you dont need to buy one if you go that route. I've read that the HDE adapter also works, but is 50/50 on if you get a working one, so that's the only reason I went with Startech. I'm very happy with that 80 wire cable, also. Before ordering, I read countless reviews of other cables being crap, and not being a tight connection, or even having a connector that works. This one is awesome, its a little snug, and hard to bend, but I eventually got it in there and look semi professional. The 3 connectors are spaced a little weird for xbox, so you can only use it one way, and just barely have enough spacing between the hdd cradle and dvd drive. The cable is very firm, I was worried it was going to be low quality, but its nice.

Here is an outdated upgraded hdd list to browse through... http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=list

Next time, I'm gonna try the WD10EZEX. I've read it works fine.

I have the following games installed and am only using 94.2GB.

GB-569, GBA-1140, GBC-564, N64-212, GENESIS-810, NES-820, SNES-787, XBOX-27, PSX-5.

Since this is my main xbox, I'm gonna eventually load it down with as many original xbox titles as I can find. After that, I've read that CoinOps and Final Burn are worth checking out, so thats also on the list. Once I find out the games I like, I'm gonna make the 1TB purely for games I enjoy, nothing extra. I do love the Favorites tab in Rocky's Emustation, makes finding a game you love out of thousands very easy.

I haven't found out how to get the PSX games to show up in emustation yet, but I know it has to do with the bin/cue area. The bin's are large files, but the cues are only 1kb. I think I saw Rocky post somewhere saying you have to load from cue's, but I'm not sure how.

If you are into N64 at all, check out EarthWormJames' 212 pack. Very sweet. I can link you in pm if needed.

Firecuda is overpriced in my opinion. You can get a 64gb SSD with 3D NAND to use as a cache and a normal 2tb HDD for close to the same price.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B079JBDNQT/ref=mp_s_a_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1519809422&sr=8-11&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=Ssd

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B013QFRS2S/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1519809794&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=2tb+hard+drive

As will a WD 2TB Blue SATA HDD at $60; however, it does require the additional purchase of a compatible IDE-to-SATA adapter and 80-wire 40-pin high-speed IDE cable. But, gives you ~8 times the formatted storage capacity.

Les PC-builders de /r/france, c'est ma première config tour : vous en pensez quoi / quelles conneries ai-je fait ?

(il me faut encore un clavier, si vous avez des conseils)

Type|Item|Price

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CPU | Intel Core i7-6700k 4GHz | 362,61 € @ Amazon
CPU Cooler | Artic Freezer i11 | 21,99 € @ Amazon France
Motherboard | Asus Z170 Pro Gaming | 148,71 € @ Amazon France
Memory | Corsair 16GB (2 x 8Go) DDR4-2400 Memory | 135,99 € @ Amazon France
Storage | Crucial MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | 142,06 € @ Amazon France
Storage | Western Digital Blue 2To 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive | 69,90 € @ Amazon France
Video Card | Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8Go G1 | 451,14 € @ Amazon France
Case | Fractal Design Core 2500 Black | 64,89 € @ Amazon France
Power Supply | FSP S750W 80+ | 75,59 € @ Amazon France
OS | W10 Famille| 99,99 € @ Amazon France
| Prix amazon |
| Total | 1572,87 €

(Ping /u/Prostberg car tu as l'air de t'y connaître)

Current shopping cart:
Graphics - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IPVSLTC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A1D9VA4FDB43MN&psc=1

Motherboard - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0131GA4WI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&psc=1

Processro - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MRRPPQS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_9?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

SSSD - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F9G414U/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

RAM - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DPSQPF2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Case - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DPSQPF2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Power - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017HA3SQ8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?smid=A2I4D0WO1JEMBA&psc=1

Harddrive - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013QFRS2S/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Probably $200-$350 for decent NAS hardware and another $200-$300 for HDDs

2TB HDDs are about $50, or $70 for WDD blues.

NAS hardware:

WD My Cloud EX4100 Diskless Expert Series 4-Bay Network Attached Storage - NAS - WDBWZE0000NBK-NESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TB8XMR0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_W4wyyb4NPJDKP

2TB HDD, $72ea:

WD Blue 2TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD20EZRZ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013QFRS2S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Z-wyyb10ME7NY

You could also opt for the ultrastar refurbished drives, at about $69 for 3tb each, people have good luck with them as Hitachi (HGST) drives are crazy reliable for data centers.

Also if you're really savy you could build your own NAS for not to much - YouTube has plenty of tutorials.

3- wd blues are great drives, and i've been running one solo for the past 2 years, but about to buy an ssd for my os and important programs. 1tb and 2tb. also note that the 1tb drive is 7200 rpm vs 5400 rpm in the 2tb, but since you aren't running the OS on that and just using it for storage, it's nothing to worry about.

4- stick everything in here. that's there recommended wattage psu to get, but its probably worth it just to get something 50 watts over that.

5- obviously, ethernet is the best choice, but if that's not available you can get something like this. one of my friends has powerline, and its really weird for him. some outlets he gets good speeds, and others are absolute trash. turning off and on the lights repeatedly causes a little lag while gaming, but overall he still likes it and uses it.

6- 27 inches is really huge, and you're not going to find a 1440p, 144hz, 27in, and gsync monitor for less than that.

IMO, you may ditch the M.2+SSD and replace it with a traditional spinner like the 2TB WD Blue and beef up your SSD with this, there is a later possibility that 1TB SSD may fill later so invest in HDD if you want to install more games later.

"I can't store the entirety of one of the greatest sources of human knowledge ever devised offline without buying something it took me literally 10 seconds to find on amazon"

M2 Drive

Fans

Fan

Motherbord

Ram

CPU

Water Cooling

GPU

Gpu Power Adapter

Psu

Case

SSD

HDD

Cable Sleeving

24 pin white cable

This is everything that I have in my PC,I don't know the buget,beacuse I upgraded my pc so many times,i think it's around 1500-2000 euros.

Their new HDD's have been doing much better, I still dont like seagate a lot, but I hate Toshiba crap with a passion, those HDD's wouldn't even make it to 6 months in laptops..

Here is the WD Blue 2TB for 61€ but its the 5400rpm:

https://www.amazon.es/WD-Blue-Disco-ordenadores-sobremesa/dp/B013QFRS2S?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAIO5XGFZDXTA6STSQ&tag=z00e-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B013QFRS2S

>If I add hdd will movies, games pictures take longer to load? Will my boot time be affected at all.

Any files or programs you have on the hard drive will take longer to load. It will not affect boot time because the OS will stay on the SSD.

I would get a hard drive and put pictures, music, and movies on it. Keep the OS, and programs on the SSD. Keep one or two of your most played games on the SSD. Put the less played ones on the hard drive.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013QFRS2S/ref=psdc_1254762011_t2_B00FJRS628

I've had very good experiences with WD Blue. It's been a very reliable brand for me.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013QFRS2S/ref=s9u_simh_gw_i3?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pd_rd_i=B013QFRS2S&pd_rd_r=1C0HEG1T1FV8HZNXKJD0&pd_rd_w=GpZL7&pd_rd_wg=ivQug&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=7WM1E4X9JK585CR7JC7D&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=781f4767-b4d4-466b-8c26-2639359664eb&pf_rd_i=desktop

I would suggest a 3tb hard drive as games are around 80gb today https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013QFRS2S/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B013QFRS2S&linkCode=as2&tag=streetfitzz-20&linkId=60004246d02595527353009fab99e5b0 and a 250 GB SSD for starting up your pc or opening apps that you find are important I would suggest a 3tb hard drive as games are around 80gb today and a 250 GB SSD for starting up your pc or opening apps that you find are important https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07864WMK8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07864WMK8&linkCode=as2&tag=streetfitzz-20&linkId=05921ab2cdce5dc612bac8e30da8a7a8 that's just what I found best using

Get this:

http://www.amazon.in/gp/aw/d/B00OAJ412U/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498220173&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX118_SY170_QL70&keywords=ssd&dpPl=1&dpID=319X5owiyFL&ref=plSrch

And this:

http://www.amazon.in/gp/aw/d/B013QFRS2S/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1498220568&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX118_SY170_QL70&keywords=hdd+internal&dpPl=1&dpID=51nObT1k9rL&ref=plSrch

You will save ₹1,107 and will gain around 750GB without losing any performance. You can still think if you wanna go with your original choices or for this one. I personally think this new choice will benefit you in the long run.

Nobody buys an SSD for storage, just for faster speed. Even if you go for the 512GB version, you will eventually run out of space or more than half of the space will be left unused. So it is a wise decision to go for something smaller.

/u/spamsince /u/Cerelius_BT

So I have taken into consideration both of your suggestions, along with reconsidering my choice of case and storage, and used PC Part Picker to build a setup with the price I am happy with.


Part | Item | Price
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CPU Cooler | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | $32.00
Motherboard | ASUS ATX DDR3 1800 Motherboards H170-PLUS D3 | $117.91
CPU | Intel Boxed Core I5-6400 | $242.99
Graphics Card | XFX Radeon RX 480 | $349.99
RAM | Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB Kit (2x8GB) | $87.99
PSU | FirePower Technology Firepower ZT Series 550W 80Plus Bronze | $77.81
HDD | 2 x WD Blue 2TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive | $95.50 each
OS Drive | Corsair Force Series LE SSD, SATA 6Gbps 480GB | $142.49
Case | Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-02 Mid Tower | $74.99
Optical Drive | LG Internal UH12NS30 BD-ROM | $56.99

Just want to run it by you guys to see if the parts are compatible.

Thanks again for all your help.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B013QFRS2S/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?smid=A1K2SUXU652HJB&psc=1

This? sure. But it's 5400RPM. I know it's just storage but I would pick 7200 RPM, for transfer speed sake.

OP link goes to a wrong item, this is what they meant ("item under review"): http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013QFRS2S

Okay thanks, this looks like a good enclosure

This HDD from Western Digital uses just above 5v which is the power provided by the above, wouldn't that cause issues?

Thanks again!

Thanks for the reply! I found the WD Blue for $95 on Amazon, but noticed there's also a Seagate 2TB for $90 that appears to be 7200RPM (at least accoring to pcpartpicker).

Any reason you think I shouldn't got for the Seagate? It looks like it gets good reviews on Amazon and PCPP. Though I'm familiar with WD having a solid reputation.

Better idea, don't replace the internal. It's more work than necessary, a pain in the ass and limits future expansion.

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Buy a cheap hard drive enclosure (2.5" laptop size or 3.5" desktop size) off amazon then buy a 2.5" or 3.5" 2TB hard drive to go in it, and use it as an external storage on the Ps4. USB has a speed limit cap so going faster isn't necessarily worth the $$ difference.

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-3-5-inches-SATA-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B01MZC303G

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https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-Cache-Desktop-ST2000DM006/dp/B01IEKG402/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1537990998&sr=8-3&keywords=3.5%22+2TB+hard

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https://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-2TB-Hard-Drive/dp/B013QFRS2S/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1537990998&sr=8-5&keywords=3.5%22+2TB+hard

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Brands don't have to be the same, just get a reputable brand off amazon.

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A normal will do, don't worry about SSD for external because the difference is negligible and SSD would be super expensive for a 1TB or higher

Everything pretty much looks good except a few tiny things! First off, this is more of a recommendation than anything else, but, with your current budget in mind, it may be worth it to spend an extra $15-$20 for a 2TB hard drive.

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Also, just wondering, are you wanting to buy all new parts, or are you willing to buy the 1070 ti used? Because prices are quite inflated when buying a 1070 ti new, especially when compared to the Nvidia 20XX series. If you are going to buy the 1070 ti used, then you should be fine to go, and ignore the rest of this post. Anyway, if you are solely wanting to buy new, then it may be better to go for an RTX 2070 if you're looking at the $500-ish dollar range or an RTX 2060 if you're looking at the $300-$400 range (but be aware of the 6GB VRAM, which is fine today but may present bottlenecks later down the line depending on your preferences).

Any version of this amazon listing will work.

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013QFRS2S

SSD or NVME for your boot drive, which we will call your C drive. Then buy a traditional hard drive to install games, programs, and store your data. This will be your D drive. Here is a decent example - WD Blue 2TB PC Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD20EZRZ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013QFRS2S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_YTq0CbT5B6PFJ

I also bought the HDE two pack. My experience has been:

Buy 2TB WD Blue drive. This works and locked successfully, after I got through the adapter issues below, on a 1.1 Xbox.

HEXIN - Freezes drive security (can't lock/unlock), and Chimp can't see it. Might work with an external USB enclosure, but I don't have one to test with. Works fine after you get the drive locked, though I had to use the 40-pin IDE cables for some reason, otherwise I get Error 13.

Startech - Chimp saw this, so I was able to clone my existing drive and lock it, but it refused to start, giving me Error 07 with both the 40- and 80-pin cables.

HDE - Bought these after the Startech didn't work. I don't know if they freeze the drive security like the HEXIN did, but they also give me Error 07 with both cables when trying to start the Xbox.

So to summarize, I had to use the Startech adapter to clone and lock it, and the HEXIN adapter with the 40-pin cable to have it boot.

Also this is the comment someone else referenced containing the link to HDE. Since the Ebay page doesn't exist anymore, people buy the HDE adapters.

https://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-2TB-Hard-Drive/dp/B013QFRS2S


.03 cents per GB

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST4000DM004/dp/B071WLPRHN/ref=pd_sbs_147_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B071WLPRHN&pd_rd_r=b0aa3eab-e0f0-11e8-a91f-e3dee5ba710e&pd_rd_w=v0f7F&pd_rd_wg=BE0ew&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=7d5d9c3c-5e01-44ac-97fd-261afd40b865&pf_rd_r=AMR2DCA3CXZN6WQPNXZJ&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=AMR2DCA3CXZN6WQPNXZJ


.024 cents per GB

Don’t know if this is ok, but can someone please tell me if This Pc would be compatible with This 2TB hard drive ? Thank you guys so much!

> Is SSD needed to ensure top quality for 1080p/60fps? Or would a 1 TB WD Black be fine.

A 1TB WD Black HDD will be fine. Personally I would get a WD Blue 2TB for the same price as the WD Black 1TB because sometimes recording files can get very large. Also, like me, you can horde loads of footage.

I would strongly advise against recording on an SSD. If you record to an SSD its lifespan will decrease very fast, and so will its performance. An SSD only has a certain amount of Reads and Writes, and you're using them up very quickly by recording to it. An SSD will not increase the quality of your recordings.


> technology has improved a lot in the past few years.

True, but still, they have a limited amount of Read/Writes. So, lets say that you record to an SSD. Yes, you can throw it into whatever program you'd like to edit it in, and it will initially load faster. SSD's are also generally small. Yes, there are large ones, but for the price of one you're better off getting 5 2tb WD Blues. How did I get this number? Well, a Samsung 850 EVO 1TB is $345, and a 2TB WD Blue is $70. $345/70=4.92.

When it comes down to it, recording to an SSD won't be any faster than recording to a HDD. Additionally, all the reading/writing will decrease the SSD's lifespan, and performance. SD's have a much more limited number of writes than an HDD. It will definitely last a lot less than an HDD. Also, they're much more expensive.

EDIT: One reason your recording may be stuttery is because its you're recording to an External HDD. What color is the USB Plug? If its White, its USB 1.0. Black, USB 2.0. Blue is USB 3.0. Your external HDD is most likely black, so your recording will be limited by the speed of the USB port, of this was an internal drive, you wouldn't have your stuttering problem, or even, if it was USB 3.0.

I looked on amazon and the 3rd result was this:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013QFRS2S/ref=twister_B07M8JQ5S5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

It has good results and i have one too, it's a good drive, and not expensive.

Also $58 Amazon WD Blue 2TB 2TB here

yes i saw this one but its only 5400 rpm:

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013QFRS2S/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1524408439&sr=1-1&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_four_browse-bin%3A8067152011%7C8067151011

im not sure if i choose hitachi 7200 or this 5400 rpm

So you already bought all that and are looking for something to invest $100 in?

Get another hard drive. A 120GB SSD isn't going to last you long.

Maybe something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013QFRS2S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1473811810&sr=8-2&keywords=caviar+blue

For storage only, we use docks + standard HDDs in mirrored pairs, comes out a lot cheaper than getting a new enclosure each time.

8TB WD Gold for raw footage prior to edit, WD Blues for complete projects. We've never had a WD fail on us and we've got multiple cupboards full of them.

We avoid Seagate and Lacie drives as they've proven to be the most unreliable for us.

Oh, if only 4.5 then that is kinda overkill. If you were going for like 5.0 then yeah the noctua would be really good. The Cryorig H7 is a solid suggestion from other guy. Uh, you're not gonna bottleneck a 1080 with an i5 unless you're on 4k Gaming. Then there might be a chance with certain games (Witcher 3 I would guess.) I was thinking this WD drive

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013QFRS2S/ref=twister_B019SU6YA2

and no problemo!

Buy a dual hard drive dock that clones like this. Then get a couple 1 or 2 TB drives.


My workflow is to import with lightroom into my computer. Then when I'm done with the raws, I drag the folder within lightroom to the external harddrive. The external clones itself every once in a while.

So that SSD seems a bit excessive....

You're generally better off getting a smaller SSD, like 250GB along with a larger mass storage.

Swap that 1TB SSD for this 275GB SSD and this 2TB HDD. You're gonna save almost 100$ on this and have more storage.

You can also get some cheaper RAM like This Kingston HyperX FURY, yeah it's slower at 2133 mhz, butit really doesn't matter.

Now you have about 110$ left over which you can put into a better GPU. You can get a GTX 1070 for 399$ so you'd need to get an extra 20$ on top of your current funds. The 1070 offers substantially better performance than the 1060, you're easily looking at gaining 20-30 frames on average in most games.

Return that drive and then go to Amazon and get one of the following:

• Western Digital 1TB Blue - $44
  
  
• Seagate 1TB BarraCuda - $44
  
  Or you can spend $15 more and get twice the storage:
  
  
• Western Digital 2TB Blue - $60
  
• Seagate 2TB BarraCuda - $60
  
  These are all 7200 RPM drives and are from a reputable source.

There is a hybrid drive for 59.99 w/ 2tb

A normal HDD for the same price w/ 2tb

Heres a WD Blue w/2tb

All of them are 2tb and a buck short of 60 dollars.
Ive never used a hybrid drive or Seagate drives but I found my WD Blues last a VERY long time. However a hybrid drive could speed up programs you use quite frequently. Good luck on the hunt!