Cheapest brand new 7200rpm 3TB internal hard drive I was able to find. I wanted to purchase one last week but it was out of stock. Back in stock again, includes free delivery. Perfect as a backup drive.
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MeistroUK
19 May 16#1
good price, just got a 3tb seagate drive from amazon for £69 and would rather that than the toshiba but others may have a different opinion
CartoonHead78
19 May 161#2
others will, we all got our favorites and reasons for it, I currently have 24+ drives, and through experience WD are my most previously failed drives, followed by seagate, toshibas have only come into my collection a few years ago but have had 0 problems so far, ''touch wood''
DEVMAX
19 May 16#3
Based on my reading reviews and forums I also thought Toshibas were more reliable than WD, Seagate, Hitachi etc. Nevertheless this is 2016 and shouldn't be a problem for the average consumer. But I read an article online (can't remember the URL) which stated that slower the rpm longer the life of a mechanical hard driver would be i.e. 5400rpm > 7200rpm.
appealtoauthority
19 May 162#4
cant remember where i read, they said that the slower the hard drive, the longer you will wait.
Not sure what is more important, wait or if my harddrive would last bilion hours instead quadrillion.. Hmmm.
DEVMAX to appealtoauthority
20 May 16#9
When you use a mechanical hard drive solely for backup purposes rpm is irrelevant and the lifepsan of the hard drive is crucial.
xela333
19 May 161#5
I've got this model as my main storage drive. Two years old without issue. I'm starting to like Toshiba from experience at work too
sergiup
20 May 161#6
It's often on offer at Scan for pretty much the same price - as long as you have free delivery.
drnkbeer
20 May 161#7
But to be honest if you're using this as a storage drive say for various media items it shouldn't really matter in regards to speed as you won't be running an OS or programs from a 5400RPM drive. So unless you are incredibly impatient i'd favour drive life over a marginal speed increase. But again I guess it's personal preference.
dar72
20 May 161#8
The funny thing about this is, you're probably a Windows user :laughing:
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Not sure what is more important, wait or if my harddrive would last bilion hours instead quadrillion.. Hmmm.