WD Green WD40EZRX 4TB IntelliPower 64MB [140$ about]
or
Seagate Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 4TB 64MB (OEM) [about 20$ more]
Retail kit STBD4000400 few dollars more, same spec drive.
Things to consider:
I read before that the green drive auto parks the head every 8 seconds if no disk activity and leads to premature failure but I think that was a model from a couple years ago.
The Seagate has 1TB-per-disk hard drive technology so it's a 4 platter design. So I assume the Green drive has 5 platters ? Not sure if a pro or a con.
The Seagate has 5900rpm the Green not sure but it's around the same, if one is a little faster then the other by a little it really does not matter to me. It's the one that is more reliable is important to me.
Being low rpm I assume they should both be pretty quiet ?
Also I know that Green goes to sleep automatically after 10 mins. I have my Power plan setup so it won't, it's not a con anymore and not to consider.
or
Seagate Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 4TB 64MB (OEM) [about 20$ more]
Retail kit STBD4000400 few dollars more, same spec drive.
Things to consider:
I read before that the green drive auto parks the head every 8 seconds if no disk activity and leads to premature failure but I think that was a model from a couple years ago.
The Seagate has 1TB-per-disk hard drive technology so it's a 4 platter design. So I assume the Green drive has 5 platters ? Not sure if a pro or a con.
The Seagate has 5900rpm the Green not sure but it's around the same, if one is a little faster then the other by a little it really does not matter to me. It's the one that is more reliable is important to me.
Being low rpm I assume they should both be pretty quiet ?
Also I know that Green goes to sleep automatically after 10 mins. I have my Power plan setup so it won't, it's not a con anymore and not to consider.
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