Best Options for SATA HDD

[cpres75]

I am looking into purchasing a 4 TB internal SATA drive and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for what drive to go with. I am looking for decent performance at a reasonable cost. I am guessing a decent drive will be between $150 - $200. I figure 7200 rpm will be sufficient since I won't be doing a lot of gaming, and this is is a device that will be used for storage.

I know that an SSD is going to give me the best performance, however this will be in addition to an SSD.

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[Emerald]

I would go with the WD Black very reliable and comes with a 5 year warranty.

 

[cpres75]

Thanks for the info. Is this worth the extra cost? The warranty is great, but for general use how much of an impact would this have.

Looks like it's a difference of around $60 between the two drives.

WD Blue 4TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive (WD40EZRZ) $137
WD Black 4TB Performance Desktop (WD4003FZEX) $197

They also have a WD Blue SSHD but I am not seeing a lot of positive reviews on that.

 

[Emerald]

The SSHD was designed as a boot drive.

The WD Blue is a good drive, too, but has 5400rpm and 2 years warranty.

The WD Blue will work great for streaming and storing date but should also be sufficient even for playing games.