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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXO7KUD/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
I've bought many new and refurb hard drives from this seller and they've all tested out perfect. Their seller rating on Ebay is 99.9% on over 94,000 reviews. You get a one year warranty on the refurbished drives, 5 years on new ones. This Hitachi 3TB drive is their best value right now. The goharddrive listing on Amazon currently is the best price on this drive anywhere at 10 dollars per Terabyte. Shipping to the U.S. only.
You can learn more about the seller @ www.goharddrive.com
I know that SSDs have come down in price but if you need 3-4 TB of storage mechanical drives are still your best option. These should work fine in a NAS. They spin at a rate of 5700 RPM to stay cooler and use less energy.
Even a 4TB Samsung QVO SSD costs well over $400 and just isn't practical for storing lots of really large files.
Every brand of 2TB sata based SSD cost over $200 right now. I'd pick the $30 Hitachi HDD every time. You could buy fourteen of them for less than one 4TB or two 2TB SSDs. It's good to have that extra capacity if you are creating a few 9 or 12 TB media servers.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L3CLM2B/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Doesn't look like prices will go much lower for HDDs. Prices on SSDs seem stuck at about 10 cents a Gigabyte as the lowest price you can get for a name brand drive.
I've bought many new and refurb hard drives from this seller and they've all tested out perfect. Their seller rating on Ebay is 99.9% on over 94,000 reviews. You get a one year warranty on the refurbished drives, 5 years on new ones. This Hitachi 3TB drive is their best value right now. The goharddrive listing on Amazon currently is the best price on this drive anywhere at 10 dollars per Terabyte. Shipping to the U.S. only.
We only ship within the continental United States. We ship to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands via overnight or second day service only.
You can learn more about the seller @ www.goharddrive.com
I know that SSDs have come down in price but if you need 3-4 TB of storage mechanical drives are still your best option. These should work fine in a NAS. They spin at a rate of 5700 RPM to stay cooler and use less energy.
Even a 4TB Samsung QVO SSD costs well over $400 and just isn't practical for storing lots of really large files.
Every brand of 2TB sata based SSD cost over $200 right now. I'd pick the $30 Hitachi HDD every time. You could buy fourteen of them for less than one 4TB or two 2TB SSDs. It's good to have that extra capacity if you are creating a few 9 or 12 TB media servers.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L3CLM2B/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Doesn't look like prices will go much lower for HDDs. Prices on SSDs seem stuck at about 10 cents a Gigabyte as the lowest price you can get for a name brand drive.
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