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Recommended hard drive for gaming PC

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:58 pm
by v8-powered
The drive in my lads PC has just failed, looking for 1TB+ but want something reliable. Already runs a SSD for the OS..

What's good these days?

Re: Recommended hard drive for gaming PC

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:04 am
by TightRS
I've just got round to cleaning the '550W' PSU that came with my 12 year old Cooler Master case and found two of the CapXon capacitors have leaked. I remember hearing on two occasions a loud 'clap' a few years ago and wondering what it was. :clap:

I've changed them out with some scrap parts for now, from a 20 year old Toyota stereo I replaced which was rather attached to a CD. :D

But whilst on the lookout for a new one I remembered this computer company that prides itself on reliability:

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I've had a budget SanDisk SSD for 5 years so far with no problems. When I was looking for a graphics card they mentioned they had 0 failures of an EVGA GTX 950, so I happily bought a used one.

Samsung SATA SSD's Amazing Reliability

What is the most reliable hardware in our Puget Systems workstations?

Re: Recommended hard drive for gaming PC

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 7:39 am
by v8-powered
TightRS wrote: Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:04 am I've just got round to cleaning the '550W' PSU that came with my 12 year old Cooler Master case and found two of the CapXon capacitors have leaked. I remember hearing on two occasions a loud 'clap' a few years ago and wondering what it was. :clap:

I've changed them out with some scrap parts for now, from a 20 year old Toyota stereo I replaced which was rather attached to a CD. :D

But whilst on the lookout for a new one I remembered this computer company that prides itself on reliability:

Image

I've had a budget SanDisk SSD for 5 years so far with no problems. When I was looking for a graphics card they mentioned they had 0 failures of an EVGA GTX 950, so I happily bought a used one.

Samsung SATA SSD's Amazing Reliability

What is the most reliable hardware in our Puget Systems workstations?
Thanks.

Think his SSD is a Samsung. Replaced his other drive now with a Seagate hybrid drive, a Firecuda. Supposed to be the best for gaming so time will tell.....