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[Video] Are Hard Drives Still Worth It?
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Tl;DW: Yes.
Heck yea hdd s are still worth it!
Newer HDD drives can do 180MB/sec sequential reads. I personally go NVME for boot and a few games, and multiple HDD for archiving/downloading etc. With proper care (correct power, low temps and no shocks) they are very reliable. There's the debate about keeping them powered on all the time vs the opposite, but I find the built in windows HDD sleep mode sufficient. I'm about to retire a 11 year old 1TB drive, not because it has problems, but just because it's slow (90MB/sec) and want more storage. On my retro machines I have a lot of HDDs in the few gigabytes or even less capacity, that are just fine after a very long time. And SSD need some power on times to actually keep the data when they are not in use for long periods of time.. So longterm archiving storage is HDD for me. 🙂
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2:54 for a surprise
I thought SSDs couldn't be stored without power for months and months?
I have old HDDs with old movies and pictures stored, but never spent the extra money for SSD because I thought if they went too long without electricity they would lose their data
what's next after SSD's?
That lick lip was perfectly cringe-inducing. Good job.
I still use my HDD 80gb 7200 rpm sata – since 2004th – as an installations storage.For me – it wasn't slow at all.
Psh. When 4tb ssds get to be $100 then I might consider it. Until then, WD 4tb is my secondary drive.
I use a small ssd as a boot drive, and a larger hard drive as a game drive. I can’t afford to spend around $100 for a 1TB ssd when I can spend that $100 on 4TBs of 7200rpm hard drive storage.
I will never use SSDs for a simple reason: recovering data from a broken ssd is basically impossible, from hdd you just swap the platters to a different drive
Well since I really dont need more than 1tb in my system…SSD's are just so much more worth it…
"Are Hard Drives Still Worth It?"
Short answer: Yes if you need 1TB or more storage and already have an SSD for your OS drive, otherwise no
(You still might want to watch the whole video, king Anthony is here)
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we need more content from you Mr. Anthony..
When I was a kid they had something called Vacuum tubes.
Yes HDDs are definitely still worth considering in 2021, still more cost effective for when one needs a larger capacity option. And HDD technology is proven for longevity more so than SSD technology is. I still have a Maxtor 7,200 rpm HDD that’s twenty years old and still working fine in 2021.Will a SSD still be working fine twenty years from now?, Now that’s a good question.
When i was a kid ssds did not existed only later.
Attach SSD to HDD as a cache, and you will get large and fast storage.
personally still want 1 4+ TB hdd, that i use for basically "trash" (music, memes in all shapes n forms, dokuments, movies, pictures, mods pre install etc) its not about the price of the drive to size, but the price to size to usecase. sure i can probably store all o the shit i listed in a 1tb ssd but why would i pay for the speed and reliability when nothing important is on it and none of it needs speed.
Anthony is a legend. That is all.
2:52 That closeup :O
what happens when the ssd's reach that destined time of death, will you be forced to send it in or just buy a replacement? will you have to buy a new xbox series / ps5 console all together? who knows. especially once the consoles are discontinued, you won't be able to get one due to used xbox series consoles ssd's having died, in 10-15 years, the consoles could never be seen again.
its funny how much that worthless piece of data called Cyberpunk 2077 is used still on this channel
Looks at my raid file server with 20 10 TB Hard drives… Lets see, how much would that cost in SSD? I supposed Hard drives are still worth it to anyone who isn't a corporation or a lottery winner.
When I got hypothyroidism a few years ago my doctor said "you might feel clumsy and drop things now and then." I wonder how many at LTT suffer from a bad thyroid…
I just paid 30$ for a 2tb wd Black, and this video comes out, lmaoo
I need HDD to store all my legitimately downloaded linux ISO
if u try to then plz reply i want to know if u can
i wanted to ask if u can run a monitor with out a pc
Still uploading 🙂
LOL, love when the video stutters for a second. Really nice one.
In other words: If u have money, go for the SSD
Why didn't had that idea before 🤔
Was gonna do the 1-2 punch in my new PC build. Decided to get a 2TB SSD instead and I think it was the best decision I made in the build