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Hard disk recommendations (2TB) SATA III
I currently run several WD20EARX and WD20EARS drives (Sata 3 and Sata 2 respectively). Sadly the sata 3 drives perform worse than the sata 2 drives.
I'm looking to replace 4 of my drives. I like the reviews and performance of the Seagate ST2000DM001 drives, however, they are a little greedy with power consumption and only have a 1 year warranty.
Does anyone know of a good 2TB drive that is low power, has ratings equal to or better than the ST2000DM001, but with a minimum of 3 years warranty.
These drives are going to get quite a bit of use. Mostly used for media storage (such as movie backups and TV recordings).
I'd like to keep the price to AUD $600 if I could, but can go a litle higher if I must
I'd be willing to run 3x 3TB drives in place of 4x 2TB drives, as long as my Z68X-UD3R BIOS will support it. I would still boot from one of the 2TB SATA II drives.
Any advice is greatly appreciated
Edit: NCQ support would be preferable.