For general data processing, downloading, tag editing. No point in wasting ssd write cycles for stuff like that. Bought this drive new, it's quite old at this point - SMART data says it has had 60,000 GB written to it in its lifetime. Still runs cool and quiet with no errors.

It's been around 3 years and it still works fine. Relatively quiet.

Another re-used part. This is the drive I use for lots of read / writes (downloads, MP3 tagging). 5400rpm, so it runs cool, and it has decent data density, so it's quick for its platter speed.

Strong and Reliable Drives

crap. Dont buy this one.

Quiet and high capacity WD drive. Works well.

Loud, takes a considerable amount of time to spin up, but stable and good for archival/mass storage purposes.

It's a cheap 4TB drive, so far has been quite and hasn't given me any issues

Ideal for storing movies and such or similar files that doesn't need a high read/write speeds

I kept this HDD from my previous build. It's a slow and quiet 5400RPM but a reliable Western Digital brand. It works fast enough for what I use it for. It's my secondary and backup drive, and I even use it to store my Youtube videos which I record directly to this drive at 1080p 60fps. Been working very well so no complaints.