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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1808493" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Hey Kenny. I just purchased two bare hard drives yesterday. From a price standpoint he "sweet-spot" at the moment for HD's seems to be in the 2TB to 4TB range. I bought 2 x 2TB 7200rpm drives for $54 each. Got these locally...might have been able to get them for a bit less online. 4TB drives were about $92 each...but were slower (5900rpm).</p><p></p><p>These are bare drives (no external cases). I pretty much use the drives for backups...so I don't bother with external cases. I use one of these HD docks when I need to access/use them:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]28961[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/U3S3HD/" target="_blank">https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/U3S3HD/</a></p><p></p><p>I think if you got something like these...you would be just fine.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1808493, member: 56379"] Hey Kenny. I just purchased two bare hard drives yesterday. From a price standpoint he "sweet-spot" at the moment for HD's seems to be in the 2TB to 4TB range. I bought 2 x 2TB 7200rpm drives for $54 each. Got these locally...might have been able to get them for a bit less online. 4TB drives were about $92 each...but were slower (5900rpm). These are bare drives (no external cases). I pretty much use the drives for backups...so I don't bother with external cases. I use one of these HD docks when I need to access/use them: [ATTACH=FULL]28961[/ATTACH] [url]https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/U3S3HD/[/url] I think if you got something like these...you would be just fine.:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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