Seagate’s Iron Wolf and Iron Wolf Pro drives are brilliant choices for NAS (networked attached storage) and regular PC use, and now an 8TB model is available for just £159 on Amazon UK. That’s down from an RRP of £225, and the best price we’ve ever seen on this model.
These Seagate drives are well respected for their reliability, and with a 6GB/s SATA connection and 7200RPM speed, they’re reasonably speedy for a hard drive too. Of course, SSDs are the superior choice for gaming, but having a big ol’ hard drive to back up your game directories to or store media like photos, videos and music is always a good idea.
If you’re the sort of person that finds it easy to fill up an SSD with random downloads, then picking up one or two of these drives – and maybe sticking them in a NAS – is a great way to solve your storage needs for at least a few years!
The drives currently have a 4.7/5.0 star rating on Amazon, which using the power of maths I can tell you equates to a 94% rating – not bad! The majority of the reviews mention the drives’ excellent performance, although some do note that the drives are a bit noisier on account of their high speeds – something worth keeping in mind if you’re sensitive to noise! However, if you’re plunking this in a NAS, then you don’t need to keep the drives within earshot and this becomes less of an issue.
Are there many RPS readers out there with big HDDs? I’ve got a few portable drives but my main work machine is now all solid state, so I’m curious to know whether that’s usual or not. Let me know in the comments!
