Top rated Hard drives
Here's a ranking of the top rated products in this category. To give you a quick overview, we've also added some key information about the products.
1. Seagate BarraCuda
The BarraCuda offers high storage capacity for desktop and mobile computers. All hard drives in the BarraCuda product family are equipped with Multi-Tier Caching (MTC). With MTC, your PC can reach new performance heights, allowing you to load applications and files faster than ever. Thanks to intelligent NAND flash layers, DRAM, and media cache technologies, BarraCuda provides improved read and write performance by optimizing data flow.
2. Seagate BarraCuda Pro
The BarraCuda portfolio is your source for desktops and mobile computers. Benefit from the industry's largest storage capacity and fast load times for your games and demanding workloads. Experience the highest capacity and the thinnest 2.5-inch hard drive you've ever seen. With a Z-height of 7 mm, BarraCuda Pro hard drives are the perfect solution for upgrades of thin laptops and systems with a similar form factor. BarraCuda hard drives build on proven reliability and innovation and are available in a market-leading range of capacities and price options for every budget. All hard drives in the BarraCuda product family come equipped with multi-tier caching. Rescue service plans for data recovery provide creative professionals and high-performance PC users with absolute peace of mind. The plans are included by default with the BarraCuda Pro.
3. Seagate IronWolf
IronWolf is designed for everything related to NAS. The always-ready IronWolf drives feature AgileArray technology for optimal system flexibility and reliability. With multi-user technology and high workload rates, IronWolf can scale alongside your business.
IronWolf offers NAS optimization for the best possible NAS experience, focusing on drive balance, RAID optimization, and power consumption. The two-plane balancing and sensors for measuring rotational vibrations (RV) - available in storage capacities of 6 TB, 8 TB, and 10 TB - reduce vibrations in NAS enclosures with multiple drive bays for consistent performance and high reliability. RAID optimization enhances performance and reliability through error recovery control to boost data integrity. Advanced power management reduces power consumption and delivers energy when the NAS needs it most.
With multi-user technology, you have more options with your NAS. With user workloads of up to 180 TB/year on IronWolf, multiple users can easily upload or download data to and from a NAS server. Whether you belong to a creative profession or work in a small business, IronWolf is on your side.
With expandable and reliable storage, you and your creative business can always stay on schedule. IronWolf is a great addition to your NAS, offering remote access around the clock, backups, and file sharing from anywhere - making it easy to exchange ideas. IronWolf meets the challenges of growing agencies regarding the scalability of NAS solutions and increasing storage needs.
4. WD Red Plus
High-performance hard drives designed for performance, reliability, and energy efficiency in small to medium NAS environments. WD Red Plus drives are ideal for power user workloads and NAS environments in small to medium-sized businesses. They provide the necessary speed and capacity to efficiently store, protect, and share growing amounts of data in mid-sized RAID-optimized NAS systems.
The exclusive Western Digital NASware technology optimizes drive parameters for NAS system workloads to enhance performance and reliability.
Your NAS system runs around the clock. Therefore, highly reliable storage is essential. WD Red Plus drives are designed for continuous operation, giving users the assurance that they can reliably access their data.
Western Digital collaborates with various NAS system manufacturers to conduct extensive testing and ensure compatibility with most NAS enclosures.
WD Red Plus drives consume less power than previous models and run cooler, reducing operating costs and minimizing heat in hard-to-cool NAS enclosures.
Although they consume less power, the drives have a significant bandwidth to meet the mixed performance demands of multi-drive NAS systems.
Drives without proper mass balancing can cause excessive vibrations and noise in multi-drive systems, which can shorten the lifespan of the drives and lead to performance degradation over time.
5. WD Red
For each compatible NAS system, there is a WD Red hard drive that meets your data storage needs. With hard drives up to 10TB, WD Red offers a wide range of solutions for customers requiring high-performance NAS storage systems. WD Red is designed for NAS systems with 1 to 8 drive bays, so you can store your important data in a single unit. WD Red prepares you for the next step.
Easily back up, organize, share and stream your digital content from your TV, PC and other devices. NASware technology increases the compatibility of your drives with your NAS system, enabling better playback with your devices.
Companies grow through productivity and efficiency - two integral aspects of WD Red hard drive design. With a WD Red drive in your NAS, you can share and back up files in the blink of an eye.
Looking for a NAS with maximum performance and intensive use? A WD Red Pro hard drive is built to handle growing workloads and demands.
6. WD Blue 7200rpm
The Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB hard drive offers performance, reliability, large storage capacity, and the new 6 Gb/s Serial ATA interface. A larger cache means faster performance. A 64 MB cache combined with the 6 Gb/s Serial ATA interface makes this drive a perfect solution for the latest generation of PCs. Western Digital hard drives are designed to have the lowest power consumption of any high-performance desktop drives, which lowers the operating temperature for greater reliability. These highly reliable hard drives feature technologically advanced acoustics. With WhisperDrive and SoftSeek technologies, Western Digital has reduced the noise level to a point that is practically inaudible to the human ear at home or in the office.
7. WD Blue
The SSD maximizes data access speed, while the WD Blue drive stores up to 6 TB of movies, games, files, applications, and more. Easily perform upgrades and backups. WD drives come with free access to WD Acronis True Image. Our software can be downloaded and quickly copies all existing data to your new drive—without needing to reinstall your operating system. Backup and recovery features make it easy to save and retrieve your personal data. Upgrade your storage for the future. Enhanced technology brings greater storage demands. Cameras that record videos in Ultra High Definition at a resolution of 4K and 30 frames per second require a lot of storage space. Handling all this media is a breeze with our 6 TB drive, which can store up to 281.25 hours of 4K video. Recommended use—WD Blue drives have been tested and recommended for use in complete PC solutions, industrial applications, notebooks, and external enclosures.
8. WD Blue 5000AAKX - Hard disk - 500 GB - internal - 3.5" (8.9 cm)
WD Blue hard drives deliver solid performance and reliability, providing you with as much space as you need to store a vast amount of photos, videos, and other files. These drives are designed for use as primary drives in desktop PCs, external enclosures, and for certain industrial applications.
Hard drives
EUR219,– EUR438,–/1TB
WD Blue 5000AAKX - Hard disk - 500 GB - internal - 3.5" (8.9 cm)
0.50 TB, 3.5"
9. Seagate IronWolf Pro High WRL
NAS hard drive for businesses and enterprises. 3.5" hard drive, 10 TB, SATA III (6 Gb/s). 7200 rpm. Suitable for 24/7 operation in NAS systems for businesses and enterprises. Rotational vibration sensors ensure consistently high performance in storage arrays. Includes Seagate's Rescue data recovery service. The IronWolf Pro is designed for all things related to business NAS and achieves a workload rate of 500 TB/year. It delivers scalable performance in continuous operation in NAS environments with multiple bays, catering to creative professionals and small businesses.
10. Seagate IronWolf Pro
The Seagate IronWolf Pro is a powerful internal hard drive specifically designed for use in NAS (Network Attached Storage) systems. With an impressive storage capacity of 10 TB and a spindle speed of 7200 RPM, it offers a high data transfer rate of up to 600 MB/s. This hard drive is ideal for demanding applications that require reliable and fast storage. The IronWolf Pro is equipped with a 256 MB cache, which enhances data processing efficiency. It supports advanced technologies such as Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and PowerChoice, optimizing performance and energy efficiency. Additionally, the hard drive comes with a three-year Seagate Rescue data recovery service, providing extra protection for your valuable data. Its robust construction and start-up resistant design make the IronWolf Pro an ideal choice for continuous operation in demanding environments.
- Optimized for NAS applications with a high storage capacity of 10 TB
- High data transfer rate of up to 600 MB/s
- Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) for improved performance
- Includes 3 years of Seagate Rescue data recovery
- Robust design for continuous operation and start-up resistance.
