Sorry if this has been asked 100 times, I have read over every post I could find and still not sure.
I live in Cape Town South Africa, so options are limited. I have a basic i5 12000 , 16gb setup.
C Drive (Games and New Downloads) - 500gb nvme
2TB Baracuda - Movies, Music, Personal Photos
1TB Baracuda - Game ISOs, Anime, Personal Photo Backup
4TB WD Green - Series
I have run out of space and looking to get a new drive. Options are :
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My question is which to buy. The 6tb Ironwolf seems like the best option, but maybe 10 years from now ill regret not taking the extra 2TB from the 8TB drive (essentially for free) or will I regret not getting CMR since as far as I understand all my existing drives are CMR and the performance of SMR is much worse (seemingly only in write though).
It will only be used to store Movies/Series/Anime/(Personal Photo backup2) which I already have, and will add to over time. I dont download, watch, delete, redownload next year. Is SMR less reliable or is that only in RAID setups, same for performance? Will I notice it in a home setup?
