Reddit reviews Seagate BarraCuda 3TB Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 64MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC (ST3000DM008)

These are ST3000DM008 not to be confused with the infamous ST3000DM001 which are probably the worst rated HDD's on the market. In a similar situation to Corsair's CX line it's easy to tell by the product information and product branding that this is the newer drive.

For those that want to check out amazon reviews https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE


I'm by no means endorsing this product but I don't want to have people immediately start screaming about "SEAGATE 3TB DRIVES"

Why would people not be able to do that? At 1MB every 10 minutes, the blockchain grows by 52.5GB every year. That's not a lot. A 3TB hard drive costs under $100 today. If block sizes were upgraded to 8MB tomorrow, and blocks would instantly become completely full, that'll increase storage costs by over 12 dollars per year. You also have to keep in mind that hard drive capacities grow about tenfold every 5-10 years, so growing the size of blocks by 10x every 5-10 years won't result in any increase in cost.

It's also $100 on Amazon, which is a much better place to buy from. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01IEKG4NE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1

7200rpm

Amazon also matched it link

According to Camel Camel Camel, Amazon's lowest was $88.49

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Source: https://ca.camelcamelcamel.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/product/B01IEKG4NE?context=search

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Edit: Changed $88.99 -> $88.49

negative, it's 7200rpm. https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE

This is also the same price from Amazon, if you don't like buying things from Newegg.

https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE

here is a link to the recent reviews (as recent as days and weeks ago) of it on amazon. Some say theirs died after a month of use, others mention a noise issue. https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/product-reviews/B01IEKG4NE/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_paging_btm_2?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews&sortBy=recent&pageNumber=2

https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-ST3000DM008-BarraCuda-Cache-Internal/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482742430&sr=8-1&keywords=ST3000DM008#customerReviews


Same price here on amazon with free on day shipping

Can also be found on Amazon.ca.

Saw this posted on RFD, daily promo for August 17th, shipping is $9 but seems like there might be stock in stores.

Pcpartpicker: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/j28H99/seagate-barracuda-3tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-st3000dm008?history_days=120

Seems like one of the lowest prices for this drive, DirectCanada had it at this price a day ago for a brief period as well, but I guess no one noticed.

CanadaComputers selling it on Amazon.ca for same price as well but with nearly $12 shipping: https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE

Pricematch at BestBuy possible (116.98/Online Only) ? http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/seagate-seagate-barracuda-3tb-3-5-7200rpm-sata-3-0-desktop-internal-hard-drive-st3000dm008-st3000dm008/10587604.aspx?

The 3TB seagate barracuda costs almost the same as the 2TB.

https://smile.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482991255&sr=8-1&keywords=seagate%2Bbarracuda%2B3tb&th=1

Also, 64GB RAM is ridiculously overkill unless it's a server. Dropping down to 32GB won't make a difference.

Seagate BarraCuda 3TB 3.5-Inch SATA 6 Gb/s Internal Hard Drive (ST3000DM008) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_u1c4BbJJWG5EV

I have been running this drive 24/7 since January , to run games off of and run my plex server .

Please open your case. Don't be lazy.

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    Easy-to-follow instructions:
    
    Purchase an $83 Seagate BarraCuda 3TB (Get the $60 2TB if you think 3TB is too much or too expensive; also the 4TB BarraCuda is currently only $12 more than the 3TB).
    
    Get a SATA cable if you don't already have one. Plug into a SATA port on your mobo.
    
    Connect SATA PSU cable and SATA cable to HDD, which should be in your PC. Turn on PC.
    
    Format the HDD as GPT using the built-in Disk Management software (also known as "Create and format hard disk partitions"). Just go to the search bar in Windows and type it in.
    
    Right-click the empty hard drive in the Disk Management and select "New Simple Volume".
    
    Follow the directions afterwards.
    
    Ta-dah! You have a new 3TB HDD to play around with.
    
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    Consider getting an SSD to speed up your overall system.

I need a new HDD for putting my movies, rendered videos, and some single player games. Should I get this or get a 7200RPM 3TB for $90 This One?

My build is mainly for lightroom/photoshop.

For the moment I got:

• Fractal Design Define R5 Black Silent ATX Midtower Computer Case
  
  
• XFX Radeon RX 460
  
  
• 2 x Seagate BarraCuda 3TB that I will put in Raid 1
  
  
• SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB
  
  
• EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 Gold
  
  
• CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB 3000MHz
  
  What I'm missing:
  
  
• Noctua NH D15
  
  
• 1600x
  
  
• Mobo
  

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/offer-listing/B01IEKG4NE/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Select the one from amazon

As far as I can see NCIX doesn't have free shipping so amazon is probably the better option.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01IEKG4NE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1

It's really just dependent on how much money you are willing to spend. If you are wanting a 3TB 2.5' SSD drive, you will be spending a lot of money and even more so if you are wanting a m.2 drive. For mass storage, I would probably just stick with a basic Seagate HDD such as this one especially if you just plan on saving your content you create on it.

Also being sold by amazon for same price..

https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-ST3000DM008-BarraCuda-Cache-Internal/dp/B01IEKG4NE

Is it? Amazon and Newegg reviews seem to be okay. Are you referring to the Backblaze reliability report they put out every year?

HDD is better "dollar value," SSD is dramatically better performance for load times, general feel, etc. But if value is most important, you can get 3TBs for < $100, easily.

If you don't need space, this is the best 250 GB SDD for < $100.

Or both: SanDisk SSD PLUS 120GB + Seagate 1TB BarraCuda for roughly $98.

> Your storage drive sitting on your desk is not even in the same ballpark.

Do the bank's terabytes work differently?

Because the drives on my desk literally hold video files. That's why they're there.

So no, they're in the same ballpark. They're in the same seats, even.

> Bigger branches can have dozens of cameras.

Which is why I didn't say "Just use the ones from my desk." I allotted for several dozens of those drives.

> They are also in constant use, some of them 24/7.

I didn't come up with the numbers, I'm just responding to the guy who did. He claimed a single camera would take about a terabyte of storage. x3 for backups.

Here's his math:

> Some quick mafs later (900,000/8 60 60 24 90)

Already accounting for 24/7 use over a three month period. Are you arguing that only some of those will be in use 24/7? Great, the cost goes down even more.

But let's stick with his numbers, instead of the ones you're using which claim they'd need even less data. So 3tb per camera all in, for a 90-day period.

3tb hard drives that can sit on someone's desk are less than a hundred dollars

A dozen cameras means a dozen 3tb hard drives, or a dozen-hundred dollars (12 $100 = $1200).

That's $1200 for storage for a dozen cameras.

You have a huge bank and need 3 dozen?

$3600.

Oh, plus the desk to put them on.

Oh no, how will the bank survive with such a big hit to their budget.

And again, I'm just going off the OP's numbers.

e: if we switch to solid state drives which would increase those numbers a bit, but would still be an incredibly cheap* figure. But we don't really need to use solid state drives, because we have x3 drives specifically for backups in case of error or failure.

Currently Amazon is selling a 3TB Seagate mechanical hard drive for $100. Is there a chance hard drive prices will go down even more for black friday/cyber monday?

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=twister_B01IK57UNQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Then upgrade your storage space or delete stuff you no longer need? Storage space is very cheap nowadays, both mechanical and SSD (don't go for hybrids aka SSHD - they suck). The exception to this is M.2 which is still somewhat expensive depending on where you look. If you're on console, you can upgrade to a 7200RPM HDD:

https://www.amazon.com/Notebook-Laptop-Drive-Playstation-MacBook/dp/B010CBASS0/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1543407783&sr=1-5&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin%3A4682011011

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If you're on PC, you have some options, such as:

https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-SSDNow-SV300S37A-120G/dp/B00A1ZTZOG

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-Internal-3-5-Inch-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1543408185&sr=1-3&keywords=3tb+hard+drive

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-250GB-MZ-V7E250BW/dp/B07BN5FJZQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1543408217&sr=1-3&keywords=m.2

You can get a brand new Seagate 3TB drive for the same price, you might want to consider dropping yours significantly.

Appears to be an older model (ST3000DM001) and there is a newer model (ST3000DM008) with better Amazon reviews. But it's still a good deal on a 3TB 7200RPM HDD.

Edit: It may serve best as a secondary drive though, as /u/LasVegasWasFun pointed out that the Newegg reviews don't inspire confidence.

Well, the drive pictured is the the one with high failure rates. If you can, return/cancel the order and get one of these: Seagate 3TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive (ST3000DM008) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_H7e1xb5X0N4VZ

Instead of two 1TB/ 2TB toshiba get two of these: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475258553&sr=8-1&keywords=3tb+hd

I just bought one and they are pretty fast. Solid 150MB/s file write when moving game files, read is very quick and can load big games like GTA V in a respectable time.

LEPA AquaChanger 240 103.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler -- Just get an air cooler, these "budget" liquid coolers can be louder and more expensive. It really isn't worth it if that is the case with this one.

Samsung 850 EVO 120GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive -- Forget the m.2, get a 240GB 850 evo ssd, 120 is pretty damn small. Leave yourself enough space to put core application on the SSD. You could also put your favorite game on it to speed up loading times.


These are just my personal suggestions.

How does this compare to this one: Seagate BarraCuda 3TB 3.5-Inch SATA 6 Gb/s Internal Hard Drive (ST3000DM008) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_wvFhAbNEJB9WJ ?

Id get a 2tb+. They don't cost much more, and are faster than the 1tb ones and you have more space.

All deskto pdrive are sata and will fit fine.

RPM doesn't matter too much, the difference is small, and there is more to performance than rpm alone.

Id probably get this personally. https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1524725783&sr=8-3&keywords=3tb+hdd&dpID=51iBtotsShL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01IEKG4NE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Is this the best 3TB hard drive for ~$90?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01IEKG4NE/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1482008330&sr=8-3&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=3tb+hdd+7200rpm&dpPl=1&dpID=51iBtotsShL&ref=plSrch

Total was around $2200 when I got it all, it was during cyber Monday so it was all on sale.
Parts and Spec list:

• Intel i7 6700k 4.00 GHz
  
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
  
• Corsair LPX 32GB 2 x 16GB Memory
  
• Gigabyte LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard GA-Z170X-Gaming GT
  
• NZXT Computer Tower Cases CA-S340W-B3
  
• Cryorig H5 Universal CR-H5A Mid Tower CPU Heatsink with XT140 Fan for AMD/Intel
  
• Noctua 140mm Premium Quiet Quality Case Cooling Fan x3
  
• Samsung 850 EVO 1TB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD
  
• Seagate 3TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
  
• Corsair HXi Series, HX1000i, 1000 Watt (1000W), Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Platinum Certified
  
• Acer XF270HU 27-inch WQHD Widescreen LCD Monitor
  
• Razer BlackWidow Chroma Clicky Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Looking to get a new hard drive for my desktop. Preferably a 2 or 3 TB. I found a Seagate model on Amazon for under $120, but I've heard a lot of bad things about Seagate. Can anyone clarify this, or recommend another brand for a similar price?

SMART passed and tests seemed fine. However, this is my second one so far.
It's this Seagate 3TB.

It started fast, then began slowing down to consistently ≈ 40 MB/s.
Then a couple days later, I started noticing it drop to below 10 MB/s (as shown).
I requested replacement from Amazon, and this too has gone down the same path.
Then I tried a 500GB Western Digital from my old box -- same exact thing.
I've ensured my ASUS drivers, Intel/chipset drivers and SSD/HDD firmware's were up to date -- still no luck.
At this point, I'm sending the Seagate 3TB for a refund.
Now, I've got a secondary SSD in the box, and it's copying much, much faster. So I am just going to stick with that, and assume HDD"s are incompatible as secondary drives with this motherboard... unless the same thing happens with this secondary SSD.
screenshot;
SSD to SSD (both ways) much faster: http://imgur.com/a/NTDWH

This is a pretttty damn good deal for a 3TB hard drive. Simply select the Amazon warehouse deal for ($71.05) and it will give Prime members a 20% discount at checkout. Total is $61.53
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01IEKG4NE

I appreciate the help. What are your thoughts on this Seagate HDD?
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=twister_B01IK57UNQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

and what SSD would you recommend, i want the build to be around the $1500(pre tax)

would you recommend this hard drive Seagate BarraCuda 3TB 3.5-Inch SATA 6 Gb/s Internal Hard Drive (ST3000DM008)?

So I'm currently running a Samsung 850 Evo 500gb and a crucial mx300 750gb for the storage in my drive. I'm reluctantly looking at getting a 2 or 3tb hard drive to throw in there to just settle storage issues for games. Initially I was looking at Wd blacks, but their extra cost and noise made it hard to choose.

Currently, I'm looking between the Seagate Firecuda 2tb for 132

https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-ST2000DX002-FireCuda-Gaming-Hybrid/dp/B01IEKG2HM/ref=pd_cp_147_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZXB9PKGAP3G66JEQZ7VK

OR the 3tb seagate barracuda for 99

https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-ST3000DM008-BarraCuda-Cache-Internal/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482742430&sr=8-1&keywords=ST3000DM008&th=1

5 year warranty on the Firecuda is the biggest thing, but if I already have 2 ~1tb of game storage on ssd is the sshd drive going to be useful at all?

I had pretty much settled on this prior to the post, just wanted to see if anyone said otherwise.

Any recommendations? Just want a standard HDD, in the 4tb range. I was looking at the Seagate Barracuda 3tb.

It's a little small, but it seems 4tb 7200rpm drives are a fair bit more expensive.

Edit-
Forgot to mention, I would likely end up moving all of my media(pictures/videos/music) to the new harddrive, and put what's on the failing harddrive(mostly various programs) on my current harddrive. Not sure if RPM really matters or not.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496192906&sr=8-1&keywords=3tb+hdd

You can get 3 tb for $90.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG402/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496192906&sr=8-1&keywords=3tb%2Bhdd&th=1

and 2 for $60.

Photographer here, so I may not be working with as much data as everyone else here--although I'm am still dealing with 500-3000 raw files a week--and I agree with /u/tonydaazntiger319, it'd be better to get into the habit of backing up onto physical drives. Last year I moved from using external WD drives to a proper HDD backup and so far it's worked brilliantly.

I use a [Dual Hard Drive Dock] (https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Dual-Bay-Function-Tool-Free-FD2002/dp/B00N1KXE9K/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1499287048&sr=1-1&keywords=dual+hard+drive+dock) and each year I buy two [3TB Seagate HDD's] (https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1499287170&sr=1-2&keywords=3tb) titled "2017". I have one drive off-site at a friends house and each week I grab it and bring it to my place and use Carbon Copy Cloner to create an identical copy.

I need to start looking into a cloud backup solution (any recommendations would be greatly appreciated, now that amazon isn't offering their unlimited prime backup) so that I have three copies but I never delete files off of my computer until they are backed up on both drives. Works great for me and is pretty cheap when you consider the cost of lost data. Hope that helps:)

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01IEKG4NE/

Seagate Barracude 3TB is $74 on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

I tend to use a standard internal 3 TB 7200 RPM HDD (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IEKG4NE/) in an enclosure (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LS5NFQ2/). This isn't the most portable set-up but it's cheap and works rather well if you can find a place to plug power for the enclosure.

Alternatively, I'm looking to get an SSD and a non-powered enclosure for portable backing up. So something like this:
(https://www.amazon.com/Tool-free-Inateck-External-Enclosure-FE2004/dp/B00JQTO8TU/) and any SSD. Within your budget, you probably won't find one for 500 GB though this is close enough: (https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-240GB-SDSSDA-240G-G26-Newest-Version/dp/B01F9G46Q8/).

If you want to go further down in size, you can opt for an M.2 SSD and enclosure set-up.

Hope this helps!

I'd recommend getting this one https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE

I bought this 3tb for like $90 prime. Seems to work like every other hard drive I've had. I'm a sucker for good amazon reviews

I understand it does not change the amount of storage. I can see where my comment could have made it seem like I did. I was however under the assumption that lower drive speeds are more reliable.

Heres the WD one thats 5400 RPM:

https://smile.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013HNYV42/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1487083620&sr=8-5&keywords=3+tb+hard+drive

Or for the same price there is a seagate that is 7200

https://smile.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE?sa-no-redirect=1

Um that Seagate is a SAS drive... so it probably won't work for you. And it's most probably used/refurbished.

Get this: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST2000DM006/dp/B01IEKG402/ref=lp_1254762011_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1491382919&sr=1-3

Or look for new seconds hand HDDs, like something people take out of their new computers because they're replacing them with SSDs or something.

And instead of two 2TB drives get a single larger one, they get cheaper per gigabyte.
like this 3TB seagate is only $23 more then 2TB: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM008/dp/B01IEKG4NE/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1491383170&sr=1-4&keywords=wd+green

It might be easier to load most of your games onto one of these. Save you installing and uninstalling all the time. Sure you'll lose the speed of the SSD but if you don't mind waiting and spending $90 that could be your answer. Save your SSD space for games you play all the time and most likely won't uninstall

Ryzen looks pretty good.

Might suggest to up your hard drive to a 3TB for about $90. Link

You could also switch your card to something a little cheaper like this or this MSI one

Alternatively, you also choose the updated EVGA cards like the FTW2 ICX or the non DT version

99$ 3TB 7200rpm on amazon
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B01IEKG4NE/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1
131$ 4TB (I believe 5900rmp) + Assassins creed origin game code promo (til Dec25) from amazon
https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST4000DM005/dp/B01LNJBA50/ref=lp_17388714011_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1511297341&sr=1-1

-edit to add promo link
https://www.amazon.ca/b/ref=amb_link_2?ie=UTF8&node=17388714011&pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-2&pf_rd_r=86TFC2TC44MXG3V516A5&pf_rd_r=86TFC2TC44MXG3V516A5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=f1190dad-7a00-4f18-8c36-56d15e2880d7&pf_rd_p=f1190dad-7a00-4f18-8c36-56d15e2880d7&pf_rd_i=7204527011

Some points:

• The power supply is overkill. Something in the 500W range would be plenty. Check this out to make sure you choose a good one: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
  
  
• I've never personally dealt with this but what I hear is "enterprise hard drives" tend to be louder and overcosted. Here's an alternative: link
  
  
• The SSD is super small and will barely fit the OS + maybe a couple of programs. Also, you can get 250 gigs for the same price. Here's a decent one, but there are even cheaper choices out there without much loss of performance or anything.
  
  
• In general, you could find better deals on a lot of the parts, and with the money saved you could make the jump to a 1070 instead
  
  And here's what an example build can look like:
  https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gvxQLD

I'm looking to replicate then move my iTunes library – which is pretty sizable– from my old laptop to my self-built rig.

Can't decide between this IronWolf 4TB, the 3TB 7200 HGST mentioned above (on the /r/buildapcsales page from 9days ago) or this Seagate 3TB BarraCuda (also 7200).

I'm not sure if I really need 4TB or just trying to "future proof" but I'm worried about two things: 1) I have always purchased Seagate or Hitachi drives in past since I've had WD drives fail but have readsome not great things about Seagate drives in this subreddit and 2) Not entirely convinced I definitely need 7200rpm just for streaming music?

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IEKG4NE