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Best fit for a 4TB WD HDD and a SATA-III USB 3.0 enclosure?

  • 08-12-2013 6:34pm
    #1
    runswithascript
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    Hi

    I want to purchase a large capacity drive for media and I want to use it in a hard drive enclosure as to initially hook it up to our Samsung LED TV that supports all the codecs I have thrown at it so far. I plan on buying an internal and enclosing it rather than an external so that I would be able to fit the HDD into a PC in future should I choose to.

    Amazon stock this:

    WD 3.5 inch 4TB Internal Hard Drive with PCI Express HBA Card - Green

    ..but searching Amazon by the model name WD40EZRX they have another listing of it at a slightly different price without the PCI-E card:

    WESTERN DIGITAL WD40EZRX HDD Caviar GRN 4TB 3.5 SATA 6Gbs 64MB - (Components Internal Hard Drives)

    Are they the exact same drive? Am I safe to go with the first one and receive the PCI-E card in case I ever want to run WIN XP? I use Windows 8 and Ubuntu at the moment.

    Can you please also recommend an enclosure that supports 4TB, SATA-III, USB 3.0? I am not sure the WD40EZRX can transfer fast enough to fully utilize these technologies, but it would be nice to have an enclosure that could offer future HDDs that facility. I nearly ordered one that only supports up to 2TB.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    Does your TV support 4TB drives?


  • #3
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    They look the same drive to me. Maybe someone will confirm that.

    Can the TV see 4GB drives ok?

    Why on earth would you use XP?

    If the drive dies or gets stolen, will you have backup?

    I'd consider setting up a PC with a network share and put the drive in that, perhaps with a backup drive. Hook the TV up to the network. Use a media app like Plex or such to access the media with metadata.


  • #4
    runswithascript
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,815 ✭✭✭runswithascript


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Does your TV support 4TB drives?
    beauf wrote: »
    Can the TV see 4GB drives ok?

    I cannot find anything on that for the specific model UE32F5000AKXXU but I have found many posts online where people mention their Samsung LEDs only recognise up to 2TB.
    beauf wrote: »
    Why on earth would you use XP?

    No plans to, it was just one of the limitations of 4TB drives I read about.
    beauf wrote: »
    If the drive dies or gets stolen, will you have backup?

    It will be stationery, and just used for media storage so easily replaceable. I appreciate the worth of backups, but not enough to double the price of a hard drive to back up media.
    beauf wrote: »
    I'd consider setting up a PC with a network share and put the drive in that, perhaps with a backup drive. Hook the TV up to the network. Use a media app like Plex or such to access the media with metadata.

    Well I want to build a HTPC when I can but at the moment the closest thing I have is my desktop which is in storage for the next few months. Our main computers are laptops so it is not really practical to have one constantly connected to an external.

    Is Plex something you need a Smart TV for?

    I have started to consider buying a small media player but I also have an XBOX 360 Trinity Slim I bought second hand specifically to modify so I may just work towards modding that and connecting a large external to that instead.


  • #5
    beauf
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    I was thinking, the TV might not be able to access a 2GB+ TV via USB. It might be able to access it over the network. But I see from the specs of that TV it doesn't have Ethernet or WiFi, so we can forget that.

    Your only choice is USB, or via a media box connected direct to HDMI.

    I guess you'll only find out when you try it.


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