[mosdfs8392]

I've had problems with only having a 500gb hard drive and I'm finding something reliable, spacious and affordable. Do you guys have any suggestions?

[TipsyDipsy]

Go for very known brands like Western Digital/Sandisk or Sony. They have much lower chance of breaking unexpectedly. Also remember to always have a back-up so buy 2 hard drives instead of one. Never fill your drives more than 90%, this is not good for them. Keep them away from moisture and hot temperatures too (don't hide them behind your fridge lol).

If you don't care about your data then don't do back-ups and go for the cheap Chinese one but you might lose everything all of a sudden...

[costraven]

Always use RAID 1 for high reliability.

[henel]

Check out diskprices.com to see if it covers your country.

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[metzelplix]

I was a huge fan of Western Digital drives in the past.  For SSDs I always use Samsung.
In the past couple years I have run a lot of tests on Seagate HDDs and am a huge fan.  Never liked them way long ago.
So, for large storage I only go with Seagate for now.  For SSDs, I incorporate Samsung when possible.

I don't even use USB drives anymore.  I have leaned towards file sharing sites for transfers that would have used a USB in the past, but USB is evidence of having something you maybe should not.  I use the file sharing service biteblob.com, now and don't have any issues and no need to carry anything on me when on travel.  No issues using the service so far.

[blkwd2024]

What I did was setting up a server(Dell PowerEdge R720) and bought used Seagate SAS hard drives then set up Raid 1. This is a lot cheaper than desktop options, as I believe you can get 12TB drives for less than 100 USD, and Raid 1 will make sure your data is always backed up even one of the drives failed, and easily add more drives. The downside is you probably need to access your data thru command line(SSH) or as a file server(you can install operating systems with GUIs). Works very well for me at least.

[Arashional]

Highly recommend Seagate as far as HDDs. Samsung for SSDs for sure. Can't go wrong with these brands.