As my title asks, are they worth it if you're not going to use them in a raid setup within your NAS?
I have a dual-bay NAS and prefer to not use the drives as a raid, because one drive I've used as storing basic backups, docs, program tools etc, while the other drive stores my constant accessed tv series, etc. Makes sense to me to try and avoid unnecessary usage on both at least.
So I was wondering if there's any point to going with the reds, however possibly might go with buying an old buffalo 4bay NAS going cheap on eBay, and they seem to only accept WD reds due to their tech on byte sector sizes.. At least to be compatible if I go that route?
What's your thoughts and while I'm here, if anybody recommends any drives currently going cheap at this current time?