WD RE3 vs Black?

Jon Bartlett · Jan 7, 2014

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd1002fbys
WD RE3 at $.055/GB
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd2002faex
WD Black at $.073/GB

My question is if the RE3 would be better than the black for non-raid configs (>5% difference). I already have a SS 250GB ssd. I figured that I might set up a raid5 with 3 re3s (3TB) for the same price as a black 2TB. Any thoughts?
Btw usage would be gaming/video editing for the most part

plasmicsloth · Jan 8, 2014

It should respond just fine as a storage drive for media and such. However installing programs there when your SSD gets a little full would perform (possibly) noticeably slower than if it were on a WD Black.

Jon Bartlett · Jan 8, 2014

plasmicsloth :

Yes SSD speed> HDD speed, but as far as comparing the two HDDs, is RE3 quality good enough to justify lowering price from WD black?

plasmicsloth · Jan 8, 2014

I've just got a pair of the RE3 3TB drives and they work just fine for me as storage. I haven't noticed any spots where I wish files loaded a little faster. I don't think the performance jump from red to black is enough to justify the cost for a drive used just for storage.

popatim · Jan 8, 2014

This is the black to get by the way
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd2003fzex
its almost 50% faster than the older model and at the same price.

the raid 5 is how I would proceed but then I am storage nut.

Keep in mind the re3's have been discontinued so make sure of the warranty you will be getting on them.

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