WD blue vs green: Noise Levels (QuietPC)

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Hi, I have an SSD for main tasks, and now I need an HDD for storage, so performance isnt important. Also I want to put it on a quiet PC.

I already own a WD-Blue from my old PC and its the only thing I can hear on my PC. Are the noise level between green and blue noticeable?
 
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Hello there Akonovo,

Regarding your question whether the WD Green is noticeably quieter, I would say yes. Except for that, it is better suited for being secondary storage(as in your case) than the WD Blue. It runs cooler due to the power efficiency characteristics and thus has an increased lifespan.

Hope this will help when making your choice
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Hello there Akonovo,

Regarding your question whether the WD Green is noticeably quieter, I would say yes. Except for that, it is better suited for being secondary storage(as in your case) than the WD Blue. It runs cooler due to the power efficiency characteristics and thus has an increased lifespan.

Hope this will help when making your choice
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Thanks for your repply!
Concerning lifespan, i've read that Green series have issues with Head Parking each 8sec.
You know if using an app like WDIDDLE to disable/change it, still allowing the drive to park when the system shutdown?

 
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If you're going to disable the WD Green's built in slowdown/parking capabilities, why bother with a WD Green?
 
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Cause im looking the quiet feature of Green series. The lower power consumption is just a plus.
Anyways, the reason I were interested in adjusting the parking frequency, is cause by default green series park its headers after 8secs of inactivity, and the disks have a lifespan of ~300.000 park cycles. Its like sacrificing lifespan for power saving.
So I want to adjust the parking timer to fits my needs. I think that a value of 150-300 secs will be enough to reduce wear/tear on the header springs and also save power without sacrificing disk lifespan.


About the last question I did, Ive found the answer here: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/op/actParking-c.html
Thanks you all for your responses!
 
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In my opinion this is a cool feature if one is using the SSD for the main tasks, and the HDD for only storing stuff(rarely in most cases).

As I went through the WD community I found out that WDIDLE3 worked for quite a lot of users. You may find this thread useful: http://community.wd.com/t5/Desktop-Mobile-Drives/Green-Caviar-High-Load-Cycle-Cout-after-short-operation-time/m-p/15731/highlight/true#M959

Also keep in mind that in the process the WD Green should be the only attached drive to the system.

Cheers,

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