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Boot/Gaming Drive: WD Blue or Black?

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Anonymous
October 4, 2014 7:41:07 PM

Hello.

I am looking for a 1TB drive to use in my new PC, which will be built. I need a drive that will hold a decent sized game library, and hold Windows 8.1. Some games on it will be BF4, Crysis 3, Minecraft, etc and will also hold applications such as Photoshop, Spotify, etc. Which drive is better? I read that the Black is only 10 milliseconds faster than the Blue.

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a c 921 G Storage
a b 4 Gaming
October 4, 2014 7:50:04 PM

Performance is very similar between Blue and Black.
The Black has a longer warranty.
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Anonymous
October 4, 2014 8:25:10 PM

So which one?
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a c 921 G Storage
a b 4 Gaming
October 4, 2014 8:28:40 PM

Anonymous said:
So which one?


Better? As said, performance is the same. Warranty and price is the real difference.

What is important to you?
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a c 125 G Storage
a c 247 4 Gaming
October 4, 2014 9:14:30 PM

Anonymous said:
Hello.

I am looking for a 1TB drive to use in my new PC, which will be built. I need a drive that will hold a decent sized game library, and hold Windows 8.1. Some games on it will be BF4, Crysis 3, Minecraft, etc and will also hold applications such as Photoshop, Spotify, etc. Which drive is better? I read that the Black is only 10 milliseconds faster than the Blue.


Answer is here
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/hdd-charts-2013/-17-...

Blue = 68th place
Black = 17th place

Why not the 1st place one ? .... 9.76 versus 6.34 makes it 50% faster.
$79 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

I have em in 3 laptops and cupla desktops.
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Anonymous
October 5, 2014 5:53:28 AM

So the Black?
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a c 247 4 Gaming
October 5, 2014 12:25:32 PM

If, given the choice between 1st place, 17th place and 68th place, ya want 17th place, then get the Black.
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Anonymous
October 5, 2014 1:02:38 PM

I read the link, and the chart doesn't have the newest EZEX and FZEX.
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a c 125 G Storage
a c 247 4 Gaming
October 5, 2014 1:08:28 PM

One has a SSD in it, one doesn't .... it's not going to be close.
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