Boot/Gaming Drive: WD Blue or Black?

Guest · Oct 4, 2014

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.

USAFRet · Oct 4, 2014

Performance is very similar between Blue and Black.
The Black has a longer warranty.

Guest · Oct 4, 2014

So which one?

USAFRet · Oct 4, 2014

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

What is important to you?

JackNaylorPE · Oct 5, 2014

Answer is here
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/hdd-charts-2013/-17-PCMark-7-Gaming,2915.html

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=N82E16822178381

I have em in 3 laptops and cupla desktops.

Guest · Oct 5, 2014

So the Black?

JackNaylorPE · Oct 5, 2014

If, given the choice between 1st place, 17th place and 68th place, ya want 17th place, then get the Black.

Guest · Oct 5, 2014

I read the link, and the chart doesn't have the newest EZEX and FZEX.

JackNaylorPE · Oct 5, 2014

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

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