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WD black worth it over blue?

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October 11, 2014 11:30:26 PM

WD black 1 TB costs almost double the price of 1TB blue in my country, I could get a cheap 64GB SSD with that price difference, maybe even 120GB after some rebates.

Is the black worth it or should I go by blue and an SSD? and will there be a notable performance decreasing between Black and Blue?

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October 11, 2014 11:39:36 PM

khaledegy200 said:
WD black 1 TB costs almost double the price of 1TB blue in my country, I could get a cheap 64GB SSD with that price difference, maybe even 120GB after some rebates.

Is the black worth it or should I go by blue and an SSD? and will there be a notable performance decreasing between Black and Blue?


The performance difference isn't really noticeable.
I used a WD Blue as my only drive for years and switching to a Black I didn't really notice a difference.
On my PC I mainly do editing work in things like Adobe AE, Pr etc.

It's probably more worth it getting the Blue as a storage and an SSD as a boot drive.
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October 11, 2014 11:44:29 PM

WD Black impleis technologies including Vibration Control Technology (VCT), High Resolution Controller (HRC), Corruption Protection Technology (CPT), dynamic caching algorithm, NoTouch Ramp Load technology etc.

Specs wise WD Black and Blue offer the same 7200 RPM with 64 MB Cache. Black drives despite their VCT tech produce more noise. Grab WD Blue along with SSD if require. Go for WD Black if you are on workstation, high end gaming PC etc.

WD Blue is sufficient for every day desktop use.
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October 12, 2014 12:12:54 AM

Thanks for the answers, forgot to mention that it'll be for gaming and maybe practicing Photoshop. So blue and an SSD would be the wise choice?
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October 12, 2014 12:20:36 AM

khaledegy200 said:
Thanks for the answer, forgot to mention that it'll be for gaming and maybe practicing Photoshop. So blue and an SSD would be the wise choice?


I'd say, yeah. The overall speed of your computer (boot times, application launch, etc.) would be much much much faster than with just the Black.
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awesomes8wc3 said:
khaledegy200 said:
Thanks for the answer, forgot to mention that it'll be for gaming and maybe practicing Photoshop. So blue and an SSD would be the wise choice?


I'd say, yeah. The overall speed of your computer (boot times, application launch, etc.) would be much much much faster than with just the Black.


Thanks, gonna take your word for that.
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7 minutes ago

khaledegy200 said:
Thanks for the answers, forgot to mention that it'll be for gaming and maybe practicing Photoshop. So blue and an SSD would be the wise choice?


WD Black won't add speed to it. Like I mentioned earlier both HDDs operate at 7200RPM and 64MV Cache. Difference comes from underlying techs in WD Black. Some of the features which I mentioned earlier are not even present on WD Black 1TB.

Stick with WD Blue and you'd be happy.
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