WD red or black? in relation to the speed 5400 / 7200

Peanut2013uk · Feb 4, 2015

so I can either get a WD red 3TB
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-3-5-inch-Desktop-Hard-Drive/dp/B008JJLW4M/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1423059463&sr=8-7&keywords=WD+black+3tb

or I can get a WD black 2TB

http://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-3-5-inch-Internal-Hard-Drive/dp/B00FJRS628/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1423059580&sr=8-2&keywords=WD+black+3tb

opinions?

oh wait just saw this bad boy

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-7200RPM-Cache-SATA3-Drive/dp/B006KCX0UE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1423059755&sr=8-4&keywords=seagate+barracuda

or
http://www.amazon.co.uk/HGST-Deskstar-inch-Internal-Drive/dp/B00HE7HG2C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423059980&sr=8-1&keywords=hitachi+deskstar

also
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/best-hard-drive/

im confused now lol

and why are all the HDD's on sale? is there some new technology just about to break through?

D_Know_WD · Feb 4, 2015

Hi there Peanut2013uk,

It really depends on what the purpose of the drive will be(gaming, storing stuff, etc.)
WD Reds are designed to be used in NAS systems and RAID environment. If this is not the case and you decide to go with WD, I would say that WD Black will be the better option.
Apart from that, as long as the drive has 7200 RPMs, you will not really notice any performance difference.

More on WD Black's features: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=1zfr5o

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

Peanut2013uk · Feb 4, 2015

D_Know_WD :

purely for gaming, and to compliment my new SSD

D_Know_WD · Feb 5, 2015

As you need it for gaming purposes, WD Black will do as it is performance oriented.
Keep in mind that even though it is 7200 RPMs, SSDs are considerably faster than HDDs. So, it may be a good idea to install the heaviest games/programs on the SSD.

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