is DELL WD RE3 Hard drive good?

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Lawk Duski

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Hello, Im asking if DELL WD RE3 hard drives are any good? they are the only 1TB HDD available here. yeah i know WD Blue are good but there are only 500GB ones here.
also is WD Blue better or WD Black?
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Hey there, Lawk Duski!

@Archaic59 is right WD Re is one of our NAS drives. It has impressive specs as a hard drive, but unless you put it in a RAID/NAS configuration you won't be able to experience all the benefits. It might perform great, but it won't be anything like a gaming HDD.

What you might want to take a closer look at is the WD Black, since it's our gaming drive. It is fast, reliable and designed for high-end computing mostly, meaning gaming and other demanding software apps like graphic/video editing. It offers 7200 RPM and has a 5-year limited warranty in comparison to the WD Blue. Here's a link to the drive itself, where you can see all its features: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=FaEpN0

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Dell WD RE3 drives are made by Western Digital and are enterprise class drives for servers and NAS storage. They are not typical consumer level drives.
WD Black is higher performer than Blue by small margin and have longer warranty. Black is 5 years, blue is 2 years warranty.
 
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so is DELL WD RE3 not good for gaming?
 
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Hey there, Lawk Duski!

@Archaic59 is right WD Re is one of our NAS drives. It has impressive specs as a hard drive, but unless you put it in a RAID/NAS configuration you won't be able to experience all the benefits. It might perform great, but it won't be anything like a gaming HDD.

What you might want to take a closer look at is the WD Black, since it's our gaming drive. It is fast, reliable and designed for high-end computing mostly, meaning gaming and other demanding software apps like graphic/video editing. It offers 7200 RPM and has a 5-year limited warranty in comparison to the WD Blue. Here's a link to the drive itself, where you can see all its features: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=FaEpN0

Another HDD you might be interested in is the WD VelociRaptor, it's our workstation drive. It offers 10 000 RPM and also has a 50year warranty. This drive is specifically designed for high-performance computing and delivers quite the experience especially if you are into gaming or video/photo editing. Here you can see more details about this drive as well: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=nFmwOD

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have more questions! :)
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uhh i think you guys misunderstood which HDD im talking about. its DELL WD RE3. its 1TB and only 5$ more expensive than 500GB Black WD
its the same HDD In this link
http://www.thepcsoftwareconnectionstorellc.com/1tb-dell-western-digital-re3-wd1002fbys-3-5-sata-hard-drive/
 
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Oh, I understand now. Well, keep in mind that the IntelliSeek RMP in the WD Re drive might not be the speed you wish to have while gaming. I'd go with the WD Black instead.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the link shows the WD Re drive as a component integrated within a system by a system manufacturer, in these cases no limited warranty is provided by WD.

Hope I was helpful!
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Lawk Duski

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should i go ahead and buy the WD Black 500GB for 50$ or DELL WD 1TB For 60$?
 
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Lawk Duski

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Got it. thank you.
 
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