- Dec 21, 2011
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I'm going to be replacing an aging WD Black drive soon, and I am between 2 drives at this point,
a 4TB WD Black (WD4003FZEX), and the 4TB WD RE (WD4000FYYZ). The drives will be used for gaming and general program use, not OS or file streaming.
I know that the RE is meant for RAID environments, but comparing the two drive's test numbers shows that the RE is only ~10 MB/s slower at the worst in various read/write operations.
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a reason not to go ahead with the RE, as it is only $20 more than the Black, will (theoretically) have a much longer lifespan, and has a negligible performance deficit. I am currently leaning towards the RE as I am replacing my current 2TB drive because of performance degradation, and my theory is that the RE will keep a higher level of performance longer than the Black, assuming it doesn't kick the bucket before that happens.
Thanks for any help/opinions!
a 4TB WD Black (WD4003FZEX), and the 4TB WD RE (WD4000FYYZ). The drives will be used for gaming and general program use, not OS or file streaming.
I know that the RE is meant for RAID environments, but comparing the two drive's test numbers shows that the RE is only ~10 MB/s slower at the worst in various read/write operations.
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a reason not to go ahead with the RE, as it is only $20 more than the Black, will (theoretically) have a much longer lifespan, and has a negligible performance deficit. I am currently leaning towards the RE as I am replacing my current 2TB drive because of performance degradation, and my theory is that the RE will keep a higher level of performance longer than the Black, assuming it doesn't kick the bucket before that happens.
Thanks for any help/opinions!
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