4tb WD blue hdd any good? Anybody have experience with them? Or WD Black or Hitachi better?

WhiteSnake91

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I've been wanting to check out one of these 4tb wd blue's ever since they slyly snuck by me in the summer, didn't know they were even released till recently. Anybody have any experience with them? With modern games being so big, 1tb doesn't seem like much, and tbh I've been wanting to shy away from my 1tb seagate hdd for awhile, partly because it's pretty much full, and just so many bad reviews of them over time I've read about...guess I could put the 1tb seagate in an external case and use it to back up semi important games.

I saw the 4tb wd blue is 5400rpm....I imagine with the platter density that's not much of a concern though? I don't play any games seriously (that I know of) that would stutter on a 5400rpm hdd like I've heard "open world" games do from some reading.

Thought about a wd black hdd or hitachi as well, although the 4tb wd blacks are pretty pricey for a regular hdd personally to me, and the hitachi are generally even more expensive than the wd blacks when I looked in the past. Although I just looked and the 4tb hitachi on amazon is ~160 vs 200 for a wd black....5tb wd black is only 20 bucks more at about $220
 
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Hey there, WhiteSnake91!

It really depends on what you are planning to use this secondary HDD for. If it's only for massive storage purpose, where you keep all your big files and media, then most certainly the 5,400 RPM-class WD Blue would serve you well with the variety of capacities that it offers. These HDDs are designed for desktop and all-in-one mainstream PCs. The 7,200 RPM-class WD Blue (max capacity 1 TB), for example, is often used for everyday computing as a primary HDD or as a secondary storage for gaming and other applications (combined with an SSD).

The WD Black is our performance drive and it's preferred when operating with demanding software programs or high-end gaming. It is specifically tuned...
Hey there, WhiteSnake91!

It really depends on what you are planning to use this secondary HDD for. If it's only for massive storage purpose, where you keep all your big files and media, then most certainly the 5,400 RPM-class WD Blue would serve you well with the variety of capacities that it offers. These HDDs are designed for desktop and all-in-one mainstream PCs. The 7,200 RPM-class WD Blue (max capacity 1 TB), for example, is often used for everyday computing as a primary HDD or as a secondary storage for gaming and other applications (combined with an SSD).

The WD Black is our performance drive and it's preferred when operating with demanding software programs or high-end gaming. It is specifically tuned and FIT-tested to deliver on the performance in environments where the workload is higher than any other mainstream desktop. These HDDs come with a 5-year limited warranty and also incorporate a dual-core processor. The 5 TB and the 6 TB WD Black models also have an increased cache of 128 MB, which further improves the performance in real time to allocate and optimize cache between reads and writes.

Keep me posted if you have more questions regarding these models! :)
Hope I was able to help out.
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