WD Blue vs Black vs Seagate (1TB)

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In terms of performance, they are basically the same. The only difference is the the Seagate has 1 year warranty, Blue has 2 years and Black has 5 years (and a significantly higher price tag)

But, is there anyone actually opening them up to see what kind of extra stuff the black has put into their drives? Are blacks really more reliable and vibration resistant, or is it just WD putting an expensive price tag and rebranding for exact same product and 3 years of extra warranty?
 
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Hellfire13
this might help...

http://www.storagereview.com/wd_black_4tb_desktop_hard_drive_review_wd4003fzex

In our tests, we found the new WD Black Caviar 4TB performed significantly better overall compared to the other 7,200RPM hard drives with the exception of the Hitachi 7K4000, which kept pace in a few categories. In mixed workloads, the new WD Black was frequently at the top of the pack by quite a large margin--especially when it came to throughput--with sequential read transfer performance clocking in at 20MB/s higher than the closest HDD. The updated WD Black HDDs promised higher performance of up to 48 percent, better accuracy, stronger reliability and a greater efficiency; it delivered just that, making this a highly recommended HDD...
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this might help...

http://www.storagereview.com/wd_black_4tb_desktop_hard_drive_review_wd4003fzex

In our tests, we found the new WD Black Caviar 4TB performed significantly better overall compared to the other 7,200RPM hard drives with the exception of the Hitachi 7K4000, which kept pace in a few categories. In mixed workloads, the new WD Black was frequently at the top of the pack by quite a large margin--especially when it came to throughput--with sequential read transfer performance clocking in at 20MB/s higher than the closest HDD. The updated WD Black HDDs promised higher performance of up to 48 percent, better accuracy, stronger reliability and a greater efficiency; it delivered just that, making this a highly recommended HDD.

Pros

Top-in-class performance
Huge improvements over prior generation
5-year Warranty
Cons

A bit pricey
 
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