Not considering the extended warranty, is WD Black really fast enough to pay the extra premium as compared to WD Blue for example?
I need a new 4 TB drive to compensate my ever growing steam library (recently i have to delete a game whenever i want to download/install new one and my internet speed is not top of the line). Considering my MOST important/played games goes to Samsung 850 evo 1 TB is it really worth paying extra to get a 4TB black drive? Sure it might have a little bit better 4k random read/write but how much? Its never going to be anywhere close to ssd, maybe it have 10% faster then say a WD blue drive but its still going to be extremely slow compared to an ssd. The purpose for buying HDD is due to its higher capacity. I can't really afford buying 2x 2 TB ssd's at this moment.
Here in my country the price goes like this:
WD Blue 4 TB (5400 RPM): $140
WD Black 4 TB (7200 RPM): $230
So its not just a small difference but a big $90. I am ok paying this extra 60% cost premium over Blue if its actually that much faster.
Suggestions?
I need a new 4 TB drive to compensate my ever growing steam library (recently i have to delete a game whenever i want to download/install new one and my internet speed is not top of the line). Considering my MOST important/played games goes to Samsung 850 evo 1 TB is it really worth paying extra to get a 4TB black drive? Sure it might have a little bit better 4k random read/write but how much? Its never going to be anywhere close to ssd, maybe it have 10% faster then say a WD blue drive but its still going to be extremely slow compared to an ssd. The purpose for buying HDD is due to its higher capacity. I can't really afford buying 2x 2 TB ssd's at this moment.
Here in my country the price goes like this:
WD Blue 4 TB (5400 RPM): $140
WD Black 4 TB (7200 RPM): $230
So its not just a small difference but a big $90. I am ok paying this extra 60% cost premium over Blue if its actually that much faster.
Suggestions?
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