Can i use a WD Purple on PC ?

yullbarez

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Jan 17, 2019
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I looking for HDDs and i've found that WD Purple cheaper than other destkop HDDs i know it's a surveillance HDD i'll probably get WD Purple but i'm not sure for it would be work fine. Should i buy destkop HDD?
My Specs:
CPU: Intel Xeon X5450 3.44 GHz OC
MOBO: Asus ROG Commando
RAM:8GB(4X2GB) Kingston DDR2 800 MHz CL6
HDD:Samsung HD250HJ(probably dead).
GPU: AMD FirePro V5800 1GB GDDR5 128 Bit
PSU: SilverStone 500W 80+ Bronze
OS: Windows 10 Enterprise 64-Bit 1809



 
I wouldn't use the WD purple in a PC, specially as a main boot disk, since you will get errors and might lose bit of data that might not be relevant on a surveillance device. I might use it as secondary drive for storage or backup. Also the WD purple might not go to sleep like regular desktop and NAS disk.
Go for with the WD Blue as the main disk and either WD Red or WD Green as storage disk.
Also take in consideration the speeds of the drive since WD offers the WD blue at speeds of 5400rpm and 7200rpm.
 

mundial

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Read this blog post on WD Purples - especially the section:

"Why using WD Purple are not a good idea for general data storage"

https://datarecoveryireland.ie/data-recovery-from-qnap-nas-wd-purple-x-2/