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hello everyone, tryig to choose what would be the best as second game drive. well i have intel 530 ssd as my main OS drive, but i need 2nd drive what would be the best choice?
WD Black 1TB Performance Desktop Hard Drive or WD Green 2TB Desktop Hard Drive
price wise the same.
or any other suggestion?
thanks
get saegate barracuda 7200rpm(recommended) or WD Caviar Blue
why is that?
Barracuda and blue have better performance than Green and much lower price than black.
Here is the full review of WD Green/Blue/Black and Seagate Barracuda:
WD Blue
These are your baseline drives; typical power consumption, solid performance, good price. If none of the specific features of the other types stand out then these are the ones you want, they're ideal as capacity drives for a desktop for example.
WD Green
These are all about saving energy; they're not actually all that slow in practice for things like streaming, but for more random read/write they lag behind a bit, again not by all that much. The main benefit is that they save power and wear by spinning down when they can, this means they're basically best for things like backup drives which are only in use periodically (e.g - once an hour), if they're made to spin up too often then you obliterate any potential savings you could make, at which point you've got a slightly slower Blue.
WD Black
These are pure performance drives, all about speed. Their top speed for streaming isn't that much further ahead than a blue drive, but the main difference comes from it being generally more responsive. Basically if all you want is speed, but you can't afford an SSD with the capacity you need, then WD Blacks are for you. A good value gaming system can do well with an affordable SSD for OS and a few other bits and pieces you can fit, with a WD Black as your main drive for your games, for example by moving your Steam folder onto it, giving you good all round performance and capacity.
They also now have generous warranties (5 years), they're basically WD Red+, if you can take advantage of the extra performance that is.
Barracuda:
These are also baseline drives; typical power consumption, solid performance, good price. If none of the specific features of the other types stand out then these are the ones you want, they're ideal as capacity drives for a desktop for example. and slimmer than WD 3.5" drives
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