Is WD Blue a good choice.

[Avik Basu]

I have to buy a new HDD and it's going to be my primary and only drive. I used to have Seagate but it had broken many times in the past so I'm thinking of going with Western Digital. I don't have a big budget so I can't go for the WD Black. I'm thinking of getting a 1TB WD Blue. But I want to know if it's a good choice for me. I'm a gamer. I play a lot of modern games such as GTA 5 or Batman Arkham Knight, etc. That's the only heavy thing my PC is used for. Other than that it's a basic home PC. So is WD Blue good for gaming? I see that there isn't much difference between WD Blue and Black. They both have 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache and they are both available in 1TB. The only things Black is better at is that it always spins at 7200 RPM, it is sturdier than Blue and it comes with a longer warranty. As much as I would love a 5 year warranty I don't have the budget to get a Black. My last hard disk was a Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 (ST31000528AS) and it worked well for everything I did on my PC including playing games before it died after giving me a service of two years. So is the WD Blue a good choice or should I look at Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003? I'm not too comfortable getting Seagate again after it failing on me many times.

 

[MarkW]

I know that drive is $30 cheaper, but go with a HGST drive. They have much lower failure rates, and act much more like a WD black.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

If you go with WD go with Blacks.

 

[Cons29]

i like blue, it's a good middle ground i think. then get an ssd down the line.

that is what i did at least

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Hey there, Avik Basu!

I also believe that the WD Blue will serve you well. This HDD is designed for everyday computing delivering reliability that should satisfy your computing needs. I'd suggest you to go the product page of the drive, where you will find all the features and details about the drive: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=lUV8hY
The newest 3.5" models come in two varieties of RPM capabilities though (5,400 and 7,200). Since you are planning to do some gaming as well, I'd just suggest you to make sure you get the 7,200 RPM model. I've noticed that a lot of gamers do prefer the WD Blue, indeed. So I don't think you'd be encountering issues with its performance as well. However, keep in mind that it's your system configuration overall that attributes to the performance, not only the HDD.

Hope this was helpful! Thanks for notifying me about your thread!
SuperSoph_WD