Seagate Barracuda 2 TB (ST2000DM001) Or WD Green 2 TB (WD20EZRX) Desktop Internal Hard Drive

[thedhruvsoni]

Seagate Barracuda 2 TB (ST2000DM001) Or WD Green 2 TB (WD20EZRX) Desktop Internal Hard Drive
Which One I Should Purchase ? Both Price Almost Same ...

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Depends on what you're going to be using it for.

The Seagate is faster (they no longer use the Barracuda name, FYI). You want it if it's your boot drive.

However, it's not rated for 24/7 operation and uses more power than the green drive.

 

[thedhruvsoni]

Depends on what you're going to be using it for.

The Seagate is faster (they no longer use the Barracuda name, FYI). You want it if it's your boot drive.

However, it's not rated for 24/7 operation and uses more power than the green drive.

I'm Got 24/7 Heavy Use , And i Can't Take Any Type Of Drive Fail Risk...

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there thedhruvsoni,

As you will need the drive for some demanding applications and it will be your OS one(I guess), WD Green would not be the best pick. So, you'd better go with the other drive.
WD Green is a drive designed to be used as a secondary storage and has power efficient characteristics.

More on WD Green's features: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=6DULHF

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[thedhruvsoni]

Hi there thedhruvsoni,

As you will need the drive for some demanding applications and it will be your OS one(I guess), WD Green would not be the best pick. So, you'd better go with the other drive.
WD Green is a drive designed to be used as a secondary storage and has power efficient characteristics.

More on WD Green's features: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=6DULHF

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

I Don't Want For OS, I Got Seagate For That i'm Going To Use As Backup Drive, So Which One I Consider ???

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Depends on what you're going to be using it for.

The Seagate is faster (they no longer use the Barracuda name, FYI). You want it if it's your boot drive.

However, it's not rated for 24/7 operation and uses more power than the green drive.

I'm Got 24/7 Heavy Use , And i Can't Take Any Type Of Drive Fail Risk...

Any drive can fail at any time. That's why you have backups. You do have backups, don't you?

Green would be good as a backup drive, but backup drives don't typically get heavy use 24/7.

I'd probably be looking at a NAS drive if you expect heavy use.

 

[thedhruvsoni]

Depends on what you're going to be using it for.

The Seagate is faster (they no longer use the Barracuda name, FYI). You want it if it's your boot drive.

However, it's not rated for 24/7 operation and uses more power than the green drive.

I'm Got 24/7 Heavy Use , And i Can't Take Any Type Of Drive Fail Risk...

Any drive can fail at any time. That's why you have backups. You do have backups, don't you?

Green would be good as a backup drive, but backup drives don't typically get heavy use 24/7.

I'd probably be looking at a NAS drive if you expect heavy use.

So May i Go Better With Seagate ? What u Say ?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

WD Green if it's a backup drive.

 

[thedhruvsoni]

WD Green if it's a backup drive.

But It Can Get Any Problem If It Connected To My System that run's 24/7 ???

 

[D_Know_WD]

In case you need the drive for just backing up your data, WD Green will do the job. It doesn't matter that your system runs 24/7. I guess you will only access the drive when you want to back up some stuff right?

D_Know_WD

 

[thedhruvsoni]

In case you need the drive for just backing up your data, WD Green will do the job. It doesn't matter that your system runs 24/7. I guess you will only access the drive when you want to back up some stuff right?

D_Know_WD

Yup, Just To Store My Data...

 

[D_Know_WD]

Then WD Green will fit your purposes.
You can check out its features in the link I've already provided.

Let me know in case you have some more questions,
D_Know_WD

 

[thedhruvsoni]

Then WD Green will fit your purposes.
You can check out its features in the link I've already provided.

Let me know in case you have some more questions,
D_Know_WD

So I'm Going TO Use My Currant Seagate As My Main OS Drive And Will Use WD Green AS DATA Drive IT Would be great combo ???

 

[D_Know_WD]

Yeah, it looks nice.
Many users combine faster HDD/SSD + data drive. You shouldn't have any issues with that.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Yup.

 

[fudoka711]

So I'm Going TO Use My Currant Seagate As My Main OS Drive And Will Use WD Green AS DATA Drive IT Would be great combo ???

I would just like to add that your Data drive (in this case, the one you are buying) won't be spinning all the time. It won't run 24/7 even if your computer is on 24/7. It will spin down when not in use. It'll take a few second to spin back up (so windows explorer will freeze temporarily if you try to access the hard drive), but that's okay.

And what they said - go with the WD Green.

 

[thedhruvsoni]

Yeah, it looks nice.
Many users combine faster HDD/SSD + data drive. You shouldn't have any issues with that.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

Yup.

Thx For Help...

 

[thedhruvsoni]

So I'm Going TO Use My Currant Seagate As My Main OS Drive And Will Use WD Green AS DATA Drive IT Would be great combo ???

I would just like to add that your Data drive (in this case, the one you are buying) won't be spinning all the time. It won't run 24/7 even if your computer is on 24/7. It will spin down when not in use. It'll take a few second to spin back up (so windows explorer will freeze temporarily if you try to access the hard drive), but that's okay.

And what they said - go with the WD Green.

Thx For Info...

 

[thedhruvsoni]

Yeah, it looks nice.
Many users combine faster HDD/SSD + data drive. You shouldn't have any issues with that.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

The WD Green will fail after some time due to vibration from the second drive. Only Red and above are designed for multiple drive arrangements.
I Read This As Review On Snapdeal.com It IS True ???

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Yeah, it looks nice.
Many users combine faster HDD/SSD + data drive. You shouldn't have any issues with that.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

The WD Green will fail after some time due to vibration from the second drive. Only Red and above are designed for multiple drive arrangements.
I Read This As Review On Snapdeal.com It IS True ???

Pretty much rubbish.

Reviews on sales sites are best ignored.

However, remember that no matter how nicely you treat them, any drive can and will fail at some point. Keep backups.

 

[thedhruvsoni]

Yeah, it looks nice.
Many users combine faster HDD/SSD + data drive. You shouldn't have any issues with that.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

The WD Green will fail after some time due to vibration from the second drive. Only Red and above are designed for multiple drive arrangements.
I Read This As Review On Snapdeal.com It IS True ???

Pretty much rubbish.

Reviews on sales sites are best ignored.

However, remember that no matter how nicely you treat them, any drive can and will fail at some point. Keep backups.

Alright Thx...

 

[thedhruvsoni]

Yeah, it looks nice.
Many users combine faster HDD/SSD + data drive. You shouldn't have any issues with that.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

The WD Green will fail after some time due to vibration from the second drive. Only Red and above are designed for multiple drive arrangements.
I Read This As Review On Snapdeal.com It IS True ???

Pretty much rubbish.

Reviews on sales sites are best ignored.

However, remember that no matter how nicely you treat them, any drive can and will fail at some point. Keep backups.

Finally Ordered - Seagate Desktop 2 TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6 GB with NCQ 64 MB Cache (ST2000DX001)