WD Blue or Black?

[GeForce6]

Both are the same spec, 1TB, SATA3, etc. except the Black has 64MB Cache and the Blue 32MB. Was wondering, is it worth an extra £14 for Black, or is the money and apparently extra noise it makes not worth the performance boost? From what I've heard the Black is noisier, and there is only a small difference between it and a Blue.

 

[Traildriver]

Blue is the compromise level between Black and Green HDDs. Green slowest and best power usage. Black fastest and power hungry by comparison but not noticably so.

I have 3 1 TB Blacks in my PC and the case fans are louder than the drives

 

[rolli59]

I personally would save the £14, the black is their performance drive so if you are reading and writing large amount of data to the drive spending the £14 on the black makes sense.

 

[GeForce6]

I guess, I just heard that games load a bit faster. Also, when you just look at everyones specs, pretty much everyone who games has a WD Black.

 

[rolli59]

Not true 3 computers in my home constantly gaming, no WD black since I am in control of the money.
SSD would be faster.

 

[GeForce6]

I'm not getting an SSD because it's just too expensive really. So, I wouldn't really need a WD Black?

 

[Supernova1138]

The Blue is okay for storing games. The Black is a bit faster and would yield slightly faster loading times. It comes down to whether you think spending the extra money for the Black is worth shaving off maybe a second off of your game loading times.