WD Caviar Blue or Black?

[XFA24]

I was looking into buying a 1TB western digital hard drive but i cant decide between the caviar blue and the caviar black which I will use for the next 5+ years

what is the difference between these two? in terms of loading duration and gaming experience

there is a huge price gap between these two and I would like to know what is recommended by most people

-thanks in advance!

 

[SproutSchon]

The WD 1TB Blue is my go to HDD for best bang for your buck.
Cheap 7200RPM 64MB cache 1TB and very reliable.

 

[XFA24]

can you tell me(im a noob in these HDDs) what the differences of the blue and the black?

 

[SproutSchon]

It should have a fastest access time and should be a bit more reliable.
So if this is going to be your OS drive you might want to go with the black.
If your are planning (as you should) to have an SSD for your OS there is almost no reason to pay the price premium for the black.

 

[momo eric]

WD Black will work faster than WD Blue.

 

[XFA24]

yes I will be using it for the OS

So in general, my OS would run faster with the black(what i mean by that is it would start up faster.. etc)

 

[SproutSchon]

Yes it will but if you are willing to invest 30$ in the HDD maybe you could stretch a bit more your budget and go with the blue plus this:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct128mx100ssd1

The small (128GB) SSD will host your OS and your most used softwares for almost instant boot/loading times (much faster than the WD black).

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Hey there, XFA24!

I'd give you more details on the difference between the two drives.

WD Blue is a pretty decent drive that can be used for everyday storage. However, the biggest the capacity is 1 TB but a lot of customers are very satisfied with their performance as OS drives. You get solid performance, reliability and a 2-year warranty.
You can check more about it here: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=gXdaic

The WD Black drive is all about performance, it's specifically designed for heavy usage like demanding software apps and gaming. It maximizes system performance with its speed. Another pro to the Black is the fact that it comes with a 5-year warranty.
You can see more of its features here: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=6lV0LH

IMO, you'd be satisfied with either of the two HDDs and their capabilities as storage solutions.

Hope this helped. Keep me posted if you need further assistance!
SuperSoph_WD

 

[Neil Polymathes]

I was looking into buying a 1TB western digital hard drive but i cant decide between the caviar blue and the caviar black which I will use for the next 5+ years

what is the difference between these two? in terms of loading duration and gaming experience

there is a huge price gap between these two and I would like to know what is recommended by most people

-thanks in advance!

Neither. ~ What you want is "Seagate SSHD". The Hybrid Solid State is faster than any platter.
Yet Platters are easier to recover data from than Solid State Drives. = Better for archive.

Seagate = if it is a platter it runs cooler, last longer, is quieter, when it is the fluid dynamic bearing of a Seagate.
Toshiba OCZ = for anything solid state drive SSD. Toshiba and OCZ prize stability performance and RELIABILITY.

(I own both products as well as other brands. My Patriot SSD was stolen, but I feel my OCZ replacement is better.)
(Intel is shady, shady. Because of their volume sales that they can offer a longer warranty on the box, but the reality is that many of their solid state drives will and do fail in a few years = so no matter the brand if it is solid state (SSD) then use RAID, and Samsung is the fastest with its 3D circuits, but failure rates or lifetime are not yet established.)

Never abandon the platter drives. Seagate makes the best.
If you ever consider SSD, Invest in RAID Arrays with platter backup drives.
Currently I have bought two large SSD, from two different makers. Both are used as USB drives.
Hybrid HDD are by far the best solution the market had. They can be recovered from and you family photos restored.
Just before Toshiba bought OCZ, I was about to buy a Synapse SSD from them. 8GB to 60(64GB) is the ideal range.
RAM should be 8GB to 16GB before putting money into SSD. AMD RAM Drive is much faster than SSD.

 

[XFA24]

well looks like im going with the black version,

sorry guys my budget can't be stretched so that to buy an SSD

and yeah I was looking onto those SSHDs but im afraid those are not available in my area