WD RED vs. Black

[armoosead]

Hey

I am upgrading one of my storage drives on my built PC.

Right now I have a 1TB WD Black drive. I do a lot of video editing in Premiere, and compositing work in After Effects/ Photoshop. All my work and projects are either stored on a 500gb SSD or my External.

Right now I have a 1TB Black Drive that is non work related (Stock Footage, Audio, Files, Documents etc.)

I want to upgrade from that 1TB to 4TB, and I realized performance isnt the top priority anymore. I want a 4TB drive that would last for like 5 years. But I dont want to sacrifice performance altogether, so I want to stick with a 7200 rpm drive.

I am looking at WD red Pro 4tb vs. WD Black 4tb

I am leaning toward the RED but wary about using a NAS drive in a regular PC. Would the Black last?

Which is the best for my needs? Reliability being the top priority and performance 2nd..

Thank you in advance, much appreciated.

System specs:

1. Intel i7 5820k CPU
2. MSI x99 Sli Plus
3. Gtx 1070
4. 32GB RAM Gskill Ripjaws
5. 1x WD Black drive 1TB
6. 1x SSD Samsung Evo 120GB- OS
7. 1x SSD Samsung Evo 500 GB- Projects/Footage
8. 1x External Hard Drive 4tb Footage

 

[mazboy]

this is one of those cases where you can screw yourself into the ground thinking about it. Flip a coin. You'll be happy with either.

 

[redgarl]

Honestly, pick the cheapest one, there is basically no difference outside the marketing.