[SOLVED] Which is the right way Green or Purple?

[nevermind89]

Hi guys,
I got pc with 120 gb SSD, and now I need secondary drive for storage.
I have this two disks. Which one should I put in my PC.
tnx

 

[USAFRet]

In order...

Neither.
Both.
The Purple
The Green.

 

[popatim]

Green is acceptable for a storage drive. It is not a performance drive for gaming but sometime can do very well if you get lucky and score one of the ones that really runs at 7200rpms. Most are 5400-5900 rpm drives.
Purple is a surveillance camera system drive. It's firmware emphasizes writes over reads and gamers need the opposite. These are usually 5400rpm drives also.

 

[nevermind89]

Green is acceptable for a storage drive. It is not a performance drive for gaming but sometime can do very well if you get lucky and score one of the ones that really runs at 7200rpms. Most are 5400-5900 rpm drives.
Purple is a surveillance camera system drive. It's firmware emphasizes writes over reads and gamers need the opposite. These are usually 5400rpm drives also.

I appreciate your answer. I'm not power user so slower speeds should not be a problem.

However if I wanted to store videos and pictures on purple disk, could I encounter any problems because of the firmware you mentioned? Or it will result only in slower reading speeds.

Also I found 2 irreparable bad sectors on purple, does that pose any threat for future use?

thank you

 

[USAFRet]

Also I found 2 irreparable bad sectors on purple, does that pose any threat for future use?

thank you

That takes the WD Purple out of the running completely.

Don't use it.

 

[popatim]

You're buying used drives?

 

[nevermind89]

You're buying used drives?

No. I got them for free, but was unsure if purple can be used in pc and how green compares to newer blue ones.

 

[popatim]

Oh thats kewl!
I would use the green and run a scan every day for a week on the purple.
If you don't get more failed or reallocated sectors then I would use it as a repository for non-critical files or a backup drive.

 

[nevermind89]

Oh thats kewl!
I would use the green and run a scan every day for a week on the purple.
If you don't get more failed or reallocated sectors then I would use it as a repository for non-critical files or a backup drive.

thanks man