Question Which WD Drive is best?

[Rhaemond]

Hi! Me and my brother are planning to get a new drive, our choices are:

WD Gold https://shopee.ph/product/59539517/1472701883?smtt=0.0.9

WD Data Center https://shopee.ph/product/59539517/1279501469?smtt=0.0.9

And WD Black

Which would of the 3 is the best to get? Those are our only choices. Price doesn't really matter. It's for gaming, editing, and general storage.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

 

[USAFRet]

"for gaming, editing, and general storage. "

In order:
Black
Gold
Datacenter

Why only WD drives?
Why not solid state drives?

 

[Rhaemond]

"for gaming, editing, and general storage. "

In order:
Black
Gold
Datacenter

Why only WD drives?
Why not solid state drives?

I have a 1TB SSD and 1TB HDD at the moment was just looking to add more storage bit didn't want to spend a lot since most heavy games will be going to the SSD but general storage and light games would be on the HDD 😅
Can I ask what are the fundamental differences between my drive choices? And why Black above else?

 

[USAFRet]

I have a 1TB SSD and 1TB HDD at the moment was just looking to add more storage bit didn't want to spend a lot since most heavy games will be going to the SSD but general storage and light games would be on the HDD 😅
Can I ask what are the fundamental differences between my drive choices? And why Black above else?

The Black is more performance orientated.

The others, more stable for data center use.

 

[geofelt]

This older article explains the WD rainbow:

Understanding the WD Rainbow

WD has a very diverse hard drive product line that can be difficult to decipher at times. In this article we go over the various 3.5inch hard drive lines from WD to help you decide which is right for your system.

www.pugetsystems.com

 

[fzabkar]

WD's high capacity "Gold" models are often rebadged HGST models. I would go for those. One way to tell them apart is by the WWN on the label.

 

[captaincharisma]

"for gaming, editing, and general storage. "

In order:
Black
Gold
Datacenter

Why only WD drives?
Why not solid state drives?

FYI: WD also makes blue and black label solid-state drives. both SATA and Nvme

 

[USAFRet]

FYI: WD also makes blue and black label solid-state drives. both SATA and Nvme

Correct.
Given the original text, I was assuming spinning drives.

 

[Rhaemond]

The Black is more performance orientated.

The others, more stable for data center use.

Noted, thank you!

This older article explains the WD rainbow:

Understanding the WD Rainbow

WD has a very diverse hard drive product line that can be difficult to decipher at times. In this article we go over the various 3.5inch hard drive lines from WD to help you decide which is right for your system.

www.pugetsystems.com

Thank you!

WD's high capacity "Gold" models are often rebadged HGST models. I would go for those. One way to tell them apart is by the WWN on the label.

Can you show me an example please? Much appreciated.

Correct.
Given the original text, I was assuming spinning drives.

Yea whoops forgot to mention that I was looking for an HDD

 

[fzabkar]

The WWN for native HGST models begins with 5 00:0C:CA

The WWN for native WD models begins with 5 00:14:EE