[SOLVED] Would a WD Purple or Seagate Skyhawk be good for gaming, editing, and general storage?

[Rhaemond]

Hi, I've been wanting to add some additional storage for some time now since I've been practicing video editing and wanted to create more videos in the future. I also play a lot of games especially open world ones. Would a WD Purple or a Seagate Skyhawk be good for storage? I know they are surveillance drives but I've seen some posts stating that they should be good, but are they worth using?
My budget is limited and both drives, which are 4TB, are on sale so I don't have much of a choice. Any input on the matter would be appreciated. Thank you!

 

[dreamteam]

I can't talk for the Skyhawk but the Purple series was not meant for data storage unless you don't care losing some data.
they use a different algorithm on the firmware that makes them not suitable for this
there are some videos on Youtube you can see how the head is constantly moving back and forth
for video editing and games just pick a 7200 rpm drive based on CMR

 

[Rhaemond]

I can't talk for the Skyhawk but the Purple series was not meant for data storage unless you don't care losing some data.
they use a different algorithm on the firmware that makes them not suitable for this
there are some videos on Youtube you can see how the head is constantly moving back and forth
for video editing and games just pick a 7200 rpm drive based on CMR

How often will I lost data?

 

[dreamteam]

I don't have a clear answer to your question.
Not sure why you might want to purchase one of these with so many alternatives out there.

 

[fzabkar]

You won't lose any data.

The AV drives have an additional ATA Streaming command set. This allows bad frames to be dropped rather than causing an interruption in the data flow. When these drives are used in normal PC applications, the standard ATA Read/Write Sector commands prevail.