WD Blue vs Black

Yaboze · 02-22-12, 08:08 AM

What's the difference in these drives from Western Digital, aside from the cache? I know the "Black" are the higher end drives, but is the cache the only difference?

tjohn · 02-22-12, 09:33 AM

I don't know the tech details but I have had not one problem with blue, black, or green WD drives. I've used quite a few.

**mullet** · 02-22-12, 09:54 AM

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Performance. The Black is optimized for performance at the expense of noise and power consumption, the blue is a general use drive, designed to be a good balance of performance, power consumption, and noise, and the green is designed to use as little power and make as little noise as possible at the expense of performance.

**nekrosoft13** · 02-22-12, 10:59 AM

green are junk, blue and black should be ok.

**XDanger** · 02-22-12, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by zer0

avoid green at all costs!

WD green is PEOPLE!

Dr.Nick · 02-24-12, 12:39 PM

I could be mistaken but the black series also sport dual controllers, firmware tuned for performance and a longer warranty. They are a better choice if you're going to use for the OS

02-22-12, 08:08 AM	#1
Yaboze Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2,057	WD Blue vs Black What's the difference in these drives from Western Digital, aside from the cache? I know the "Black" are the higher end drives, but is the cache the only difference?

02-22-12, 09:33 AM	#2
tjohn Paleo Pennsylvania Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 721	Re: WD Blue vs Black I don't know the tech details but I have had not one problem with blue, black, or green WD drives. I've used quite a few. __________________ Main Rig == ASRock Z68 Pro Gen3 \| I7 2600K @ 4.6 \| G.Skill Ripjaws 16 GB \| CMV8 Cooler \| Crucial C300 RealSSD 128GB \| EVGA 570GTX \| CM HAFX \| Win7 x64 HTPC == Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT \| AMD X2 240 Regor \| A-DATA 2X4 PC3 10600 \| WD 1TB \| LG Blue-Ray \| Corsair 400W PSU \| Lian Li PC-C37B \| Win7 x64 Home Server == Gigabyte GA-MA785GM \| AMD Sempron 2.7GHz 45W \| G.SKILL 2X1 DDR2 667 \| WD GRN 1 TB x3 \| Seasonic 380W 80+ Bronze \| Antec 300 case \| Windows Home Server Toshiba U405-S2830 Laptop \| 13.3" - 1200x800 \| C2D T8100 2.1 Penryn \| 4 GB DDR2 677 \| Wireless N \| Intel X3100 Vid \| 250GB HDD \| Win7 x64 HP dm3 Laptop \| 13.3" - 1366x768 \| AMD Athlon Neo X2 \| ATI Radeon HD 3200 \| 4GB DDR2 \| 320GB HDD \| Wireless N \| Bluetooth \| Windows 8 Developer Preview

02-22-12, 10:59 AM	#4
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: WD Blue vs Black green are junk, blue and black should be ok. __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

02-24-12, 12:39 PM	#6
Dr.Nick Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,044	Re: WD Blue vs Black I could be mistaken but the black series also sport dual controllers, firmware tuned for performance and a longer warranty. They are a better choice if you're going to use for the OS __________________ i7 920@4.03\|asus p6t7ws\|6gb ocz\|gtx580oc sli\|x-fi fatality\|x25m+12tb\|enermax 1kw\|dell u3011 & 2405fpw