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HDD WD BLUE, WD GREEN or Seagate Barracuda ?

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  • 02-05-2015 6:36pm
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    allsam18
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭


    I am going to buy 500 GB HDD for 50 eur. I have 3 options :
    WD Blue, WD Green and Seagate Baracuda.
    Which one is my best choice ?


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    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    None of the above, get WD RED series.


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    allsam18
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭allsam18


    it costs 20 eur more, what is the biggest advantage of WD RED agains WD BLUE ?


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    WD Black or Blue. Reds are oriented towards RAID setups. If you can't afford black, get a blue.

    For drives that will be accessed often, don't get green. If its a backup drive then a Green.


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    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    allsam18 wrote: »
    it costs 20 eur more, what is the biggest advantage of WD RED agains WD BLUE ?

    lower MTBF (mean time of boot failure) if you think your data is important you should go red, if you think your data is not important but speed is: go for black

    but if you care soo much about speed, get a SSD instead.


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    tnegun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,734 ✭✭✭tnegun


    Asmooh wrote: »
    lower MTBF (mean time of boot failure)

    MTBF - Mean Time Between Failures

    What are you using them for OP? If it's just storage and your backing it up elsewhere just buy the cheapest WD you can find they've got a good warranty too it's either 3 years or life time if I remember properly.


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    allsam18
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭allsam18


    winner is : WD red 1 TB 73 eur because of low noise levels and stability. Thank You everyone for sharing the knowledge.


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