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[Solved] WD 1tb Blue or Black?

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freshbuilder   02-03-2012 at 02:27:42 AM

Both have an rpm of 7200, I was wondering which one is better?

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rolli59   02-03-2012 at 02:38:28 AM

The Black is their top line, usually comes with a price premium over the Blue!


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anort3   02-03-2012 at 03:11:40 AM
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Black is considered a performance drive while Blue is considered storage grade. Blacks are a bit faster and would be best for your operating system. If you just need a storage drive the Blue or even the Green "Eco" series would be fine.

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thedoublej   02-03-2012 at 04:26:48 AM

+1 to these guys. I have a black 500G and it's great.

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Hella-D   02-03-2012 at 04:59:54 AM

That And The Blacks Are Close To Within 1 To 2% Of Rapors When It Comes To Burst Data Rates, Allthough It Still Get Outruns In A The Sequential And Access Time By Quite A Bit

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Mousemonkey   02-09-2012 at 09:09:17 AM

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