western digital caviar green 1TB HDDs any good?

[jak731]

since my seagate is most likely dead, http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17940987, i was wondering if the WD green drives were any good?

they will be used as storage drives so speed isnt needed, the question is is the 32mb cache worth the extra over the 16mb cache if i have no desire to put an OS on the drive

 

[Phil2008]

its good. I have mine in a 390 icybox, and the idel temp when not spinning is 27c and 38c when its been copying for 30mins or so. So it should be well cool mounted internally.

 

[sutom]

I am also looking at one of these, just for storage, and would like to know if the 32MB is worth the extra price too

The WD Greens should be very reliable in any case.

 

[Jimbo Mahoney]

HDD Cache is a marketing gimmick, especially for storage.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

I am also looking at one of these, just for storage, and would like to know if the 32MB is worth the extra price too

The WD Greens should be very reliable in any case.

for the 1tb drives the 32mb cache greenpower uses 333gb platters 3 of them, the 16mb cache greenpower uses 4 x 250gb platters.

333gb platters offer more speed, and less platter count = less mass for motor to rotate which = less power consumption.

here is a review: http://techreport.com/articles.x/15769

 

[sutom]

Thanks for the review link - seems the 32mb is a good choice, like you say.

I was thinking of having a WD Black 1TB for Windows/apps/games/data, then auto-backup to a WD Green 1TB (maybe in a caddy), as it seems quite simple to manage and I don't really know anything about RAID. Hope the drives will be quiet too, and maybe more reliable than two Samsung F1s.

Would that be a bad idea?

edit: actually the Black doesn't look very quiet from your link so maybe a Samsung F1 1TB (main) and WD Green 1TB (backup)