2TB Barracuda or WD 2TB

Ynot · 2 Mar 2021 at 11:41

Hi, I need a new 2TB drive, what one would you go for 2TB Barracuda or WD 2TB?

Its for Video edit and encoding.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seag...nternal-hard-drive-st2000dm008-hd-3a5-se.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-2...formance-hard-drive-wd2003fzex-hd-410-wd.html

Ive had both before and I did have to get a WD replaced one time.

Or what about the 2TB Red Pro, I never used these before.

Thank you

Ynot · 2 Mar 2021 at 11:58

I think I will go for the WB Black.

pp111 · 15 Mar 2021 at 07:22

The Reds are good drives too. Although intended for NAS use, they are perfectly fine for a PC.

I believe at that price only the WD Black is a CMR drive, but SMR is perfectly fine for the average user. I have an SMR ( actually a WD Blue ) in one PC and it's a great drive.

JasonM · 15 Mar 2021 at 10:03

WD Black, dual controllers for improved IO, and higher quality then the Barracuda.

People associate WD Blacks as gaming drivers, however there really workstation HDD's, computers that will be used everyday doing high disk IO where reliability is important.

There is however one drive that's even better then the WD Black, and that's the WD Ultrastar drives, I would choose a 2TB WD Ultrastar if you could find one at similar price to the black.