Looking for HDD advice

[Gjiir]

So my brother 1TB Samsung HDD is sounding like its on its way out after many many years.

Hes looking for something quiet, all it does is store games and documents etc.

I had a quick look at the store and saw different version of WD drives yet dotn really underatand what the difference is.

Any advice on what he should get?

 

[kindai]

WD Blue HDDs are mainly used for general usage, what most day-to-day users will grab.

WD Green is a lower powered drive (eco friendly). Lacks performance because of that but good for use as a large storage drive.

WD Black is the performance drive, but comes with the downsides also (louder) but has the longest warranty (5 years I think)

WD Red is a NAS drive.

WD Purple is for surveillance recording (24/7 usage).

WD Gold Datacenter/enterprise hard drive.


So either go for a blue or black, if noise is an issue, the blue, if you want the longer warranty or the bonus performance, the black.