Western Digital Red Drives

billyboyd · 22 Nov 2012 at 07:05

Western Digital 2TB 3.5inch SATA6 Internal Hard Drive - Red

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-397-WD&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1954

I have been looking at these as I like the look of the three year warranty e.t.c, but can these NAS drives run ok in a normal / gaming PC. It would be used for installing games to.

StevieP · 22 Nov 2012 at 14:16

I have a pair of these for my NAS - I can't see why they wouldn't work fine in a regular PC but I'd imagine there are cheaper options if you don't need the (alleged) added NAS-specific features!?!?

Cyber-Mav · 24 Nov 2012 at 09:43

with access time of 22ms+ id be weary of using it as a gaming drive, better off with a wd green or the segate variants.which have access time in the 15ms region

welshdragon · 24 Nov 2012 at 11:24

StevieP said:
I have a pair of these for my NAS - I can't see why they wouldn't work fine in a regular PC but I'd imagine there are cheaper options if you don't need the (alleged) added NAS-specific features!?!?

+1. Same here.

In my main rig I use a 256gb Crucial M4 for os/apps/games and a green drive for media/documents/photo storage.

IAmATeaf · 24 Nov 2012 at 17:23

Cyber-Mav said:
with access time of 22ms+ id be weary of using it as a gaming drive, better off with a wd green or the segate variants.which have access time in the 15ms region

I remember the 3gb variant being tested and overall they were quicker than a Seagate 7200 model, I'll try and find the review but since reading that I've been inching closer to getting a couple of 3tb drives.