Which WD drive?

[TW]Fox · 13 Dec 2008 at 01:12

Running out of space and could do with sorting out my system anyway. I've narrowed it down to two choices.

1) A WD Caviar Black 750Gb which OcUK have for just £64. Compares very favourably to the 1Tb version which is over 90 quid. Use 100Gb for C:\ for Windows, and the rest for junk.

2) A WD Caviar Green 1Tb for a little more than the 750Gb Black. Use the entire driver for junk and retain my WD AAKS as my primary drive.

Which would be the better option for a gaming system do you think? Would I notice the additional performance of the Black drive? I've ruled out the Samsung Spinpoint 1TB 32Mb cache drive because I've heard its noisy and unreliable. Am I wrong to think this?

Cheers!

clocka · 13 Dec 2008 at 01:20

black drive is far faster than green drive, get the 750gb black! samsung f1 isnt noisy or unreliable, black is a little quicker tho but less space for similar price.

muckymick · 14 Dec 2008 at 21:23

i recently got the 640gb blue,really quiet drive,
and not too pricey.

Liquidfox · 15 Dec 2008 at 11:52

I've got the Samsung F1 750GB, it's far from being loud. I don't notice it at all even under full load, but then again i had a Maxtor before hand...

bledd · 15 Dec 2008 at 12:28

1000>640>750

that's the order of fastest to slowest -the 640 and 1000 will be the same speed i'd imagine.

an AAKS = WD Blue by the way..

black>blue>green (fastest to slowest)

i have a green in my media pc, it's pretty darn quiet, saying that my blue in my gaming pc is quiet too

Luxor · 15 Dec 2008 at 19:04

I'd say go for the black. £64 is a good price for that beastie.

Stonedofmoo · 15 Dec 2008 at 19:16

You'd be wise to consider the new WD green drive. The range has just been updated and the new drive is a big improvement over the previous generation. Full details and write up are here if you're interested http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/green-terabyte-1tb,review-31449.html

chainy · 15 Dec 2008 at 20:52

Ive got 4 Samsung F1 1TB HDD's. No problems to report as yet. I think you hear a lot of failures about the Samsungs purely because they are a very popular choice and are so many out there!

Luxor · 15 Dec 2008 at 21:21

chainy said:
Ive got 4 Samsung F1 1TB HDD's. No problems to report as yet. I think you hear a lot of failures about the Samsungs purely because they are a very popular choice and are so many out there!

Yep, it's the "Corsair Syndrome".

p4radox · 15 Dec 2008 at 23:30

bledd. said:
1000>640>750

that's the order of fastest to slowest -the 640 and 1000 will be the same speed i'd imagine.

an AAKS = WD Blue by the way..

black>blue>green (fastest to slowest)

i have a green in my media pc, it's pretty darn quiet, saying that my blue in my gaming pc is quiet too

How does the RE3 compare to the Black in terms of speed and quietness? I notice the 500Gb RE3 is more expensive than the 640Gb Black.

[TW]Fox · 16 Dec 2008 at 01:21

Went for the 750Gb WD Black in the end. Seemed like the best price

erformance of the Black series range

<3 OcUK free shipping.

Stonedofmoo · 16 Dec 2008 at 07:59

[TW]Fox;13096003 said:
Went for the 750Gb WD Black in the end. Seemed like the best priceerformance of the Black series range

<3 OcUK free shipping.

omg! Think of all that energy you're PC will be using, I mean with that and that inefficient Q6600 you'll be spending at least another £2 a year!!!

bledd · 16 Dec 2008 at 10:46

[TW]Fox;13096003 said:
Went for the 750Gb WD Black in the end. Seemed like the best priceerformance of the Black series range

<3 OcUK free shipping.

the 640 is faster

[TW]Fox · 16 Dec 2008 at 11:20

bledd. said:
the 640 is faster

So what? I doubt it's noticeable is it?

bledd · 16 Dec 2008 at 12:10

the F1's aren't unreliable btw, it's just a lot more were sold because of their low price, so we saw more reports of 'omg my F1' threads