Blue or green WD drive?

[twovaliant2]

Hi,

 

Recently I have started recording video gameplay  for youtube as a hobby. As we all know, this is now eating up more and more hard drive space. With the upcoming holiday sales. I was thinking of picking up a new hard drive. 1 or 2 terabytes drive exclusively for recording and storage.

 

What would you choose?

 

Thanks!

[Recon97]

#SeagateBarracudaMasterRace

[UltraNeonGaming]

The blue is faster so go for that if it's a scratch disk, But keep in mind blues only go up to 1TB, while greens which are slower go up much higher than that.

[W-L]

As @Recon97 said seagate baracuda's are a good middle ground since they are between a WD black and blue peformance and noise wise and have larger sizes than the WD blue which are still at 1TB.

 

I usually recommend the 2-3TB size for the baracuda for value and peformance is still consistent at that point keeping with being a 7200RPM drive.

[ologiic]

Have had my blue for years with no problems.

[TheKDub]

Hi,

 

Recently I have started recording video gameplay  for youtube as a hobby. As we all know, this is now eating up more and more hard drive space. With the upcoming holiday sales. I was thinking of picking up a new hard drive. 1 or 2 terabytes drive exclusively for recording and storage.

 

What would you choose?

 

Thanks!

 

Blues or blacks would be better.

[ShadowCaptain]

Hi,

 

Recently I have started recording video gameplay  for youtube as a hobby. As we all know, this is now eating up more and more hard drive space. With the upcoming holiday sales. I was thinking of picking up a new hard drive. 1 or 2 terabytes drive exclusively for recording and storage.

 

What would you choose?

 

Thanks!

 

I would grab a blue (or black) for that, Greens are mostly for general storage of pictures and videos, but not the best for read and write

[W-L]

Blues or blacks would be better.

 

I believe it was

 

WD Black > Seagate Baracuda >WD Blue > WD Green

 

Don't forget that WD Black drives do tend to be more noisy if you are sensitive to that or want a silent build.

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi there @twovaliant2!

 

Between those two drives I would go with the Blue one, because WD Green was designed for storage purposes.

 

However, like few users suggested, you can take a look at the WD Black as well for it is meant for demanding applications - it will give you faster loading times, has 5 years limited warranty and comes with bigger capacity up to 6 TB. 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Cheers!

[bomerr]

in the long run blacks are better because they come with a 5 year warranty. 

[twovaliant2]

Thanks for the great replys! i guess i'll look a the WD blacks during the Black(pun intended) Friday sales. Thanks again!