Jump to content

How well will a WD Green Drive work with an HTPC?

Corruption
By Corruption
in Storage Devices
 Share
Posted

So my plan is to have one main PC on which i will game on and run long cords from it to the living room TV/5.1 system so one PC will be for gaming and an HTPC. So my storage plans is a 120gb ssd for my OS and software, a 1tb WD Blue for gaming, and now to add a 1tb green for my media purposes as it doesnt have to be as fast or need as many features as the blue drives as its just playing media. Is this a good plan?

Taking Falling to whole new Heights

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I'm currently using a 2tb WD Green as my boot and mass storage and it does the job pretty well. It's not all that much slower than a 7200rpm drive from my experience, So for media storage it will be fine :) 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Well at least it's quieter and use less power, if speed isn't a concern then it might work for your HTPC.

Where I hang out: The Garage - Car Enthusiast Club

My cars: 2006 Mazda RX-8 (MT) | 2014 Mazda 6 (AT) | 2009 Honda Jazz (AT)

PC Specs

Indonesia

CPU: i5-4690 | Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 | Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB | Power Supply: Corsair CX500 | Video Card: MSI GTX 970

Storage: Kingston V300 120GB & WD Blue 1TB | Network Card: ASUS PCE-AC56 | Peripherals: Microsoft Wired 600 & Logitech G29 + Shifter

 

Australia 

CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G | Motherboard: MSI - B450 Tomahawk | Memory: Mushkin - 8GB (1 x 8GB) | Storage: Mushkin 250GB & Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB
Video Card: GIGABYTE - RX 580 8GB | Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower | Power Supply: Avolv 550W 80+ Gold

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Storage Devices

×