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seagate, its faster and usually more reliable

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Wd green 2tb 5400 rpm

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Seagate 2tb 7200 rpm

Faster Spindle speed (The RPM)= Faster Drive

However, the WD drives are damn reliable most of the time, so if speed is not a factor, go for WD.

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Faster, yes. Reliable, no.

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seagate, its faster and usually more reliable

Yes its faster. But Seagate is definitely far far less reliable than WD HDD's

 

 

Wd green 2tb 5400 rpm

Or

Seagate 2tb 7200 rpm

 

Have a look into a WD Black HDD, theyre fast and more reliable than Seagate.

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Yes its faster. But Seagate is definitely far far less reliable than WD HDD's

i've had WD drives die on me earlier than seagate so its personal experience

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i've had WD drives die on me earlier than seagate so its personal experience

 

Well personal experience doesnt trump HDD testing and studies ;)

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Wd green 2tb 5400 rpm

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Seagate 2tb 7200 rpm

 

Hey there michael1423,
 
What would be the purpose of the drive? WD Green is a great drive for secondary storage and backups. It has energy-saving features, runs very cool and quiet and is very reliable. I would use it for storing media, massive files, backups and everything that doesn't need fast access times. :) Here's more info on the drive: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=ecBXyE
 
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Well personal experience doesnt trump HDD testing and studies ;)

Backblaze's study proves nothing, all it does is show what drives failed in their data centre which has poor conditions for HDDs. It's not a study which should be taken seriously.

 

OP: Depends what you need them for but to me it doesn't make sense to buy a WD green if it costs more than a 7k drive. Though personally I'd go for this: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/toshiba-internal-hard-drive-hdkpc09

 

Like an extra dollar for an extra year under warranty.

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One of these are going to be my main drive for my build.

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seagate hands down

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Spindle speeds don't mean much unless you're booting from the drive, or reading a lot of small files. If it's for storing large files, the performance will be about the same, honestly.

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