WD black vs blue

[Nexo]

What are the differences? I googled it and I found out that black was faster then the blue on some websites but then on others I found out that blue was faster then black. So which one?

[Flyguygamer]

Go for blue or seagate barracuda's. Blacks are overpriced. 

[legend8887]

What are the differences? I googled it and I found out that black was faster then the blue on some websites but then on others I found out that blue was faster then black. So which one?

Blacks are the gaming drives... they are the fastest ones.

[JoshM]

I went a blue cause the blacks are over priced and I heard they can be quite noisy 

[Akolyte]

Blue and Black are both the same speed from the spec sheet.  Both are 7200rpm both can have to 64MBs of cache and the only difference is that Black has a 5 year warranty versus the blue having a 2 year Which doesn't mean the blue will fail before the black though.   I would advise getting a Seagate Barracuda, as its cheaper and sometimes faster.

 

EDIT: If your looking for a drive that will be very fast while also being cheap I would advise getting a Seagate Hybrid Drive as its an SSD and a Hard Drive in one. 

[Guest]

blue = noisy as fudge 

[dizmo]

Black is faster, has a longer warranty. The blue is a little slower, lower warranty.

The speed isn't a huge difference.

Are you using it as a boot drive or for storage?

[CoolBeans]

Blacks are unnoticbly faster, just get the blues or even Baraccudas 

[Nexo]

Alright then thanks for informing me I'll get a blue now. :>

[Nexo]

Blue and Black are both the same speed from the spec sheet.  Both are 7200rpm both can have to 64MBs of cache and the only difference is that Black has a 5 year warranty versus the blue having a 2 year Which doesn't mean the blue will fail before the black though.   I would advise getting a Seagate Barracuda, as its cheaper and sometimes faster.

 

EDIT: If your looking for a drive that will be very fast while also being cheap I would advise getting a Seagate Hybrid Drive as its an SSD and a Hard Drive in one. 

Doesn't WD have one too the WD Black2

[Tea1337]

blue = noisy as fudge 

I have 3 blue drives running in a drive cage for my miners, can't hear them.

[Akolyte]

Doesn't WD have one too the WD Black2

There is a WD black dual drive.  Which is an SSD and a Hard drive in one however they are both separate storage.  So its just like having an SSD and a second hard drive. 

[Akolyte]

I have 3 blue drives running in a drive cage for my miners, can't hear them.

what RPM is your cpu fan? O_O

[Guest]

I have 3 blue drives running in a drive cage for my miners, can't hear them.

How loud is your fans psu etc 

[Tea1337]

what RPM is your cpu fan? O_O

it's at around 1200RPM, why?

[Tea1337]

How loud is your fans psu etc 

With everything at idle after a restart the loudest think is the cpu fan

[Guest]

it's at around 1200RPM, why?

Blues are known to be loud, they are the loudest part in any of my pcs 

[Tea1337]

Blues are known to be loud, they are the loudest part in any of my pcs 

I've never had a loud WD blue, they are usually the quietest part of the entire pc.

[WoodenMarker]

Blues are known to be loud, they are the loudest part in any of my pcs 

Maybe it's just you or your drive. I haven't dealt with any loud Blues before. Blacks however can be a bit loud and are louder than Blues.