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What is the difference between WD Blue, Black, and Green?

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I am curious about the difference between WD Black, Blue, and Green.

"A computer is not slow, it just has higher expectations" -Unknown

 

Main PC

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance PRO DDR4 3200MHZ (White) (4x16GB) GPU: Dell/Alienware OEM Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB GDDR6X) Case: Lian Li Lancool II Mesh Snow White Storage: 4TB WD_BLACK SN850X (boot drive), 1TB SanDisk Extreme Pro M.2 NVME, 6TB WD Blue 5400RPM HDD, 6TB WD Gold 7200RPM HDD PSU: EVGA SuperNova 1200 P2 80 Plus Platinum Displays: Viotek GN24CB 24" 144Hz 1080p Curved + Sceptre C248W-1920RN 24" 75Hz 1080p Curved Cooler: NZXT Kraken X53 RGB 240mm (Black) Keyboard: Cooler Master CK552 Mouse: Logitech G502 Hero OS: Windows 11 Pro

 

Laptop 1 - Gaming

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ RAM: 32GB Kingston HyperX Impact DDR4 2133MHZ (2X16GB) GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (Mobile) (4GB GDDR5) Model: ASUS ROG GL553VD Storage: 512GB Samsung 960 PRO (boot drive), 1TB HGST 7200RPM HDD Display: 15" 60Hz 1080p Mouse: Logitech G203 Lightsync OS: Windows 11 Pro

 

 

Laptop 2 - Productivity

CPU: Intel Core i7-7560U RAM: 8GB SK Hynix LPDDR3 1866MHZ (soldered to board) GPU: Intel Iris Plus 640 Model: Dell XPS 13 9360 (2017) Storage: 500GB Samsung 970 EVO Display: 13" 60Hz 1080p OS: Windows 11 Pro

 

 

 

 

 

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Just now, Windows 10 For the Win said:

I am curious about the difference between WD Black, Blue, and Green.

Design purpose and specs. 

The hard drives or the SSDs? I know there's a WD blue and Black SSD, don't remember if there's a Green WD SSD... I can explain both though! :D 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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From GN:

WD Blue Best Uses (Everyday computing, mainstream)

WD Black Best Uses (Gaming, creative professionals, power users)

WD Red Best Uses (Network Attached Storage)

WD Purple Best Uses (Surveillance, DVR, NVR)

WD Green SSD (Entry-level)

WD Blue SSD (Mainstream)

WD Black SSD (High-performance)

 

 

Full article here!

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2796-wd-blue-vs-black-vs-red-in-2017

 

 

 

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Black = high end

Blue = mid range

Green = low end

 

These are for general use cases.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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