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Which Hard Drive is better Price to Performance?

Bit8xPr0
By Bit8xPr0
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This Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Cache-Desktop-WD1003FZEX/dp/B00FJRS6FU/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1396133513&sr=1-2&keywords=Western+Digital+Caviar+Black

 

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This Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

 

Also the Black has two versions the one linked as OEM/Bulk and a more expensive one that looks the same. http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-WD1002FAEX-Internal-Desktop/dp/B0036Q7MV0/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1396133720&sr=1-1&keywords=Western+Digital+Caviar+Black

i5 4590 @ Stock, XFX R9 290!, HyperX Beast 4x8GB  @1600, 850 EVO 120gb, WD Caviar Blue 1TB, , Asrock H97m Pro 4 , Fractal Design Define R4, Windows 10

 

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If you have an SSD get a Blue, if you don't get the Black.

CPU: Intel 3570 GPUs: Nvidia GTX 660Ti Case: Fractal design Define R4  Storage: 1TB WD Caviar Black & 240GB Hyper X 3k SSD Sound: Custom One Pros Keyboard: Ducky Shine 4 Mouse: Logitech G500

 

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They preform damn near the same in the real world really. Go with what ever one is cheaper.

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All I can say is my Black drives me insane with its head moving across the platter, so I put the games im currently playing on my ssd.

CPU: Intel 3570 GPUs: Nvidia GTX 660Ti Case: Fractal design Define R4  Storage: 1TB WD Caviar Black & 240GB Hyper X 3k SSD Sound: Custom One Pros Keyboard: Ducky Shine 4 Mouse: Logitech G500

 

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Buy whichever is cheaper. From a statistical standpoint the price difference is almost certainly more than enough to (not) justify the price of the more expensive one.

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Buy whichever is cheaper. From a statistical standpoint the price difference is almost certainly more than enough to (not) justify the price of the more expensive one.

I would agree, for price > performace there is really no change. Just go with the cheaper one from newegg.

Connor Freebairn - ConnorFreebairn@newman.cumbria.sch.uk
IT Technician & Certified computer geek.

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Alright guys sounds good. I already have a seagate 500 gb drive with 16mb cache but I am building a second computer so I wanted to get another one instead of reusing the Seagate atm. I am getting a Samsung 840 EVO 250gb Soon though that is if they stay within the $130-150 price range.

i5 4590 @ Stock, XFX R9 290!, HyperX Beast 4x8GB  @1600, 850 EVO 120gb, WD Caviar Blue 1TB, , Asrock H97m Pro 4 , Fractal Design Define R4, Windows 10

 

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