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WD Green or Red for desktop

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Hello,

Looking to buy one 3tb HDD and was wondering whats the difference between the WD Red and WD Green?

HDD will be for general storage, maybe a few game installs that dont need the fasted loading. Ive found them at a similar price which is why im even considering the Red.

Ive read that the Red is really quiet which i also defo want. Pls dont post the Red isnt supposed to be on a desktop, its an hdd, it can be on a desktop.

Thanks

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I would go with the WD Red. I've heard Greens are painfully slow.

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I would go with the WD Red. I've heard Greens are painfully slow.

I have 2 greens atm, i dont think they are slow, i just want to replace them with 1 hdd

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Think of Reds as Greens with better components. Reds are more consistently quiet and are able to run at higher temperatures. 

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Reds are mainly designed for NAS use, Greens are designed to be crappy storage drives (high failure rate, low performance). Blues are the good storage drives, and Blacks are the premium model.

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Think of Reds as Greens with better components. Reds are more consistently quiet and are able to run at higher temperatures. 

ill probably get the red, just cause theres only a couple euro difference atm

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