Looking to upgrade my HD

[Mini Van Dan]

I'm looking to upgrade my HD from a 1tb to something bigger like a 2tb if possible. Any recommendations or are they mainly all the same?

[Guest]

just avoid WD green 

[SeanAngelo]

wd caviar black/blue

[nanowatt]

just avoid WD green 

And why you say that?

[Guest]

And why you say that?

because it parks its "head" really often and that can cause reading latency problem.

[nanowatt]

because it parks its "head" really often and that can cause reading latency problem.

Did some research and it seems true but as far as i can see you can fix it

[Guest]

Did some research and it seems true but as far as i can see you can fix it

You can but we dont know if op is in that mood

[flibberdipper]

Seagate Barracuda all of the way.

[Mini Van Dan]

wd caviar black/blue

when you say this what does that mean? is that like the color of the sata cables or is that the name of the HD itself?

[Mujteba]

when you say this what does that mean? is that like the color of the sata cables or is that the name of the HD itself?

Name of the hard drive. It's WD's way of branding:

Green - Low power consumption and quiet drive

Blue - Everyday drive with not so many bells and whistles albeit a solid performer

Black - High performance drives providing slightly better speeds than rest

Red - For server grade applications

[Guest]

when you say this what does that mean? is that like the color of the sata cables or is that the name of the HD itself?

Those are models. 

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/internal/desktop/

[NeatSquidYT]

Seagate Barracuda all of the way.

inb4 tmcclelland455 says.... Too late

[flibberdipper]

Name of the hard drive. It's WD's way of branding:

Green - Low power consumption and quiet drive

Blue - Everyday drive with not so many bells and whistles albeit a solid performer

Black - High performance drives providing slightly better speeds than rest

Red - For server grade applications

Purple - 24/7 security camera (and similar) applications.

[Zambonie]

Name of the hard drive. It's WD's way of branding:

Green - Low power consumption and quiet drive

Blue - Everyday drive with not so many bells and whistles albeit a solid performer

Black - High performance drives providing slightly better speeds than rest

Red - For server grade applications

Red is actually designed for RAID enviroments, but guessing it would work good for servers with RAID

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi there @Mini Van Dan!

 

I would suggest the WD Black, which is our performance oriented drive for gaming/demanding applications and will give you faster loading times. It comes with capacity up to 4TB and 5 years limited warranty as well. You can also take a look at the WD Blue (meant for everyday computing purposes), but keep in mind that it's maximum capacity is up to 1TB.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Cheers!