Non NAS HDD

[Koori]

WD Green (EZRX/EARX)
WD Blue
WD Black

Seagate

Anyone know the difference between all of them? (Secondary storage, preferably able to handle FRAPS at around 60FPS)

 

I only know that Greens are energy efficient, Blue are normal, Black is high perf but after looking at the specifications there are almost the same except the EZRX performs faster than EARX version of Greens.

[AroundWayOtherThe]

I only know that Greens are energy efficient, Blue are normal, Black is high perf but after looking at the specifications there are almost the same except the EZRX performs faster than EARX version of Greens.

 

^ Pretty much answered your own question there. You'd also get differences in operating temperatures and noise levels if those are issues for you, where Black > Blue > Green in terms of overall heat/noise output (and by greater than, I mean more, not better).

[Elven]

It is true that the green drives are more energy efficient but performance is slightly slower. The second generation of green drives are a superior improvement to the previous due to their larger platters and now perform at 7200rpm.

 

Blue drives are balanced and an all rounder drive. The down side to them are their capacities, as they are capped at no more than 1TB.

 

Black drives are the performance drives, give you all of the features you look for in performance and have the excellent reliability of a consumer drive and a larger cache.

 

 

For NAS functionality, WB have the Red drives which are commercial grade drives that are designed to have a low mean to fail time under 24/7 load usage.

 

Hope this helps  ^_^

 

Elven

[.Jay]

Pick up a black and call it a day

[Koori]

Thanks all for the replies :)

Was pondering upon them as the black drives are 0.3x more expensive than a green drive and slightly more expensive than then blue.

[.Jay]

Thanks all for the replies :)

Was pondering upon them as the black drives are 0.3x more expensive than a green drive and slightly more expensive than then blue.

Ya which pretty much makes it your standard good drive, with the wd name on it. I think the blacks also have 5yr warranty

[Blade of Grass]

Yeah, the black perform better and have a great 5 year warranty.