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ScottWood
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Hi,
Im looking to get a new storage drive as my ssd is now full i will be storing all sorts on it such as games, photos , music ect i dont have much of a budget so could you guys help me choose between these two?

which would perform better is it worth getting the black eventho its 1tb less?

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1TB Western Digital WD1003FZEX Black Hard Drive

2TB Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001

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barracuda

the black is overpriced and barely performs any better...

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barracuda

the black is overpriced and barely performs any better...

All I use are blacks and I've never had any issues, and some are 4-5 years old. 

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All I use are blacks and I've never had any issues, and some are 4-5 years old. 

good for you...

they still cost 2x more than a barracuda

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Plane and simple if you wan't reliability go with the Caviar Black and if you want performance go for the Seagate Barracuda. Go on any benchmark or performance forum and I guarantee they will say the same.  If the small performance increase doesn't matter to you but your data does I'd recommend going with the Black. 

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barracuda should be faster and blacks should make less noise. what do you want? I'd get a barracuda. 

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