WD green

[DotoreN]

Hey,

 

I currently have a computer with new components (i7 4790k, GTX 970, SSD for OS) but the only old component is my HDD; old wd green of 1TB.

 

I basically do everything on my wd green such as gaming, recording etc. Apparently the wd red, black and blue are better for performance, but what do you recommend?

 

Is the WD green fine to record gameplay on or should I buy a WD black/red or blue for that?

[shirokado]

Performance wise, greens are equal to reds. Reds just have better features and binned higher for multi-drive operation. Blacks are a  bit faster, but unless you're comparing it to like a 10k rpm hdd, it doesn't matter.

[Nup]

Hey

 

I believe the green is made for not too intensive stuff, more along the lines of mass storage. But i'm it'll do plenty fine

 

I think blacks are blues are more ment for what you intend, they're slightly faster too, If i remember correctly. Also the reds are for servers(?).

[DotoreN]

Performance wise, greens are equal to reds. Reds just have better features and binned higher for multi-drive operation. Blacks are a  bit faster, but unless you're comparing it to like a 10k rpm hdd, it doesn't matter.

 

So recording 1080p on 60fps on a green wd is fine?

[DimasRMDO]

So recording 1080p on 60fps on a green wd is fine?

Still fine, storage doesn't impact performance at all in gaming. Just the loading screen.

[shirokado]

So recording 1080p on 60fps on a green wd is fine?

Yea, for refernce, I used to have a 5400rpm 2.5inch notebook drive as my geforce experience drive, no problems there.

[DotoreN]

Still fine, storage doesn't impact performance at all in gaming. Just the loading screen.

 

Yes but if i'm recording it'll be writing to my HDD every second, but that doesn't matter too much?

[DimasRMDO]

Yes but if i'm recording it'll be writing to my HDD every second, but that doesn't matter too much?

No.

[Thoric]

Defiantly the Black is better. The WD Green is more efficient as it doesn't use as much power to operate it, but this results in the hard drive running at slower speeds and thus less performance.

[DotoreN]

Ah oke, i'll keep my wd green then unless anyone here still recommends me getting a WD blue. But if there is no difference in recording on a wd green as on a wd blue, I'll not go for it.

 

Thanks for the quick answers

[Captain_WD]

Hey,

 

I currently have a computer with new components (i7 4790k, GTX 970, SSD for OS) but the only old component is my HDD; old wd green of 1TB.

 

I basically do everything on my wd green such as gaming, recording etc. Apparently the wd red, black and blue are better for performance, but what do you recommend?

 

Is the WD green fine to record gameplay on or should I buy a WD black/red or blue for that?

 

 

Hey DotoreN,

 

WD Green might be a bit slow for that type of multitasking. It is a drive that is designed for secondary storage and has energy-saving features.  For gaming and recording I would recommend WD Black or WD Blue as they have a bit better performance and WD Green might be a bit slow to keep up with the larger amount of files (if you are recording 1080p on 60 fps).

 

Captain_WD.

[DotoreN]

 

Hey DotoreN,

 

WD Green might be a bit slow for that type of multitasking. It is a drive that is designed for secondary storage and has energy-saving features.  For gaming and recording I would recommend WD Black or WD Blue as they have a bit better performance and WD Green might be a bit slow to keep up with the larger amount of files (if you are recording 1080p on 60 fps).

 

Captain_WD.

 

 

I run all my programs (except antivirus & OS) on my wd greens (I have 2 500gb's combined). I don't think i've ever had performance issues, but if i'm going to record for example 720p - 30 or 60fps for now, how will I notice that my wd green can't keep up anymore with writing speed?

 

I basically wanna test whether my wd green is sufficient or not, because if I don't need the wd black/blue, I won't go for it. How can I test this?

[MoonSpot]

The biggest thing about WD Green drives that I recall is that they'll actually turn off and stop spinninng after a period of inactivity. The only noticiable difference is if you stop accessing the drive for 2 minutes(I think) after which the drive needs to spin up again. That's where users would feel a difference when having to wait for their PC to get in gear.

Its a storage drive and not a particularly good choice for a primary drive.

I use 5 of them in my NAS and for my use they're great. But if you've got money to burn, change it and get an SSD for you primary (240/256 min).

[DotoreN]

The biggest thing about WD Green drives that I recall is that they'll actually turn off and stop spinninng after a period of inactivity. The only noticiable difference is if you stop accessing the drive for 2 minutes(I think) after which the drive needs to spin up again. That's where users would feel a difference when having to wait for their PC to get in gear.

Its a storage drive and not a particularly good choice for a primary drive.

I use 5 of them in my NAS and for my use they're great. But if you've got money to burn, change it and get an SSD for you primary (240/256 min).

 

Wauw, I haven't noticed any of this.. usually when i'm in-game and I go afk for a bit and I come back I can continue right away.

[DotoreN]

Also my HDD is about 7 years old now, does the HDD actually slow down or does it perform the same as it did 7 years ago? ;p

[MoonSpot]

Wauw, I haven't noticed any of this.. usually when i'm in-game and I go afk for a bit and I come back I can continue right away.

 

AFK does not necessarily mean the drive is inactive.  The game or even if it's your OS drive could prohibit the drive from going into its energy saving mode.  If that's the case, then there is no reason to use a green drive at all.

[Captain_WD]

I run all my programs (except antivirus & OS) on my wd greens (I have 2 500gb's combined). I don't think i've ever had performance issues, but if i'm going to record for example 720p - 30 or 60fps for now, how will I notice that my wd green can't keep up anymore with writing speed?

 

I basically wanna test whether my wd green is sufficient or not, because if I don't need the wd black/blue, I won't go for it. How can I test this?

 

You can record on them and check the resource monitor to see how much of the drive's resource is being used. If it's near the 100% it might result in some lags, slow-downs or even missed parts of the recording. Try recording a video on either of the drives with the desired settings and check it later if everything is OK in the video. If it's all good, you should be OK. 

 

Regarding the spin down, all drives spin down after a certain amount of time. There is a setting in the BIOS to prolong that time. WD Green drives are energy-saving HDDs and thus have much shorter time before spinning down. This happens when there are no requests towards that particular drive. You can use WDIDLE3 to disable that if it happens to be a problem.

 

Unlike SSDs, drive don't degrade in speed. The nature of storing data is different from the one in SSDs (magnetic versus electrical charges). There is no physical connection between the read/write head and the magnetic platter and there is no reason for the performance or the data to degrade.

 

Captain_WD.

[DotoreN]

 

You can record on them and check the resource monitor to see how much of the drive's resource is being used. If it's near the 100% it might result in some lags, slow-downs or even missed parts of the recording. Try recording a video on either of the drives with the desired settings and check it later if everything is OK in the video. If it's all good, you should be OK. 

 

Regarding the spin down, all drives spin down after a certain amount of time. There is a setting in the BIOS to prolong that time. WD Green drives are energy-saving HDDs and thus have much shorter time before spinning down. This happens when there are no requests towards that particular drive. You can use WDIDLE3 to disable that if it happens to be a problem.

 

Unlike SSDs, drive don't degrade in speed. The nature of storing data is different from the one in SSDs (magnetic versus electrical charges). There is no physical connection between the read/write head and the magnetic platter and there is no reason for the performance or the data to degrade.

 

Captain_WD.

 

 

Is there an easy way to record/check the (HDD) source monitor while playing + recording without alt-tabbing out of the game?

 

And thanks for the clear answer

[Captain_WD]

Is there an easy way to record/check the (HDD) source monitor while playing + recording without alt-tabbing out of the game?

 

And thanks for the clear answer

 

 

Depending what GPU and what games you are playing, there are offered and recommended software programs from the manufacturers of the GPUs and the support of the platforms. nVidia, AMD, Steam, Origin and other companies have developed their own recording software and are pretty popular. I would look for whatever is recommended for your GPU or for the specific game. For monitoring, there are a number of third-party apps that appear as widgets while ingame. As an Industry Affiliated I cannot recommend any particular one, but I am sure the guys here can offer you something good and reliable.

 

Captain_WD.