WD Caviar Blue VS Seagate Barracuda

[Chugle]

Which one is better and why. Don't just say one is better because it's better. Actually give reasons. 

[don_svetlio]

Well - I used a Blue 1 TB drive for almost 4 years before selling it - not a single issue - silent for the most part, reliable, decently fast.

[007agentHP]

the WD while its slower, has a much longer life expectancy and less failure rates

[Wano97]

Both are very good. I'm using a seagate barracuda and a WD Blue in my system right now. However, I had to return my blue because it had some issues. I got a new one though, for free.

[stealth80]

very little between them tbh

[Leonard]

Seagate is better because the HDD tend to not fail after a small fall or knock.

 

If you sneeze too close to a WD they fail<----- exaggeration obviously!

[minibois]

small differences, seagate will probably be cheaper because seagate reasons.

both drives are good, had an old barracuda (as in 16GB old) and it still works, but all my WD drives (about 4) have not failed too.

 

Personal preference: WD.

[Zayzo]

Might as well be the same drive!

Both are very good and reliable.

[LiamApex]

i have used both. the baracuda is faster but died first.  

 

I now have a couple WD Blacks

[HaloFan9087]

Look at these sites to formulate a opinion:

 

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/hard-disk-reliability-examined-once-more-hgst-rules-seagate-is-alarming/

 

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-for-q2-2015/

 

Google is my best friend.

[OAcesync]

Practically the same I would just say WD because Seagate HDDs have a higher failure rate and generally don't last as long

[ictdude1]

wd has ALOT less failrate

[TheMcSame]

WD Blue by far, if a manufacturer only offers a 1 year warranty then they aren't confident in the product. Toshiba also has a drive or two sitting in the same area of pricing which is a a HGST rebrand iirc.

[kameshss]

the WD while its slower, has a much longer life expectancy and less failure rates

Who said WD is slower?

 

may be WD Green.

 

@ Captain_WD

[Shoob]

You can't go wrong with either of them. The Barracuda is a little faster than the WD Blue though if we are talking about the 1TB models.

[Captain_WD]

Which one is better and why. Don't just say one is better because it's better. Actually give reasons. 

 

Hey there Chugle,

 

As the guys pretty much explained, it is really up to your preference to choose. regarding the reputation of the two drives, you can go online and ready millions of comments and opinions and thus try to form a clear one for yourself. WD Blue is a great drive, designed for simple everyday usage. Unlike WD Black, it's not designed for performance. It serves perfectly well as a daily drive, used for simple computing. It is capable of handling heavier workloads, but it is not designed for this.

 

Regarding the speeds, you can check every drive's spec sheet and see how well they perform, what shock resistance and temperatures they can handle and a lot more info. Here's the one of WD Blue: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=YpbMKf

 

@kameshss WD Green is designed for secondary storage, backups and keeping data that does not require faster access times, and it has energy-saving features as well as it runs very quiet and cool.

 

It's really up to what OP needs the drive for.

 

Captain_WD.