WD Blue - OS Drive?

[Guest]

Hey so my mom's desktop drive failed and it's still got some decent specs so I'm not planning on throwing it away yet. I was wondering, would a WD Blue work for an OS drive? She said she's not planning on spending money for an SSD. 

[AlwaysFSX]

Why wouldn't it?? They're plenty fast enough for an OS.

[Demokrit]

Yes it is defenetly enough for a normal user. Nothing wrong with not buying an SSD

[Guest]

Please know, WD does not use a SATA Cable Clip on the connector. This means the connector can fall of if you move the system around.

 

For this reason, go with Seagate for budget desktop drives.

[vanished]

This is very encouraging... this thread has increased my hope for humanity.

 

SSDs have become so standard now that people will question if an HDD can even function as a boot drive!  Lovin' it!  B)

[Guest]

Why wouldn't it?? They're plenty fast enough for an OS.

I have a green WD drive and it takes a bit of time to get into gear before I can access files on it. And on their page they said they stopped with the green drives and moved them to blue or something. 

[AlwaysFSX]

I have a green WD drive and it takes a bit of time to get into gear before I can access files on it. And on their page they said they stopped with the green drives and moved them to blue or something. 

Nah. Greens were a problem because they kept slowing the platter down constantly. Blues don't have that problem unless you're just not accessing the drive ever.