wd black or wd blue

yougottrolled5 · March 31, 2016

i am upgrading my pc with a new hdd for a game drive. im looking at a 1tb wd black for $74, and a 2tb wd blue for $77. which do you think is more worth it? thank you for your advice.

Oshino Shinobu · March 31, 2016

2TB WD Blue. The performance increase on the WD Black isn't worth the lower capacity.

Mkander99 · March 31, 2016

wd blacks are for NO CHANCE OF FAIL machines, just get a 1 tb Caviar Blue and save like $30

The_Mumbler · March 31, 2016

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

2TB WD Blue. The performance increase on the WD Black isn't worth the lower capacity.

The increased storage is better than the performance increase from the Black drive and if you're storing games on it they dont need that extra performance.

yougottrolled5 · March 31, 2016

i was going to get the 1tb blue, but then i saw for around $20 more i could get another tb

Captain_WD · March 31, 2016

8 hours ago, carlospicywiener said:

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Hello there

Gaming doesn't really rely on the storage's performance for anything but the loading times so you are not likely to see any differences in the graphics or the FPS.

The 2TB version of the WD Blue is a 5,400rpm drive while the WD Black is a 7,200rpm performance-oriented HDD. for pure gaming purposes you shouldn't see differences. Are you planning on doing anything else?

Captain_WD.