What's the difference?

[Chewique]

What is the difference between WD black and WD blue? They both have the same RMP, is it just the colour?

[Hman1250]

Barely any difference what so ever. One thing I know is you can get the WD Blue only in 1TB but the black you can get up to 8TB.

[Chewique]

1 minute ago, Hman1250 said:

Barely any difference what so ever. One thing I know is you can get the WD Blue only in 1TB but the black you can get up to 8TB.

So is it worth me buying a 1tb WD blue over a 1tb WD black?

[TheRandomness]

7 minutes ago, Chewique said:

So is it worth me buying a 1tb WD blue over a 1tb WD black?

Yes. Also, the Blacks are supposedly really loud but they last longer, not that it matters.

[Chewique]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

Yes. Also, the Blacks are supposedly really loud but they last longer, not that it matters.

How much would a blue last? I expect my pc to last about 3 to 4 years?

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Chewique said:

How much would a blue last? I expect my pc to last about 3 to 4 years?

Longer than that.

[Chewique]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

Longer than that.

Good!

[Godlygamer23]

14 minutes ago, Hman1250 said:

Barely any difference what so ever. One thing I know is you can get the WD Blue only in 1TB but the black you can get up to 8TB.

WD Black is a faster drive, and has a longer warranty. Blues come in different capacities as well. Maybe not as high, but they do come in different capacities.

[Lethal Seraph]

Black supposedly have better performance and warranty but we all know that's overpriced.

[doomsriker]

WD blacks are generally intended to be used for mass storage that will be writen to and read from a lot. This is handy if you are useing it in a NAS or as a storage drive for video content you create. In short, WD Blacks are more shock resistant, and are rated for more read/write cycles.