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I'd go with the blue. Although, do know that the >1tb blues are actually WD Greens and have aggressive head parking. That's fine for a desktop environment, but if you're going to frequently watch movies or put it in a server you could run into longevity issues. 

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I am looking to get a 6TB hdd from WD. The two I  looking at are the blue and black models. It will be used for storage of movies and TV shows. 

 

They are both SATA 3 models the question I have is will the 5400 rpm from the blue drive be a problem. There is a $70 difference in the drives.

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unless you need speed, then no. but if you're keeping your games on the drive, and want them to load marginally faster, then faster platter speed will help

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I'd go with the blue. Although, do know that the >1tb blues are actually WD Greens and have aggressive head parking. That's fine for a desktop environment, but if you're going to frequently watch movies or put it in a server you could run into longevity issues. 

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