WD Green 4tb vs WD Red 4tb.

[Panda of the Shadow]

Which one should i get? I won't be running my pc 24/7 but i heard that Red's are faster and quieter. 

 

 

Thanks for helping me out.

[helping]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/78985-western-digital-red-vs-green/

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1644453/hdd-red-series-nas-green.html

 

Green - Eco friendly drives with design to be energy efficient and quiet. Designed to take advantage of non-use to lower power requirements.

Blue - The "standard" drive - reliability - great for desktop PC use.

Red - Most common use is for NAS - designed to be compatible with NAS enclosures, does not utilize any ECO friendly power reduction, as the drive was designed to run 24/7 in a network environment.

Black - This is the most reliable, highest performing drive in the series. For a consumer based drive, this is the best.

 

I am in a similar situation.

The main points of the Red drives are

-lower power

-less heat/noise.

-more raid friendly

-none of that head parking that makes the greens seem to lag after idle

Greens

-Cheaper

-Reviews seem to place the greens with better access times(the reds are tuned to stay more quiet.)

-If WDIDLE3 works, you can remove the head parking feature or at least reduce it to 5 minutes vs the standard 8 seconds.

[eshbop]

They are pretty similar really. Both will sound about the same, the Reds are a little faster, and given their intended use they should be more reliable. With the Reds you'll get a longer warranty and free tech support.

[Panda of the Shadow]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/78985-western-digital-red-vs-green/

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1644453/hdd-red-series-nas-green.html

 

So Green is the way to go?

[Panda of the Shadow]

They are pretty similar really. Both will sound about the same, the Reds are a little faster, and given their intended use they should be more reliable. With the Reds you'll get a longer warranty and free tech support.

So Red is the way to go?

[helping]

So Green is the way to go?

idk, I edited, reread the post and decide what you want for yourself.

[eshbop]

So Red is the way to go?

If you think the extra cost is worth it. You're not using it in a NAS so I'd say it probably isn't.

[wpirobotbuilder]

I don't know how anyone can recommend a drive for you yet. We don't know what you want to do with it.

 

Is this drive for your OS? Games? Media files?

[Panda of the Shadow]

I don't know how anyone can recommend a drive for you yet. We don't know what you want to do with it.

 

Is this drive for your OS? Games? Media files?

Media files and once my 2x 1 tb 840 evo's a filled up games. 

[wpirobotbuilder]

Media files and once my 2x 1 tb 840 evo's a filled up games. 

Green should be fine. Head parking is less of an issue than it used to be with some older drives, and reading media files/loading games off your drive won't cause much on/off activity.

 

If you really are concerned, then a Red drive would also work.