the black has 5year warrantee
the blue has 2 year warrantee
I would get the black for the piece of mind but the if it were my primary drive then it would have to be an SSD
Hmm I don't suppose they have any warranty extensions, so I have to make up my mind. I've had good luck with WD before. Still running an old six year hard drive from them. Maybe I shouldn't worry about the warranty.
The only downside I see with the Blue is what Kramy wrote in his review:
Hmm I don't suppose they have any warranty extensions, so I have to make up my mind. I've had good luck with WD before. Still running an old six year hard drive from them. Maybe I shouldn't worry about the warranty.
The only downside I see with the Blue is what Kramy wrote in his review:
That was the problem when the drive returned access times of 20ms. But the newer versions have decent access times of 15.4ms so it shouldn't be an issue now.
These drives are solid. Save you money and get these instead of the blacks. They aren't going to fail anytime soon!
Hmm I don't suppose they have any warranty extensions, so I have to make up my mind. I've had good luck with WD before. Still running an old six year hard drive from them. Maybe I shouldn't worry about the warranty.
The only downside I see with the Blue is what Kramy wrote in his review:
That was the problem when the drive returned access times of 20ms. But the newer versions have decent access times of 15.4ms so it shouldn't be an issue now.
These drives are solid. Save you money and get these instead of the blacks. They aren't going to fail anytime soon!
Isn't the blue also single platter? Though that HDD looks nice as well. Are speeds close or even better than the WD10EZEX? Has a two year warranty just like the WD10EZEX too.
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Thanks. But what chip94 addressed was my concern, but seems like it is fixed now!
So between the WD10EZEX or the ST1000DM003, which would you guys choose? The performance is probably pretty similar between the two drives, price is not much different, so I guess it just comes down to what looks cooler (only joking).
So yeah not a big difference. I think I'll get WD this time though just because. Both drivers look good though. Maybe if I ever need another one I'll pickup the Seagate.
I use a WD10EZEX as my games drive (one of the very first "upgraded" 15ms models), and with BF3 for example residing on the outside of the platter, I am usually the first to fourth one in a 64p game. Load speeds are within 1-3s of my 830. Highly recommended!
I will mention that PassMark's benchmark pages have been very helpful for me when deciding what to buy. Here's the one for HDDs, and yes, the WD and Seagate are both scoring near 1100 according to their benchmarks (do a search in your browser for the HDDs model numbers to quickly scroll down to the exact drive).
Having dealt with WD customer service before I would say the 5 year warranty is worth the price difference. I RMA'ed a My Passport external drive to WD and had the replacement 6 days after I shipped the dead unit.
How's the performance look like from a drive that's 5-6 years old? Because it looks like I have to wait a little longer before I buy the 1TB Blue (I hate paying bills..)
I really want to replace it though because it has two warnings:
So for sure I'm buying Blue. But I have one really nooby question. I'd like to use the drive for music and movies too along with gaming. Is there anyway I can divide up the 1TB and say make 350GB for the games, 200GB for movies, and 100GB for music? Hope that makes sense.
So for sure I'm buying Blue. But I have one really nooby question. I'd like to use the drive for music and movies too along with gaming. Is there anyway I can divide up the 1TB and say make 350GB for the games, 200GB for movies, and 100GB for music? Hope that makes sense.
That would be much easier. Thanks once again Sean. Since I didn't buy some new computer speakers like I intended too, I'm buying now. Will post some benchmark scores when it arrives.
First time I've personally seen one arrive with bad sectors, but it happens to everything... Contact the seller and demand a new one, and don't let them force you to pay to ship it back either :O
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