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Hi everybody, i am thinking of a hdd update. I will got 500gb:) and not more as i am low on budget. WD is my favourite. Which is better green or blue. And is it true that green hdd runs @ 5400 rpm.

Also can anyone tell me about the warrenty provided by wd.

Thanks in advance.;)
 
yes green run at 5400rpm and blue run at 7200rpm....if u are going to use it as a dump drive...(movies and songs etc)go with green that will save u power else go with blue
 
^^you are sure aren't you. Basically i want to use the hdd as os drive as a primary drive. What should i opt for.
 
taher said:
yes green run at 5400rpm and blue run at 7200rpm....if u are going to use it as a dump drive...(movies and songs etc)go with green that will save u power else go with blue
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Greens esp. the higher capacity ones have been failing a lot. Go for the WD blue(better after sales service) or the Seagate 7200.12 (Faster)
 
What abt the cache memory and warrenty of wd blue 500gb

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What is the current price of WD blue 500bg HDD
 
Instead of going for 500gb better stretch your budget by 1.3k and get a 1 TB seagate . IMO thats VFM... I hear painful stories of WD nowadays. So better stay away from that...
 
Since you are on a low budget and prefer WD, go for the Cavier Blue series, should retail for around 2.1K.

If you can overlook your preference, give the Seagate 7200.12 500GB a shot, you wont be disappointed with it as you intend to use it as a OS drive.
 
Ok m8s can anyone give me the read/write speed on a 500gb wd green hdd, as many of u owe it.:)
 
Many of u have wd drive (green/blue/black).
Plz help me my post hd tune benchmark read/write speeds.
Thanks:)
 
Thanks everybody for your help, yesterday i got myself a new WD 500 GB blue. The HDD is a good one and read/write speed is 110 Mbps (approx, checked with HD tune), my friend bought a another 500 GB WD green:(, the speed is low (about 90 Mbps).

Now i am a proud owner of WD HDD :), previously i had 2 Maxtor.
 
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