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6TB WD_Black Gaming Performance Internal Hard Drive $110
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What's wrong with it? $110 for 6TB seems reasonable right now. I have two SSD drives and need a third HDD for storage for pics, raw recordings, and games that I want downloaded at a reasonable speed, but not taking up space on my ssd.
If you got a Dell gaming system you can install this an itll double your processing power😜.
Was supposed to be a joke. But is probably accurate.
I would be more likely to use a non refurb for important files. Makes way more sense to go with one of the $79 12tb refurb for games since if it does fail an need warrantied; you lose nothing.
I was expecting to find this is a dual drive with a small ssd like cache to hold things. But it's got less cache than some of the other drives. The black line used to be cute because it was like 1/8th faster than a normal drive. But ssd left these drives in the dust an made the small speed look useless. I don't see anything mentioning it's got new fancy bells an whistles on it. Other than the new black paint job
Was supposed to be a joke. But is probably accurate.
I would be more likely to use a non refurb for important files. Makes way more sense to go with one of the $79 12tb refurb for games since if it does fail an need warrantied; you lose nothing.
I was expecting to find this is a dual drive with a small ssd like cache to hold things. But it's got less cache than some of the other drives. The black line used to be cute because it was like 1/8th faster than a normal drive. But ssd left these drives in the dust an made the small speed look useless. I don't see anything mentioning it's got new fancy bells an whistles on it. Other than the new black paint job
It's funny you say that because I was actually considering one of those 12 TB refurbs. The main thing that scared me off was the noise.
Precisely why I'm biding my time waiting on WD Red deals.
If a noise is a concern, I wouldn't use a data center HDD on a desktop PC. They are quiet on idle but much noisier when in use because they are tuned for performance.
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That's exactly why I decided to take a pass on the refurb deal. Seems like the WD Black or Blue is going to be my best option as a third HDD to complement my two SSDs. I just need something decently quick and quiet for basic storage.
It really depends on your use case. I use large drives only for backups so I have installed a 5.25' hot swap 3.5" HDD bay on my desktop. I have a few 10+ TB refurbished data center drivers and I insert them only when needed. When not in use, they are stored in a safe place.
"black" or barracuda drives have always been known for their noise levels. These 2 drives were the only option for a 1/10th increase in speed till ssd came out. People would shell out 1.5x the cost for a loud drive. Those old drives have never really had any advancement in 20 years. 7200 rpm is the majority partially because it's not wanted because it's sound. ssd made them pretty much obsolete.
"According to Western Digital, their Black hard drives have a noise level of 20 decibels when idle and 36 decibels when operating."
Can't find the specs, but
This not 100% scientific controlled video "Western Digital UltraStar HDD Noise Level Test"; shows the 10tb hgst pretty much stays around relative 20db at all Times. .
This page" Western Digital Black 8TB HDD Review: Not Back in Black ". Does show a 2x speed increase over the hgst tho. That's possible not real world indicative as the later testing shows sustain does show a 1.5x or so. An they are using benchmarks an not loading games or media. Which almost never can be relied upon. It still give sit a bad review simply cause ssd is so fast (if you have a good ssd thats not some fake ssd speeds. My dell takes like 5-15 minutes to load r6. So some ssd (1-7%) are almost just the name" ssd" or nvme") . I don't think on my old computer there was a load time on anything an i would edit games to remove the forced intro credits to double it's boot speed. An those were some of the first ssd. Always use a ssd for boot if you can an if you have enough room keep the one game you play constantly on it if worried about speed.