WD Purple or Blue?

Nabarun · May 22, 2017

I'm getting a Samsung 850 Evo 250GB and a 2TB HDD. My OS and installed apps/games will be on the SSD while the HDD is for long term storage of data. The Blue has 2 years warranty and the purple, a bit higher priced, has 3 years. I understand the the purple is specifically designed for surveillance systems with 24/7 video recording etc. I won't be doing any of that, but my PC does run 24/7. I am wondering, if the purple actually keeps working 24/7 and whether it would affect it's longevity more than the Blue. I will use it to watch stored videos and download torrents into. Is the purple drive a reasonable choice for desktop use?

newtekie1 · May 22, 2017

My suggestion, avoid the Blues at all costs. I wouldn't trust my data on a WD Blue if WD was paying me to use it.

remixedcat · May 22, 2017

Like he said...

ERazer · May 22, 2017

Reds not an option? mine has been running for almost 3 years now with np

Shihab · May 22, 2017

newtekie1 said:
My suggestion, avoid the Blues at all costs. I wouldn't trust my data on a WD Blue if WD was paying me to use it.

Care to expand on the reasons against blues?

sttubs · May 22, 2017

I paid the extra money for the Black drives as listed in my specs and have had no regrets in my decision.

Nabarun · May 22, 2017

Well, I already placed the order for the Blue. I have been using the 1 TB version for over 4 years now. And I have only read good things about it. And I did some reading on the purple one after posting this, and it seems like using that on the desktop for normal use might not be the best of ideas. My personal experience with WD have been good so far, unlike with Seagate. It's not gonna be stressed too much too often. The only "work" it will do is be the target drive for torrent downloads and storage. The EVO will do all the working. So let's hope the Blue will not crash too soon. And thanks for your comments.

FireFox · May 22, 2017

Go Black, I have 1TB for my Games.

remixedcat · May 23, 2017

Blues are slow and loud

Toothless · May 23, 2017

Blues can't be worse than my Green

Nuckles56 · May 23, 2017

Toothless said:
Blues can't be worse than my Green

They can be just as bad as they are the same drives

FireFox · May 23, 2017

remixedcat said:
Blues are slow and loud

I guess it depends if you get the 3.5 inch or 2.5 inch, all my HDD are 2.5 inch and I don't hear anything.

SnakeDoctor · May 23, 2017

2 x Wd Blue in raid for 5 years+ no issue . powered on +1500days 2400 stop/start counts
My 2 x WD enterprise noisy as hell not even using the one as too noisy
I have seem some drives that are very noisy for some reason others fine

I have kill two wd blue buy using a usb to sata converter after switching the power off the drives both failed ,different occasions - seem like the heads got stuck some how . (safe to remove hardware Ya Right!)
I managed to get the one drive unstuck by power slamming

the corner of drive on my desk was bit noisy but managed to get data and Rma the drives

FireFox · May 23, 2017

SnakeDoctor said:
2 x Wd Blue in raid for 5 years+ no issue . powered on +1500days 2400 stop/start counts
My 2 x WD enterprise noisy as hell not even using the one as too noisy
I have seem some drives that are very noisy for some reason others fine

I have kill two wd blue buy using a usb to sata converter after switching the power off the drives both failed ,different occasions - seem like the heads got stuck some how . (safe to remove hardware Ya Right!)
I managed to get the one drive unstuck by power slamming the corner of drive on my desk was bit noisy but managed to get data and Rma the drives

Sometimes it's not the hard drive the problem but the people that use it

Frick · May 23, 2017

newtekie1 said:
My suggestion, avoid the Blues at all costs. I wouldn't trust my data on a WD Blue if WD was paying me to use it.

I assume these are new blues, the ones I have are good. Pretty speedy and low noise.

de.das.dude · May 23, 2017

newtekie1 said:
My suggestion, avoid the Blues at all costs. I wouldn't trust my data on a WD Blue if WD was paying me to use it.

Explain? I have a wd blue with all my important data.. i have 2 of them actually...

FireFox · May 23, 2017

newtekie1 said:
My suggestion, avoid the Blues at all costs. I wouldn't trust my data on a WD Blue if WD was paying me to use it.

Whatever.

I have 2 of them will all my important data, a hard drive could fail today, tomorrow, in one year or never, it doesn't matter if it's WD blue, Samsung etc etc, it doesn't matter the brand it just could fail, that said, i wouldn't trust my data in a hard drive.

5DVX0130 · May 23, 2017

For 24/7 go with the Purple. I'd suggest going the Red, if your budget allows for it.
Also look for specials, sometimes you can pick up a 3TB drive for the price of a 2TB.

Capitan Harlock · May 23, 2017

Go with Red if you can, Purple is more optimized for 24/7 use so just for data storage Red is enough .
If you can find a good deal you can go with HGST that is Toshiba and is for Nas as the WD Red.

rtwjunkie · May 23, 2017

SnakeDoctor said:
2 x Wd Blue in raid for 5 years+ no issue

You've got the old blues, which were actual 7,200rpm drives. The new ones have 7,200 and 5,400 models, with the 5,400 model being the old Green drive.

@Nabarun, for long term reliable storage of your data go Red.

SnakeDoctor · May 23, 2017

rtwjunkie said:
You've got the old blues, which were actual 7,200rpm drives. The new ones have 7,200 and 5,400 models, with the 5,400 model being the old Green drive.

@Nabarun, for long term reliable storage of your data go Red.

Yes they are 7200rpms and my old Wd Green is also 7200rpm
Looking at the wd blues now most are 5400 it seems

@Knoxx29 The drive should not of failed from switching off a power button? don't always blame the user .Just sharing my experience with them.

Nabarun · May 23, 2017

Yes, it seems the 2TB and higher capacity ones are all 5200rpm, as are the RED ones. I'm finding it impossible to find the "old" blues with 7200rpm. Can't even find a Black one. pfffffffffffff

eidairaman1 · May 23, 2017

Velociraptors!

rtwjunkie · May 23, 2017

Nabarun said:
Yes, it seems the 2TB and higher capacity ones are all 5200rpm, as are the RED ones. I'm finding it impossible to find the "old" blues with 7200rpm. Can't even find a Black one. pfffffffffffff

The Red ones will ramp up in speed though. I use them for my movie collection, and they sustain streaming perfectly.

Nabarun · May 23, 2017

rtwjunkie said:
The Red ones will ramp up in speed though. I use them for my movie collection, and they sustain streaming perfectly.

What capacity do you have? Is it noisy? And How's the 4TB one?

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