Best WD 1TB drive

[dar124]

So, I'm working on a desktop PC that had its 1TB Seagate HD crap out. I'm looking to pick up another 1TB drive and reimage it. I've always been a fan of WD, so I'm probably going to get a new WD drive. This is a friend’s parents PC and they use it for internet browsing, and they have a decent amount of pics/videos/docs, etc.

But as I've done a bit of searching I've come across a few WD 1TB options, so I just wanted to get some opinions here. These 3 are what I've found so far, but I'd be open to any other suggestions. Two of the drives are enterprise drives, but they're decently cheaper. Would these be an option for a desktop PC??


1TB Western Digital Desktop Drive


1TB Western Digital Enterprise Drive


1TB Western Digital Enterprise Drive 2

 

[omniscence]

If that are the options I would use the Black. But what I would really do is to use a cheap SSD for OS and programs (Crucial, Samsung) and a 5400rpm drive for storage (i.e. WD Red). It consumes less power, is much quieter and significantly faster where it counts. You may not be able to simply image the old HDD, but if you move the space consuming things like media first, some image programs can shrink the filesystem to a smaller drive.

 

[evilsofa]

Well, since $79 is in your price range, I'd look at 2TB drives like this one from HGST.

 

[dar124]

If that are the options I would use the Black. But what I would really do is to use a cheap SSD for OS and programs (Crucial, Samsung) and a 5400rpm drive for storage (i.e. WD Red). It consumes less power, is much quieter and significantly faster where it counts. You may not be able to simply image the old HDD, but if you move the space consuming things like media first, some image programs can shrink the filesystem to a smaller drive.

I'm trying to keep the price down with this because I was doing some other work on their PC and their HD quit working. So this wasn't a planned upgrade and / or part of the initial work. I just want to get them back up and running. So, because their previous HD is no longer spinning ... I'm unable to image it for the new drive. This is going to have to be a fresh image (which isn't a bad thing with some of the issues they were previously having).

 

[dar124]

I just found it strange that the 2 WD Enterprise Drives cost less than the Desktop Drive?? The only real difference that I can see is the "32 MB Cache" that the Enterprise Drives have (all were 7200 RPM, all had 5 year warranties, etc). But other than that they all seem pretty similar. So wouldn't it make sense to save almost $30?? Or is that difference in the 32 MB and 64 MB Cache worth the $30???

 

[sotexpb]

There is a 3TB for 69 in hotdeals

 

[Concentric]

Basically, if you're not using the drive in a RAID then avoid the RE (RAID Edition) drives. "Enterprise" sounds tempting from a reliability standpoint but the RAID edition drives are not set up for use in a desktop PC. It will work, but it's not ideal. (If you're interested in the differences then fire up Google )

The Black would be a decent choice. It comes with a 5 year warranty so that tells you something about the expected reliability compared to other non-RAID drives.

As others have mentioned, also consider a larger drive if the price is not much more.

 

[dar124]

Thanks for all the replies here!!! I ended up going with the 1TB WD Desktop Drive. Just a nice easy replacement for the 1TB Seagate that doesnt want to spin up any more!!! And I'm more comfortable giving back the PC with a WD drive in it.

So thanks again for all the replies!!!