Jan 2, 2011 #1 J JCNiest5 Supreme [H]ardness 2FA Joined Apr 25, 2005 Messages 4,141 Okay, I'm confused on WD's color-coded HD classification. I want to know what is the different between the Black, Blue and Green HDs WD puts out there. Is there any advantage or disadvantage of one over the other?
Okay, I'm confused on WD's color-coded HD classification. I want to know what is the different between the Black, Blue and Green HDs WD puts out there. Is there any advantage or disadvantage of one over the other?
Jan 2, 2011 #2 O Old Hippie Supreme [H]ardness Joined Oct 31, 2005 Messages 6,013 Performance. The Black is optimized for performance at the expense of noise and power consumption, the blue is a general use drive, designed to be a good balance of performance, power consumption, and noise, and the green is designed to use as little power and make as little noise as possible at the expense of performance. Click to expand... This.
Performance. The Black is optimized for performance at the expense of noise and power consumption, the blue is a general use drive, designed to be a good balance of performance, power consumption, and noise, and the green is designed to use as little power and make as little noise as possible at the expense of performance. Click to expand... This.
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