Which is better WD Green or Blue?

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d6bmg

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I'm looking forward to buy my first HDD from WD.
In complete deadlock between WD Green 500GB & WD Blue 500GB.
In my area both having just the same cost.
Help me choosing the better one.
 
Basically it boils down to:

Green - energy efficient and slower
Black - faster, not energy efficient
Blue - mix of both
 
MacLeod said:
Green - energy efficient and slower
Black - faster, not energy efficient
Blue - mix of both
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I don't know about "more energy efficient"....The Greenies simply spin down much more often, which can lead to reliability problems in daily driver systems, IMHO. Saves energy by just parking the drive when it is not being actively used, in addition to being slower.
 
d6bmg said:
I'm looking forward to buy my first HDD from WD.
In complete deadlock between WD Green 500GB & WD Blue 500GB.
In my area both having just the same cost.
Help me choosing the better one.
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Black = Performance (OS, Games, Programs) - $Expensive
Green = Storage (Movies, Pictures, Music) - $Cheap
Blue = Anything - $Middleman

You definitely don't want a green as your primary drive they take much longer to boot and spin up and they tend to have slower r/w speeds as I believe they only operate at 5400rpm's as opposed to black/blue's 7200rpm's.

*EDIT* Forgot Blue also operates at 7200rpm.
 
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You won't be disappointed, Blue's are great reliable well priced drives as far as WD is concerned. I made the mistake of straying towards Seagate and got burned by bad firmware but my 10 year old WD and Maxtor drives are still as good as the day I bought them. I would recommend a WD Black if prices weren't so inflated at the moment.
 
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