WD BLUE vs WD RED vs WD BLACK vs WD GOLD - HDD Loading Time Comparison
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- WD BLUE vs WD RED vs WD BLACK vs WD GOLD 2020 - HDD Games Loading Time Comparison
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WD Blue - 7200 RPM , 64 MB Cach
WD Red - 5400 RPM , 256 MB Cach
WD Black - 7200 RPM, 128 MB Cach
WD Gold - 7200 RPM , 256 MB Cach
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WD blue is the best, I can go to the bathroom during loading
XD
lol
I own two wd blues in my PC. (I cant see the memory bc it's too dark inside the PC oof)
1TB WD Black = 3x1TB WD Blue 🤷🏻♂️
@@Hurricill looooooooooooool, make no sense
WD Blue - 7200 RPM , 64 MB Cach
WD Red - 5400 RPM , 256 MB Cach
WD Black - 7200 RPM, 128 MB Cach
WD Gold - 7200 RPM , 256 MB Cach
I guess you could say 😏 ....... cache is king 😎
@@headassvegan lol
I think the equivalent red drive is the red pro. Based on the item numbers- I’m pretty sure Black, Gold and Red Pro are the same physical drives- with the difference being a some portion of the firmware on board. This could be exactly the same even and just down to marketing
Also - what model numbers ?
Those three I mentioned are WD00zzz-
Where x=the size in TB
Y= generation/revision number
Z=firmware version?
But WD4000 is very very different in performance than WD4003 for instance.
I can tellu you that in my experience the Gold is very fast for a hard drive- faster than Red Plus- and much faster than Blue however I do not own a Red Pro or Black to compare. The difference is like 150 mb/s vs 110mb/S vs 90 mb/s
What about WD Purple and WD Green?
SSD for the important games you play hard drives for the games you play once in awhile
Ssd can die without warning and the high capacity still expensive.
Exactly. Everytime i play something very often, i put it on my ssd. Everytime i torrent, i put it on my hdd, since i wont be playing it every day
SSD I'll say is more for launchers, or any program that doesn't require regular update because they die of R/W and not for allocation, in the other hand HDD die for no usage xd
Wd gold is best
@@JorgeEnriqueValle wrong, hdds can far outlast ssd when not being powered on for a while, checkmate.
Honestly I wouldn't concern myself with loading times in a multiplayer game. We could all be waiting on someone with a Maxtor and an SSD won't even help with that.
holy moly this is exactly what we needed, we all shud like this video as much as possible
WD Blue: I'm classic!
WD Red: Nah you're too old.
WD Black: It's my showtime!
WD Gold: I'm the KING!
Every SSD:
I mean, sure, SSDs are _vastly_ superior to HDDs in every way, BUT here's the thing. The price of an 8TB SSD is around $1000 or more. The price of an 8TB WD Gold HDD is just under $300 so you get more bang for your buck. In fact, they sell 18TB WD Gold HDDs on Amazon for HALF the cost of an 8TB Samsung SSD. Now that is insane!
@@unnamed715 gonna say that but well thank you
and i rather use SSD for only the os and the rest like games, download to HDD
@@unnamed715 Also, SSDs have finite read/write cycles, something HDDs don't have.
You can also get an optane ssd and make the hdd faster
5 - 10s between WD Blue ($85) and Black($150)? Nah I'm just going to buy a 4tb blue and possibly a 2nd one then raid them. This video was perfect. Thank you so much!
The wd blues above 1 tb are only 5400 rpm, and they are really slooooooww, only 1tb wd blue and lower versions are 7200 rpm.
@@jek230Are you serious? Where do you get that info? Are you have those each HDD?
@@railfans-psi the info is on the web of western digital, search the datasheet for wd blue hdds
GTA V memories. When you really could make instant ramen in the time it took to load (on the original PS3)
Literally the most useful video to answer which drive is faster. Thanks.
Golds are fast but also loud datacentre drives, but I am very happy with mine.
Which one is yours?
I'd love to see the WD Gold vs the Seagate Firecuda in initial loading times and then after 4-5 restarts to see how well the 8GB SSD cache would stand up against the Gold's 256MB cache.
I have a firecuda. They do not work well at all. I can't play any games on it. I have a private video I can unlist and send to you where I spend 16 minutes loading Dirt 4. IT IS NOT a dud it is as advertised and every program says it's "GOOD',"OKAY","HEALTHY"
@@slippingstones I also have a Firecuda that I use for games that I feel don't need to occupy my SSD. On my end, I wouldn't say it's impossible, but I really can't tell too much of a difference that makes me believe that the SSHD is "the best of both worlds"
Right now, I have been playing Borderlands 3 via the Epic Games Launcher regularly without deviating to another game.
As it stands, it's about 1 minute and 40 seconds from Epic Launcher to Main Menu screen.
From main menu to the game from where I left off via "continue"- 17 seconds
Ran it a 2nd time - from EGS to Menu 1min 31sec. From Menu to save point - 15.5 seconds
Also, I'd like to see what the 2TB Barracuda with the 256MB cache and 7200rpm spindle speed (ST2000DM008) would fare against the WD Gold. If the performance is close to the Gold, I could see this as a cheaper alternative to the Gold as there are people that probably don't care for Rotational Vibration sensors, stabilized top to bottom servo motor, and other enterprise class features that the price of the Gold calls for.
@@lancerdawgpete Primocache + SSD free or SSD empty partition = Firecuda wet dreams
Add some RAM to the formula and you have legally cocaineized your speed with the HDD.
By the way, be aware about the loudness of enterprise and NAS HDDs if you want one.
@@Adri9570 I have a Deskstar NAS and an Ironwolf NAS - both them are not bad on the noise issue. Probably might experience it on the IW Pro, but even the D-Star NAS I have is 7200rpm and it's really not that bad. Really, the most I hear is probably the D-Star spooling up.
I also have a decently old Constellation CS that teeters on the nearline/NAS tightwire and I hardly heard anything from that.
The loudest HDD I have is like an old 2007 WD Black 1TB. I can't imagine a modern Gold or Exos being as "diesel sounding" as my old WD Black
@@Adri9570 primocache?
Have ever tested the 10.000 and 15.000rpm? Im curious if the 15k rpm would at least get close to a basic ssd
This is a good comparison shame the WD Black is the 128mb Cache model as its not really a fair comparison... But I found this video trying to find out what HDD would be the fastest for loading times right now (Sept 2020) between the WD Black 6TB - 7200 RPM/ 256 MB Cache, "dual-core processor" (£230), the WD Gold 6tb - 7200 RPM/ 256 MB Cache (£210), and the Barracuda Pro 6tb - 7200 RPM/ 256 MB Cache (£215) as id Like to see if they are as fast as my Velociraptor 1TB - 10,000 RPM/ 64MB Cache (£165) but with much more room and far newer/ in full production... as I'm looking for an upgrade but want to retain the speed. Also, this would be an excellent test as it is a completely fair comparison as they are all in the same price bracket, same storage size, same RPM, and same cache size. :)
Any updates? I'm in a similar position. Two WD Velociraptors 1tb, one WD Gold 2tb, Few miscellaneous 500gb-1tb drives. Looking for something as fast, if not faster then the raptors to consolidate all my HDD stuff on.
@@pacmanweeee I decided that i would consolidate less, thin out the game installs, n keep the 2tb of Velociraptor instead of replacing them for my Steam Drives and picked up a 2tb Crucial SSD on sale for £150ish, way faster than any of the fast HDD options and in total 2/3 of the Intended Capacity.
WD Blue is 256mb, the old one is 64mb.
I'm surprised the Red drive did so well, considering the highet platter speeds on the other drives. Is that due to the large cache on the red?
Pretty much Cache is what pumps drive speeds.
@@ferracini why arent sshds op then
@@danb4900 Because the still use flash memory which is still soooo much slower compared to real RAM memory which is what a cache uses...
im use WD black 2TB from 2011 (Healt & perform 100%)
My WD Red 2tb has been used since 2012 for video recording, Health 100%
my 500GB WD Blue still goin strong since 2010
@@youcanpunchmeintheface I had a 3tb WD Blue that barely lasted a bit more than 2 years before it was having serious issues. But my PC was on a lot and there was a lot of uninstalling and reinstalling of games. Which probably didn't help but I think i was also a bit unlucky. Fortunately my primary drive is an SSD, but i'm seriously considering the 6tb gold for my next HDD though.
@@BVargas78 having a hardware lottery isn't that uncommon tho. When I rebuilt my PC, I had a brand new 2TB WD Blue which failed on week 3 of use. Luckily it was covered in warranty and got a replacement which runs without any hiccup till now.
mine is WD black scorpio gaming drive 7200rpm 500gb and it has done 10k cycles i wonder how old is that drive but still 100% health
30$ for 5 to 10 seconds faster huh?
Nah, Im fine with the blue 💙😌
I like when my wd blue pc boots in 13 secs
tbh, loading times aren't an issue for me but sometimes I just need my pc to be usable within a minute or like 30-40 seconds after I turn it on, maybe today I'll get myself a 120 gb ssd, not sure tho I'm not the one investing into it, if my grandpa refuses, I'm like stuck with my hdd but I'm fine with it. I would just love to experience an ssd and I think like that's all
In 5 years I changed 3 Western Digital Green and Blue 1 tb Hdds used in a surveillance system with a low recording rate and every time the electronic part it broken and besides that, the pins on the motherboard plug with plug from the turntables oxidizes. I have 3 retro PCs with Western Digital HDDs from 25, 20 and 15 years ago and they are still perfect.
WB purple used for surveillance
wow that's weird since both black and gold have 7200rpm,i have to upgrade my 2 hard drives blue since many games are there,not many are on the black disk.Thanks for letting know about this i know it's an old video but this help.New sub.
i Bought 6TB Blue WD SSD and its BRILIANT!
where the hell did the 10000 rpm and 15000 rpm drives we had in the 90's go, seagate baracuda scsi drives, and many other, maybe they lost them in a black hole. i dont care how mutch cace they have, a 150 km\h car is mutch slower then a 300 km\h car, and 15000 rpm i twice the speed of 7200rpm drive. and can cover twice the distance on the platter. ofcorse now we have ssd so it does not matter
Beautiful, thanks. I'm guessing that the external game black drive will still outperform the external blue drive, correct?
I own a 250gb WD Velociraptor 10k rpm and 64mb cache.
It's really fast, but has a little noise when working in fatest speed.
In SATA 2 (I use in a LGA775 motherboard) it's beating 181mb read in Crystal Disk Mark.
It's working really responsible at almost 3 years. 😃
Thanks, I want to use the WD Gold for NAS storage family videos/pics and movies.
This is nice and all but at the end of the day its the same, its just for us pc nerds we look for these diferences
Thank you for helping make a choice
XLNT comparison for spinning drives. I have WD Black m.2 NVMe for boot, WD blue sata m.2 for game storage, was thinking of WD gold as an archive drive for both ssd drives, would that be a good idea?
I suggest WD red as backup drive, less noise, reliable, I have two as SSDs like you for OS and games and WD red 2TB for data, it works great.
@@extracoolboy XLNT will do.
Nice keep it up u will gain more subs and views
black hands down
It’s bad because wd gold 2 tb has 128mb and WD black 1 tb has 64… the comparation is between wd gold 4 tb (better in secuential) vs wd black 4 tb (better in random random)
How is the GOLD according to noise? I have heard that there are constant clicks??
you can search on youtube wd gold asmr for "noise test"
You should've done it with a Black & 256MB Cache to do a good comparison against WD Gold
I wished you would of added the Red Pro, they are 7200rpm
Thank you this video is perfect.
any plans to do a head to head WD vs seagate or other hdd maker?
Idk the cache as well as rpm aren't consistent for all drives....
whats their wd product numbers each hdd? today I use hdd wd blue 1TB WD10EZBX,,,very fast. it could read speed 279mbps with 7200rpm,256mb cache
Why i couldn't find this wd red with 3tb and 256mb cache? I can only find 3tb with 64mb cache and labelled NASware 3.0. Help
by the time you factor the cost of the wd gold you would rather get a ssd
capacity is still a major factor for choosing hdd over ssd. With current phones capable of filming 4k videos, super high res photos, games that takes no less than 100gb each, those 1-2tb ssd's fills up extremely fast if you are not strict with your storage management. 2tb ssd costs as much as good 6-8tb western digital gold hdd.
Well, a 2tb 7200 rpm hdd will always be faster than a 1tb or any hdd less than 2 tb but 7200 rpm and that makes enough sense to me, you have same sized platter but just different sized magnetic coating, makes sense, doesn't it?
WD Red Pro, Gold, purple all are currently 7200, 512
WD Has that loading time like PS4
Here I just get the Black one because it was the same price as the Blue on a sale, but in its normal price Black doesn't worth the extra cost nowadays, it's so expensive for a few seconds less than the Blue and still so much slower than a simple SSD, definitively not worth it anymore.
Wait It don’t make sense I heard the red one was the worst one but this says otherwise
It's weird how WD black are gaming HDD, but the Gold ones are faster, weird...
Can you test between Black And Gold wich one is better handles parallel downloading large files ?
One test i am really curious about is that when i download large files (like over 4GB) with internet download manager (IDM) with 16 connection, after 2GB download HDD slows down and pc ram starts filling, it means hard drive can't handle that because when i pause downloading hdd keeps working until ram goes back to normal state.
Maybe it is a slow SMR HDD.
@@detestabelx Actually it's 7200RPM PMR HDD
Exact Model is : ST1000DM003-1CH162
The fastest is WD Gold and the slowest is WD Blue.
Where would a Seagate Barracuda slot in here?
hard drives are only good for backups these days
Wd gold 💛 me 😋
But Ssd is the best
But they have less lifespan than HDD.
Streaming locally stored movies off my computer.
Do you think I will have any stutter issues with a Blue drive?
Yes, for big size files/big quality files like 80minute 4k videos, 60minute 8k videos
@@railfans-psi no
Do you have the operating system installed on those HDD as well?
No, too slow for OS.
Thanks bro
Red is the best solution
He can handle tons of write and read data compare to others .. compare to gold .. is very cheap ..
A little question
Between a WD Black and a Seagate Barracuda/Barracuda Pro which one is better? I have already an SSD
WD black is more reliable
HDD as a main drive became useless 10 years ago a cheap 256 gig SSD is still 40 times faster than a WD gold. SSD/HDD raid configuration 0 > this entire video lol. Get the blue for storage reasons, you get a HDD for storage nothing else.
Wd red and black, which should i choose for video editing
WD red, it is quieter and more reliable, I use it.
Got it blue is slowest and gold is fastest it seems
Отличный тест. А как на счет WD RED PLUS
Its something new? I have not heard about it before.
what song is this plz
Retouch - Hazard Rider
What for a WD Red HDD did you use?
@M.K. Joy that's the WD Blue
Hi, the wd blue is the 1tb version?
Hi, ye
Nice video. I got 2tb red today is it better than blue in every day use?
Sure and much more quieter
nice.
Red all times.
what is the song used? thx
Retouch - Hazard Rider
Blue: Guys help!!!
Red: such a heavy game huh?
Black: Somebody help Blue!!!
Gold: I will!!!
980 PRO: **casually loads gta5** 뻘짓하네 ㅋ
would you recommend wd red for gaming?
I use Red for games, but it's better to buy Black
@@Benchmarklab
For games, is red better than blue?
@@Benchmarklab I wouldnt use 24/7 HDDs for gaming. I believe the blacks are a better choice for gaming.
@@danielk4630 yes, black or gold is the best choice
I'm hesitating between the Toshiba P300 and the WD Black for games. I don't know which HDD to choose.
hey, what did you get? Looking at that P300 myself
@@dany_2945 I bought the WD Black. It's more expensive than P300, but I'm quite happy with the results. It's a great HDD for games.
El red es mejor que el blue? (-_-)
What about purple?
it is for video surveillance
Where is the WD purple?
it is for video surveillance, not games.
@@Benchmarklab ik but i have one of this on my pc xD
@@user-ko1vv4zo8b you can still use it for games
WD purple?
It is used for video surveillance, it makes no sense to use it for games, it is slow.
WD Purple is intended for 24/7 surveillance/video recording. If you put it in a PC and run computer programs (including games) on it, it will be extremely slow. Plus, using it with a PC will cause damage to the drive, and there are many drawbacks to doing this.
are these m.2 nvme or sata?
How can HDD be M. 2 nvme? ofc it's Sata.
:-)