I think I may have figured it out after looking close at the drives. The Black drives appear to run at 7200 rpms and have a 16 mb buffer while the blue run at 5400 rpms and have an 8 mb buffer. Does anyone carry a 2.5 inch green hard drive because that sounds like a smart decision for my laptop.
Hard Drive Colors
#1
Posted 02 November 2010 - 02:21 PM
I think I may have figured it out after looking close at the drives. The Black drives appear to run at 7200 rpms and have a 16 mb buffer while the blue run at 5400 rpms and have an 8 mb buffer. Does anyone carry a 2.5 inch green hard drive because that sounds like a smart decision for my laptop.
#2
Posted 02 November 2010 - 02:32 PM
green = low power / low performance
blue= medium power / medium performance
black = high power / high performance
#3
Posted 04 November 2010 - 03:00 PM
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Posted 04 November 2010 - 03:25 PM
#5
Posted 05 November 2010 - 01:33 PM
One thing I've read about the Caviar Black drives that I liked was that the spindle is secured at both the top and the bottom. According to the conversation I had with one of the WD techs, the Caviar Green and Blue drives are only secured at one end.
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Posted 05 November 2010 - 01:40 PM
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Posted 09 November 2010 - 08:45 AM
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Posted 09 November 2010 - 11:58 AM
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 09:58 AM
#10
Posted 09 January 2011 - 01:34 AM
This might help somewhat.
green = low power / low performance
blue= medium power / medium performance
black = high power / high performance
Yellow = Enterprise class drives Or would you still call them black as the top of label is black but bottom with drive name is Yellow.
#11
Posted 09 January 2011 - 08:02 AM
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