Western Digital WD10EZEX

[NewYorksFinest]

I saw this drive for $60 everywhere. However, it is very cheap for 1TB. Is it a good HDD?

 

[TerryMathews]

It's because it's a single platter drive.

 

[DominionSeraph]

1TB drives have been in the $50-60 range for years, outside the spike from the flood.

 

[VirtualLarry]

1TB drives have been in the $50-60 range for years, outside the spike from the flood.

This.

I just bought a pair of 1TB Seagate 7200 RPM single-platter (thinner casing) drives from TigerDirect last week for $49.99 ea, free shipping.

But to answer your question, OP, yes, those drives are just fine. I do believe that they are AF (Advanced Format) 512e-sector drives, so they won't work on XP unless you partition them on Windows 7 first. I don't believe that the 500GB WD Blue drives are AF though, if you need a drive for an XP box.

 

[NewYorksFinest]

I was looking at the WD Black, and the only thing was the blue bad a 2 year warranty while the black had 5 years. I am currently using a 4TB Black in my current PC.

 

[Essence_of_War]

Both the blues and the blacks are using 1 TB platters now. Blue's only come in capacity up to 1 TB, while Blacks come up to 4 TB. At the same capacity, you're paying extra for the warranty on the black.

If you value the extra warranty at the level of the increased price, then the blacks are a fine pick. Consider though, if the drive fails in like, 3-5 years, will you be happy replacing it with a refurbished 1 TB drive? HDD and SSD both have consistently seen dramatic improvements on that time scale, and it's possible you'd rather just upgrade to a larger capacity drive at that point.

Just don't confuse 'longer warranty' with 'more reliable'. A longer warranty is exactly what it says on the tin and probably not much more. Either way, trust no one and make good backups.

 

[It's Not Lupus]

The access times might be higher than expected.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

The access times might be higher than expected.

I have three of those 1TB Blue SATA-III drives. The blue-vs-black difference had been discussed before. The blues have less onboard cache.

I want to move away from the 1TB's -- including a Samsung F3 -- which comprise my server storage for now. I want to use the same number or LESS drives for greater overall capacity without compromising redundancy or reliability.

Right now -- I'm looking at the Black drives, and trying to decide whether to spring for 3TB or 4, or just get some 2's. I can see some wisdom in having a server or NAS with 12 or 16TB using WD Reds or Seagate "NAS" drives. But --media streaming notwithstanding -- I think my home server would be just fine for about half that capacity. On the other hand, if I could get two 3TB or 4TB units for WHS and duplicate important folders, things could be very simple. Very simple indeed.