Have you experience both the WD Black and SSHD? Because i want to buy another drive just for gaming (Steam, Origin Games etc). I do have in my system now WD Blue(OS) and Green (Data/Backup).

none, but i have a friend who uses WD Black. according to him, there is no performance improvement unless you go RAID 0 (which my friend did)

if youre looking for gaming drive, best use HDDs. reviews have proved that only several games benefit from the faster loading times of a SSD/SSHD. ive tested on Skyrim, its marginally faster. but not very noticeable IMO

storage space>speed for gaming files, unless youre willing to spend a tonne for 1TB SSD

Yes, i do prefer storage than speed for gaming files. The price difference is only RM50 between Seagate SSHD 1TB and WD Black (price from Viewnet)

the only perk of WD Black has compared to the SSHD is the 5 year warranty period

otherwise, the SSHD have better speed

Is wd green 3tb still the current lowest price per TB ratio?

Currently there are only 2 hybrid SSHD in the Malaysian market - Seagate SSHD which comes in 2.5" and 3.5" form factor, and WD's Black2 in 2.5". Toshiba 2.5" SSHD MQ01ABD100H is the other model that has not come to Malaysian market.

SG and WD have employed different approach on their SSHDs. SG is essentially a normal HDD with an 8GB flash cache to enable faster read/write performance while WD employs a dual HDD and 120GB SSD in the same unit. There are no one-to-one benchmark available currently since they are wired differently. However SG 3.5" SSHD tops WD 3.5" Black in terms of real-world performance (see the review on Storagereview). WD Black2 is really a great deal for upgrading notebooks with only 1x 2.5" HDD slot and is currently in short supply.



Viewnet's price list seems to indicate that. For best (cheapest) per TB per warranty year go for Black 4TB.

Hi Guys,

Been a long time never keep up with the techs and now having some questions that
I hope sifus here can help me with:

If i mainly use an internal hdd for torrenting/ watching HD movies and storing files (videos, images, office files, pdf etc),
which hdd is best suited for the job?

I would like to know what would be your suggestions

WD Purple or SG CCTV equivalent, they're build for 24/7 and much higher temperature durability.
WD: Western Digital
SG: Seagate

I'm getting my WD Black2 tomorrow.

This guy is selling slightly cheaper than viewnet at RM760.

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2468124

there is one more guy selling the cheapest at RM720
but need to buy minimum quantity of 10pcs.

This post has been edited by Kanuki: Sep 10 2014, 12:20 PM

Hi Wildwestgoh,

Seagate CCTV series, do you mean their SV line?

I think that's the one Seagate Video HDD, I only have choice of WD here so I went Purple, last time was AV Green, slightly much expensive and it has 1 more year of warranty so it's much worth it for long term investment.

Ah, I see.... okay.
I think I will go for WD Purple 3TB, found a seller in PJ selling for RM365.

thanks for your suggestion!

Awesome.

Lucky to be living in Malaysia. Users in US are having a hard time getting their hands on one.

FYI, WD Purple has been internally tuned for a loading of 95% write and 5% read. It would be a good fit if you intend to use it mainly for writing most of the time, otherwise WD Red is better tuned for reading.

This post has been edited by mrbob: Sep 11 2014, 10:36 AM

I see. Yea, with your added explanation, I am sure I am choosing the right one since almost everyday I will find something to download

thanks for the additional info!

Western Digital's HGST releases 10TB Helium-filled HDD



As expected the newest Ultrastar He10 employs shingled magnetic recording (SMR) the same technology which SG used in the recent 8TB HDD release.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/18981...ngled-recording

Gonna upgrade my synology green hdd to 3tb red
Managed to get 2 pcs at rm375 each

found out lately most of the WD mypassport ultra got detecting issue ger, 3 out of 5 will have detecting issue in PC usb port. Lucky i i dun got for seagate nor wd.

is AData HV620 1TB - RM179 worth getting?

Not really sure about AData, but with RM175, can get WD Blue 1TB from a forumer already....