Is WD Purple good as storage drive?

SPDIF · Jan 14, 2024

This is a pic of the 300GB WD VelociRAPTOR HDD, you clearly can see the small HDD, installed in an so called ICE-Pack to keep it cool. Made in april 2009.

SPDIF · Jan 19, 2024

I did not know but i have a WD740 at 10.000RPM here, the Second generation from 74GB. First generation was about 35GB.
Made in 2003. Then it was called RAPTOR only.

Here is a pic from it;

This one was not really a SATA150 disk drive because it uses an PATA to SATA chip converter on the back. Speeda are slow for this one at 10.000RPM, but at that time in 2003, it was the fastest disk available!

And this old lady is a little sick as you can see here... But yeah, look to that power on time 755 days continuous on.

Here some details from it; A weight off 1.6 Pounds!!!

remixedcat · Jan 20, 2024

nomdeplume said:
If I recall correctly they are the least desirable (depending on how reliable Blue/Green/??? are that year) of the bunch.

Otherwise what pavle just said.

Blue and Green drives are a no-go from WD the only good ones are the black and datacenter grade (I think gold?) and wd red, and purple

Icon Charlie · Jan 20, 2024

remixedcat said:
Blue and Green drives are a no-go from WD the only good ones are the black and datacenter grade (I think gold?) and wd red, and purple

Black and gold are the ones I use.

Next AS stated before.. The multiple OS's I run are on separate 860 EVO SSD's and my large 2BG to 4GB storage set up are on hot swappable HDD's.

I'll be looking at Crucial SSD's later.

lexluthermiester · Jan 20, 2024

remixedcat said:
Blue and Green drives are a no-go

I have to disagree with you here. The Blue and Green drives have their purpose. The 7200RPM versions of the Blue series are actually excellent performers and very reliable. In a 4+ drive NAS/RAID box, the Green drives make for an excellent choice!

SPDIF · Jan 20, 2024

This is the back of the WD740 Raptor, you clearly can see the MARVELL bridge chip sitting on it, responsible for the PATA/SATA translation.

SPDIF · Jan 24, 2024

A picture of this Helium filled WD Gold HDD. Uses the Advanced Format (AF) disk sector format.

While we are busy about 10.00RPM disk driver... Hold down your chairs...

This baby below does it's work at 7200RPM, SCSI HDD from IBM! Year 1999!

lexluthermiester · Jan 24, 2024

SPDIF said:
This baby below does it's work at 7200RPM, SCSI HDD from IBM! Year 1999!

I had one of those! Had the 9.1GB and 36GB varieties as well. SCSI320 was excellent!

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Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 12GB
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System Name	Prometheus
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme Gaming Wifi
Cooling	AIO Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360
Memory	32GB DDR5 6000Mhz CL30
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 12GB
Storage	Samsung 970PRO 2TB, Samsung 990PRO 4TB, WD SN850X 2TB, Samsung 980PRO 2TB. WD GOLD HDD 8TB
Display(s)	Corsair XENEON 32UHD144 32" 4K UHD gaming monitor
Case	Cooler Master HAF
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster AE7 + Logitech Z-5500 500W 5.1.
Power Supply	Corsair AX850 Titanium, RM850X (2024)
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB Platinum Cherry MX
Software	W10-11 Enterprise- Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon Edition.