WD HDD color difference explained

Do you know the meaning of the different colors of WD HDD?

HDD internal mechanism

Hello Friends,

In this article I am going to clear your confusion which is related to the meaning of the HDD's colors. WD refers to a Western Digital Company known for their Hard Disk Drive's, Which are used to store data. Western Digital Company's Hard Drive comes with Six colors.

In general,when we are went to computer shop to buy hard disk we are get confused, when we see many type of hard disk drive available in markets.Then we think about which hdd is needed for you.

Many times buyers buy low performance hdd because it is cheapest. To overcome your this confusion, I have tried to tell meaning of these colors in very easy language.

WD Green Color HDD -

It is very low quality basic level Hard Disk Drive.
It is not used for main system.
It is mainly used as secondary storage to store doc.,video and images.
Because of its low cost many it become failed and your data may be vanished out.

Pros :

➬ Energy efficient

➬ Low noise

➬ Low heat produce

Cons :
➬Read Write speed is slow

➬Low performance
➬2-Year Warranty

2. WD Blue Color HDD -

It is most commonly used hdd.
It also known as all rounder hdd.
It is mostly used for daily work,suitable for home PC.
Used for installing OS.
It is available in 5400 rpm and 7200 rpm(must preferred)

Pros :

➬Read Write speed is greater than green.

➬Relatively Quite for Speed

Cons :

➬Maximum 1 TB capacity
➬2-Year Warranty

3. WD Black Color HDD -

Basically used for Video, Photo editing and for Gaming.
It is Optimized for games.
If you are a game lover then its for you :)

Pros :

➬5 Year Warranty

➬Large Capacity Upto 4 TB memory

Cons :

➬Greater noise compared to green and blue hdd

➬Expensive

4. WD Red and Red Pro HDD -

Designed to operate in the always-on environment of a NAS or RAID configuration
Used in Servers and Data centers.
It is used for 24/7 used.
Read speed is top level/ greater than other color hdd.

Pros :

➬Upto 14 TB capacity

➬3-5 Year Warranty

5. WD Purple Color HDD -

It exact opposite of red and red pro hdd.
Used in Video Surveillance.
It is used All Frame Technology.
High Performance
Write speed is very high.

Pros :

➬3 Year Warranty.

➬Upto 14 TB capacity

6. WD Gold Color HDD -

It is premium HDD.
All top level specifications.
Used for Business,Company and Data Center Servers.

Pros :

➬Very High Level Performance and Speed.

Cons :

➬Very Expensive nearly 8500 for 1 TB memory.

Conclusion :

In this article we have tried to explain the color meanings and difference between the different color HDD.In speaking with WD,we learned that there is no architectural or processing difference in that.