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Western Digital Blue 2.5" 500GB SSD $98 Delivered @ Shopping Express eBay
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tightarse on 17/10/2018 - 13:42 ebay.com.au (1757 clicks)
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Are the Green ones better for the environment?
Blue ones are wild caught in MSC certified fisheries.
Not sure if serious, but the green ones are the budget ones, nothing to do with the environment.
WD marketed their early green drives as slower but less power intensive. They were therefore supposedly more environmentally friendly.
WD marketed their early green drives as slower but less power intensive. They were therefore supposedly more environmentally friendly.
So what's more environmentally friendly to run: A 500GB WD Green HDD, or a 500GB WD Blue SSD?
@idonotknowwhy: I suspect the SSD will sip a little less power than the HDD, but it won't be that significant. I have no idea which is worse for the environment in terms of manufacture.
Not sure if serious, but the green ones are the budget ones, nothing to do with the environment.
So if they cost less money, you can potentially pay for them with fewer bank notes, using less physical resources, and thus being kinder to the environment. So yes, Green is better for the environment.
Thank you, stublu, for helping me think it through :)
The case is made of cheap plastic, how can it be enviromental friendly while other made from metal
I've already outlined my reasoning. You will need to provide a cost/benefit analysis for both materials as well as environmental impact statements relating to the manufacturing to convince me otherwise.
I only buy SSDs made from 100% recyclable cardboard.
How's this vs a SATA HDD 7200rpm and vs a Samsung EVO 2.5inch SSD?
Much faster than a SATA HDD. Well worth getting an SSD for faster boot times, game loading and file transferring.
Similar to a Samsung EVO 2.5inch SSD. Except the Samsung comes with free Assassin's Creed Odyssey at the moment (https://www.samsung.com/au/offer/assassinscreed/) but costs a little more.
Looks like the promotion is for the 1TB, 2TB and 4TB SSDs only.
Alright, follow up question:
How's Assassin's Creed Odyessey's performance in PC?
How's this vs a SATA HDD 7200rpm
Like night and day. As would be the same with any SSD from the past 8 years.
If you're still on spinning disks for your OS drive, and your PC is from at least 2011 or newer, grab a SATA SSD (assuming it's not a Mac or some vendor-locked OEM PC where changing storage can be impossible). Even 1TB SSDs from reputable brands can be had for around $250 now. Best computing-related decision most home users will make this decade.
vs a Samsung EVO 2.5inch SSD?
I'm assuming you're talking about the 860 Evo?
It's faster in synthetic benchmarks and niche use cases, but in real-world usage it'll be a negligible difference.
If the comp is so old it has sata2 interface not sata3 then best to upgrade the computer instead.
Hence why I said, if it's from 2011 or newer, at least one SATA3 interface should be included on the motherboard. It was pretty rare even in 2011 to have a motherboard without SATA3.
I've upgraded plenty of PCs that old with SSDs and they become perfectly usable for average web/office productivity/video/light gaming demands. Heck, I've put SATA3 SSDs into SATA2-only PCs as well, and while they don't take full advantage of the potential performance, they're still much, much faster than a HDD connected via SATA2. For only $98 dollars it would be worth upgrading even a SATA2-only PC with this SSD.
Edit: Just for the record, no negs were used in the creation of this post.
@Miami Mall Alien: All good about the negs.
2011 was ix-2xxx series, sandybridge.
I know the Dell Optiplex 780 uses that processor.
It's product manual is here
It indicates SATA2 with 3Gb/s links for the harddrive configurations.
375MB/s interface is still much faster than any hard drive available, but won't be taking full advantage of an SSD which is capable of higher read speeds.@Miami Mall Alien: I confer. have an old crap aldi PC with sata 2 (use tablets more these days but still need a PC), got a SSD from the recent sales and the old guy is now super fast, at the very least it has delayed the need to replace
Two years ago I put in SSD into my 10 year old PC, it made a huge difference. I am still using it Internet browsing.
Thanks Amar89. I'm just trying to justify buying another SSD for my PC
I currently have 2 240GB 850s and a 1tb HDD. I feel the slugginess of opening photos and videos on the HDD. Might as well save a bit more for a 1tb SSD I guess.
How do you normally use this one in? as a portable storage?
Usually as a drive for your computer, but can use them in a 2.5" external case if you want.
Or use as hot swappable drives which I may start doing for different media archives etc
500GB has the bang for buck sweet spot, but there's also the 2TB Blue there for $511.20 which is a great price currently for that capacity.
I want atleast Gold/Epic rarity
The blue pump is alright, just don't know about the blue drive tho
crackling porker of price!