Testing WD Black Gaming | Drives Are GAMING Hard Drives Good For Gaming? Let's find out

Gaming hard Drives are odd how can a storage device improve gaming performance. What makes them great for gaming. Is it all marketing hype or is there something to it. Today we find out.
Today we will be investigating the WD black gaming hard drive on both Windows and Pop OS.
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[@jskyg68]

I have a 750 gig WD black drive I bought in 2010, it's been in use every day since I bought it and still works flawlessly. Every time I upgrade I just move it to the new pc.

[@humansvd3269]

WD just rocks. I got a new 4tb version and it's quiet!

[@charmingpeasant9834]

I have a 700 GB Samsung hard drive from 2008 still running.

[@RusRus72]

5400 rpm drives are more for low power, 7200 rpm was the standard for a long time

[@markmcmillan6254]

black friday new egg special on the WD_Black 6TB Gaming version. $109, Holy crap! If you need a lot of storage this is an incredible price for 6TB!

[@cheapshot7244]

During COVID , when everything was expensive AF. I couldn't afford a 2tb or 4tb m.2 because they were all like $220+ even for the crappy brands. I was able to cop a 4tb western digital black for like $90. Honestly it doesn't download as fast as an m.2 but in 3 years I can't remember a time I had an issue. I wouldn't use it for a really demanding game like GTA 6 but almost all the games I've played have been taken off and installed on my western digital black hard drive at some point and I haven't had any problems. Great purchase

[@3AgL3DeeJay]

that was quite helpful. thanks dude! keep it up!

[@icemantraveler]

I have had a lot of good experiences with Western Digital mechanical hard drives, especially Western Digital Black. I don't recommend SSDs because of their limited write capacity. They're faster, but they won't last. Stay away from Seagate hard drives, every Seagate hard drive I've owned has died on me within 3-5 years.

[@reversicle212]

Do u recommend I go for a wd black 4tb instead of a 2tb samsung ssd?

[@icemantraveler]

@@reversicle212 Yes. Definitely.

[@davidgavilanes]

Es verdad amigo hoy murió un Disco duro externo Seagate 8TB con 4.5 juegos de una PS4 Pirata. Nunca más Seagate. Ahora no se si cómprar un disco duro externo WD Esential 8TB o WD My Book 8 TB o un WD D10 8TB no se cuál comprar. Cual me aconsejas comprar para jugar desde el disco duro externo en una PS4 PRO saludos desde Ecuador

[@icemantraveler]

@@davidgavilanes Elements y My Book son esencialmente lo mismo y son adecuados siempre que se mantengan fríos. WD D10 tiene refrigeración incorporada, por lo que si eso es un problema, es posible que desees seguir este camino. Personalmente, he usado My Books durante años sin problemas.

[@davidgavilanes]

@@icemantravelerví por allí que My Book corre a 5400rpm si Esential es lo MISMO correra a 5400rpm y D10 corre 7200 RPM, según ví por ahí de que a mayor revolucion más desgaste? es verdad? A mayor RPM más desgaste del disco duro? Te comento tengo un WD MY Book 4 TB que antes venía con la carcasa negra brillosa la que actualmente usa la WD Elements de hace 6 años la tengo para jugar desde el disco duro externo en una PS3 Pirata y funciona perfectamente. Los valores en Estados Unidos está la Esencial 8 TB en 159.99 la My Book 8 TB 179.99 y la D10 8 TB a 182 dol.

[@ackranomestudios2361]

Good review. Found the same thing occur with mine. Cheaper, lasts longer, viable; especially for "single player" games where maximum load isn't totally needed.

[@humansvd3269]

Exactly. If it's single player, large games, a measly extra 30 seconds of load time is nothing.

[@nolimitstech8595]

My boy, your videos are underrated. Good job, I'm definitely buying the wd black

[@FoxFIESTAloha]

Thaaaank you for this video! Now for sure I know, I need dis!

[@rando-w5h]

Same 4Tb drive for 120 euro Even if i dont use it as a main drive i feel safe knowing i have 4 extra tb to just trash dump any games or files i couldve found space for before on my 500gb laptop ssd

[@PikaCheeks]

I went to buy a Hard Drive today and was stumped between a Western Digital Pro Red 10TB NAS Hard Drive ($320) or a Western Digital Black Gaming 6TB Hard Drive ($315) The specs appeared to be the exact same apart from the storage size. I asked the PC Retail store cashier and he recommended getting the Gaming Hard Drive. Saying that I wouldn't need a NAS Hard Drive since it's for NAS systems. He said overall the Gaming Hard Drive would be better for me. I mainly needed the new hard drive to store Video Editing Projects and Asset Files. While also needing another storage dump for games.

[@ryanllts]

5:48 read and write speed depends on location of the file and where it is writing to, if inner part is 250mbs, the outer part be 150 mps, and middle part around 200. for gaming just cut the drive in half, inner disk for gaming and outer disk for storage

[@anonamouse5917]

It's the other way around.

[@mdarius2519]

Enjoying your content mate

[@FXHumungus]

This guy is awesome, i like the way he explains things. *Subscribed*

[@fakrulshamier]

Thanks for ur explanation bro.

[@JohnBraman413]

was thinking of getting one of these for game downloads. use an ssd or nvme for windows and programs.

[@AlejandroMagnoRivas]

aliexpress are real prices of wd black and gold? Because looks legit sellers,they sell all colors of WD IDK.. Is good price or die with a 1tb or 2tb ssd gen 3.

[@markrichardson2297]

I got two 1 TB HDDs for free so i don't want them to go to waste.

[@MaliceInCyberland]

I just bought the WD Black HDD 2TB specifically for game/app installs. It's my understanding that games are designed to run off mostly RAM during game-play? That's why a HDD wasn't a second thought... especially a WD Black HDD. I have 2 WD Black 500GB HDDs that have been running good 24/7 for 8+ years. Personally I just wanted the info after 8:50 of this vdo, however, you spent your time providing good info as a foundation to your conclusion... so Thanks! i9 9900k / Gbyte z390 WiFi Pro MotherB / 16GB 3000MHz Crucial Ballistix CL15 / RTX 3060 / Ssung 970 EVO M.2 / 10 120mm Fans lol😅

[@anonamouse5917]

How old is the 2TB standard drive? 2TB used to require 5 platters (slow), today it fits on one (much faster).

[@greaterthanpie]

At thee time it was only a year old

[@anonamouse5917]

@@greaterthanpie Wow. I was expecting it to be older given the performance numbers. I use Linux Mint and was wondering what the name of your test software is. It might be in the repository. I just ordered a 10 TB Black drive😁. If it survives Amazon shipping I'll let you know how it checks out.

[@heycbob]

interesting, thanks a lot man.

[@MadMexism]

Im getting the WD black 4TB just to download all my games, and keep them on hand. You never know when a game might get pulled for some political crap, and never see it again. LOL

[@amongOSO]

Btw the drive you tested had 64mb cache or was it either 128mb or 256mb cache?

[@mign2818]

250 I think

[@KingDifius]

Don't ever record gameplay or play games on SSD, I've had two SSD'S die quickly. The reason is because of the SSD limited write capacity, it can only take so many writes before it becomes read only. Instead buy a WD Gold or WD Purple, as they can handle more than the standard HDD, I called WD today, even they agree with me!

[@Budgetreworks]

I’ve been playing games on my external Sandisk ssd. I’ve used it across PC, Laptop and Ps5 and it has been the only tech product I’ve owned that hasn’t caused me any problems for 3 years

[@nickl.2565]

I had my m.2 ssd for a year been recording all year and no problems

[@jokroast6912]

Yo you play Borderlands 2?

[@gamestech9016]

nice

[@NadiaMajnu]

Davis Melissa Clark Patricia Lewis Helen

[@backdoorwoods6036]

Because of money

[@jokroast6912]

Can I have one? 👀👀👀

[@xsselb]

i loved the joke

[@humansvd3269]

I ran a WD Green 2tb as an OS and gaming drive for 8 years from 2009 to 2017. Only replaced it because the moving arm and bearings went out. It lasted well beyond it's warranty range. I use M.2 NVMES as my boot and main drives, but I wanted a gaming HDD for my very large games. I wanted to keep as much space as possible open on my NVMEs so they last longer and an HDD for long term data and gaming. All are WD Black drives. I have the 4tb version of this. These drives do what they say, the numbers are not a lie, and mine is QUIET!

[@phillipjohnson4156]

You need more sleep.