WD Blue vs Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD full comparison

[@forestmanzpedia]

It is so important to mention only to buy a HDD from a seller you know they will securly package the HDD. Never buy a HDD from an unknown seller or with no info about secure packaging. I learned my lesson the hard way when my hard drive was sliding around losely in a thin cardboard package without any protection.

[@TrillianaEM]

I needed a new HDD about 2-3TB in a new PC, and I found the answer here. Thank you, the very informative video and your answers were very helpful, I just bought a WD blue.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Glad I could help!

[@2WheelDerness]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech if you have lot of experience with them, which ones have more failures? I understood Barracuda fail a lot...

[@zambi2111]

I bought Seagate Barracuda. ​​It came a month - there were bad secotrs. Interestingly, when the disk was new and empty - it did not show any bad sectors. I returned it under warranty. Fortunately, I got a refund. I will now order WD20EZBX.

[@coffeepot3123]

Got one today to replace my old one that stopped showing up in my system (though it still spins up) I have a soft-spot for mechanical drives, even just holding them in the hand and knowing what goes on inside them. Fascinating imo.

[@User-cc6cq]

They are both good, so get the less expensive one...

[@cmoneytheman]

I feel the same no real difference

[@mikakorhonen5715]

HDDs using SMR are never good option.

[@hercules4562]

​@@mikakorhonen5715 Why you say that?

[@AnilShindearjun]

WD is less expensive on Bestbuy

[@Islamic-v7y]

Same their both good just minor differences

[@josephmakea5383]

Thanks dude been wanting to upgrade, been looking into getting seagate but now i think i will look into WD blue

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Glad I could help

[@robinsattahip2376]

Most people now use a small SSD such as 120 gb to boot and run the computer and a large drive like that for storage. Those things are amazingly durable, I've especially seen WD mechanical drives that outlast the computer.

[@user-pm7pw1tl3t]

120 gb boot ssd.. boy havent heard that low for a while xD

[@brooktech7869]

@@user-pm7pw1tl3t You should since raid has been out since the 1950's and you get the speed of a SSD still with mass amounts of cheap space since the applications are still loaded from the SSD.

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

@@user-pm7pw1tl3t They are still stuck in the past. What he should have said is that most people use a 4tb ssd as a boot drive. Nobody boots from a "small" ssd anymore.

[@reubencase6789]

@@angrysocialjusticewarrior I do. Got a 256gig NVME as my boot

[@mohammedadel7849]

I would advise against using a small SSD for boot, specially if you are a developer. Some programs require being installed in the same drive as the system or just do not let you choose. Also, many programs save cache and temporary files in the system drive, so it gets flooded quickly, and cleaning it is time consuming.

[@Successiswhatmakesyouhappy]

I have the seagate for my storage drive. I haven't had any problems with it. If I need a new drive I will get a blue next time due to the results from this video! Thanks!

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thanks for sharing

[@tennysonkamei4470]

I was having a hardtime choosing the best hard drive for my desktop. Thanks for the information.. It was very helpful. I will definitely buy Western Digital now 😊

[@lilg8017]

Probably Toshiba

[@jaypormei1881]

Been using my WD Blue laptop HDD eversince from 2012 and right now still up and working fine absolutely with no SMART error results. Performance is still the same although it's just 5400rpm. Compared to my Samsung Spinpoint a product of Seagate HDD, it also lasts longer for me too but sadly it's now absolutely dead and no longer detects to the PC. By looking to your test benchmarks, WD HDDs favors more spindown with short period of idle and somehow it can't always manage to get at good results of reading speed. Dunno but you guys can correct me but this is just my personal experience of using my oldest HDD that still works as new right now.

[@desmondmcintosh8204]

Nice video, no nonsense . You just got on with it Thank you.

[@JoshuaTrenge]

I’ve had several Seagate Barracuda early failures… I went WD Black and never looked back… I also had 2 6tb WD (1 Blue and 1 Green)… both over 8 years old and still work and test good…I just replaced both just because of their age. In my opinion…reliability and durability are more important than minor speed differences…

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thanks for sharing. My experience with both brands have been good. Using both Seagate & WD drives since more then 10 years and they are still working.

[@JoshuaTrenge]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech My experience happened many years ago… if memory serves, Seagate did have some problem drives at that time…which have likely been resolved. I was not happy with their refusal to take any responsibility for the short life of the drives…and that will stick with me for a very long time… 😉

[@dragonemperor4837]

Your video was very informative and straight to the point! Thank you.

[@globalzero]

All big channels please watch this video on how to make a great comparison. Keep up the good work.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thanks 😊

[@cskwatra]

I really appreciate your hard work. Thanks for making my decision easier. Take care.

[@finskytrollz2183]

Thank you for your video! Choosing HDD for pc and just by your video make my choose!

[@hanionline563]

The most important is which drive will last longer ?

[@TGFTTGFFGTTRUEFHROWHEF]

seagate im still using the old model the IDE plug. still work fine. its been 23 years

[@FireRescue884]

I’ve been using WD if I had to guess, since the late 90’s. I experienced my first failure a couple days ago, which I think is outstanding! I agree that WD makes a great product in my opinion.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thanks for sharing!

[@AnilShindearjun]

This really helps in making decision faster

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Glad it helped

[@papankunci]

Thank you for the great info/review.. it would be great to also measure noise since some people concern about the HDD noise level in quiet environment.. God Bless you Sir..

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

They are both fairly quiet

[@Moon222]

i always enojoy your compairsons, they are detailed in a simple neat way. the video that made me subscribe to you was is Windows10Home vs Windows10Pro video.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thank you for being a subscriber and thanks for your message.❤️

[@j7ndominica051]

The reliability is more important than speed. Generally all hard drives are very fast today. If a program or game comes with thousands of files extracted in linux style, the fault lies with that product. Back in old times files were always grouped to reduce stress on the system. The best configuration is hard drives for archival of installers and media, which will be accessed sequentially, and a small SSD for currently installed software. The issue with Barracuda DM is that it is an SMR drive and the cheapest of their offerings. I prefer to use VN or VX which are CMR. For Seagate there are tools for disabling head parking. I don't know if there are for WD. VX drives sometimes are available second-hand from surveillance operators for less money.

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

Bro, are you still stuck in 2014 or something? A hard drive for archival of media and a "small" ssd for installed software? Who even uses hard drives anymore? The best solution in 2023 is to throw away all your hard drives and just buy a 4tb ssd. if you have a lot of media you can buy a 4tb ssd for software and system, and then add another 4tb ssd for media storage. And every ssd you buy should be nvme gen 4, not sata. Hard drives are ancient things from the past. They are only useful for those who are running servers.

[@j7ndominica051]

Basic SSDs from AliExpress are approaching the price of hard drives when on discount. But not ultra fast or high capacity units. Currently they top out at 2TB, and some people question the reliability. No need for high speeds for loading films or music.

[@hercules4562]

​@@angrysocialjusticewarrior I disagree, if a HD gives a problem you can format it and use programs to recover files, something that is impossible on an SSD, saying to throw the HDD away is a big stupidity

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

@@hercules4562 Why would it be impossible to recover files from an SSD? And SSD does not permanently delete files. It only overwrites. So when you "delete" a file on an ssd, the ssd controller just makes the file unreadable on the memory chip. The file will only truly be deleted when the ssd gets full and the controller decided to place new files over the unreadable files. So as long as the deleted file is not overwritten, you can use special software to recover it. So like I said, hard drives are ancient technology and have no place being used in 2023. Throw them away.

[@Xtonishing]

@@angrysocialjusticewarrior It easy to say as u were on 1st world country. Come to small country where u generate less income and the goods price is high. I can make my own server of 10TB with Orico NAS server with your 4tb SSD. If u were soo rich for easy to say like that do me favor send me 4tb SSD to me since i assume it was cheap at your placr

[@memyself2905]

Thank you so much for your Compare Video. From ten years ago until now... I prefer using WD Blue to work harder for copying large files. Warm love from me in Indonesia 🇮🇩. Absolutely, i subscribed this channel because i love knowledge and Technology.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Glad it was helpful and thanks for the sub!

[@mohamednabil5937]

that was great work, thank you so much this video helps me to determine which one I'm going to buy

[@halconplata24]

Sir, i'm glad i find your video, pretty good info and very impressive, i'm now a new suscriber. Thanks again. I was about to buy a new HDD

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thanks for the sub!

[@jessierabino]

thank u for this now i know what to buy

[@danwilhelm7214]

Nice review. Thank you! Did you record the operating temperatures of the drives during your tests? For me, idle and full load temps are also important factors in HDD buying decisions.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Yes I did, both drives where between 30 to 33 degrees Celsius

[@danwilhelm7214]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech Good temps. Thank you!

[@j7ndominica051]

That will depend on your chasis, proximity to other drives and the season. On a desk in winter you might see 33°, but in summer inside the case around 49°. Maybe 60° in a plastic enclosure. 5xxx rpm drives run slightly cooler.

[@KRoOoOoZ]

@@j7ndominica051 yes like what this guy said, it depends on the air flow in your chassis

[@ZenInnovations]

Thanks for sharing this comparison

[@davidseva6533]

Thanks I have a lot of western digital hardrives and some seagate hardrives and was considering which to put in my computer and WD is the choice.

[@danieljimenezfonseca2086]

thank you sir i appreciate your help i ended up with the WD

[@marekmartinek981]

Hi, I'm going to go with the DW Blue 4TB 3,5" into an external dock to go along with my laptop.

[@regissan2]

Excelent tests, thank you!

[@TGFTTGFFGTTRUEFHROWHEF]

WD blue good but the WD black HDD has major problems about brick and noise clicking loud so users should go for seagate hdd for safe option. except the wd black SSD and SSD M.2 works great so far.

[@kevindsilva2412]

thank you sir! I purchased WD after watching this video.

[@shakal615234]

Nice test !

[@krishihan0217]

man..... really thanks a lot for your video. I am in a such confusion selecting the right one as the both are in same price. Thank you so much once again.. ❤️ You earned a sub..

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Most welcome and thanks for the sub!

[@mocmocmoc13]

so which one did you choose?

[@krishihan0217]

@@mocmocmoc13 i bought the WD blue. But be aware of the speed there are 5400rpm and 7200rpm

[@HimanshuKumar-tl3qt]

i was going to purchase segate barrucuda but confused is it good or not but after watching your video i surely go for wd hardisk Thank you

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Glad I could help

[@HimanshuKumar-tl3qt]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech yup you helped me alot because quality and speed matters to me

[@mitchikatsuki]

Nc, it help me a lot 🙌🏼

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Glad it helped!

[@user-eh1no3yc5v]

Thank you sir!

[@ZulhamS]

it means hdd still the king and durable....seagate on reading and wd blue good on write... both worthed

[@amortalbeing]

Id like to see how larger drives fair against each other as well. it would be an interesting watch.

[@mdjunayed9315]

Thanks sir for clear my confusion.

[@OldWurlitzerMusic]

GREAT TESTING !

[@amrmalik642]

Not really related to this video but I have 1 SSD and 3 HDDs, 1 Samsung HD322J 320 GB, 1 WD Blue 500 GB (WD5000AAKX) and 1 WD 160 GB HDD for storage (both used units). Last week 2 WD HDD were on their way to fail, got warning from Crystal Disk and HWInfo. 1 of them always loses drive letter so I have to reassign drive letter upon reboot to use it. One thing i noticed, WD temp is always hot if compared to another brand even when not in used, 46c on idle and 55c under full load LOL. Samsung ones idles at only 31c and 44 under full load. The best thing is, Samsung has the most power on time (32130 hours) and still going strong while the WD ones only has 7753 hours on them and already failing. BTW i ordered 2 used 500GB Seagate Barracuda to replace the faulty WD. Used to use Seagate HDDs previously, never failed on me except they run a tad bit hotter than Samsung HDD.

[@abirsyed2005]

Thanks alottttt ❤❤

[@aftabmunawar2784]

Sir thank you for so much explanation

[@MrRick-il2uq]

Thanks for video,very helpful i buy a WD blue!

[@mrko88]

thank you so much sir, i really need this

[@Roman-rw5xj]

Thanks for video! Very interesting/ I can't choose between these two hard drives. Can You tell me please, which one is more reliable? The main thing for me is reliability. Thanks again!

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

As far as I know, they are both equally reliable, I have been using both makes for years without any failure

[@butmunchass]

WD is more reliable.

[@miftachululum6429]

thank you, that helping me decide

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Glad I could help

[@kylo4449]

Bought a seagate Bara. And it lasted less than a year... hard drive literally only stored videos and the hard drive started ticking. So now I'm looking into getting a WD. Your experience might be different. Maybe I got a bad drive i don't know... just putting my experience out there

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thanks for sharing

[@Daethzonez]

so far i have had pretty bad experiences with seagate... All the drives i have bought seem to die within 4 years (or my most recent one only 2). I am trying WD blue right now and hope that it lasts longer

[@butmunchass]

Only drive I've ever had fail was Seagate. @@Daethzonez

[@ishtiaqueahmed903]

I use one WD Green 2TB and one Toshiba 1TB and an HP EX900 NVME SSD

[@wayneholzer4694]

I have 2 of the WD 2tb drives in a raid 0 config and I am achieving somewhat close to a standard sata ssd speeds the drives are very quiet I use them as my storage/game drives on my machine with a boot nvme ssd drive I have used western digital for years ever since I had 2 seagate drives fail on me pre 2010's era. Not 1 WD drive has failed for me yet touch wood,

[@Jeymez]

i thought you couldn't do raid 0, with SSD's i knew you could, but the lowest i recall a hard drive do is raid 1.

[@hercules4562]

Raid 0, how ?????

[@CliffTVlovesyou]

Great video!

[@misterPAINMAKER]

Great comparison. Where are you from?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

🇱🇧

[@cmoneytheman]

I wish they would had been working on higher speed high capacity models years ago makes no sense to keep releasing 7200prm i would think 24k would be the norm now or 10k

[@joseluisguizar7344]

Great video

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Glad you liked it

[@manssupar]

Tq sir for the compare video. May god bless you

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thank you, may God bless you too

[@milospavic]

I'm going to buy a new disk, probably refurbished. Should I first test it like this when the new one is empty, or is it best to fill it all the way and then test it? Testing would take days because of the large capacity. What is a safer test, when the hdd is empty or full?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

I advise against buying used HDDs. But if you choose to buy a used one, you should test all its surface for errors. chkdsk can do this

[@milospavic]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech Do you think that "refurbished" are not good regardless of the fact that they have a 2-year warranty? In my place, they say that the hdd is not "refurbished" but brand new, but I don't believe them, it's simply cheap enough to be brand new. But they guarantee that it is not refurbished. That's why I want to test it thoroughly... Would hdd sentinel help or must someone else. I prefer a free program.

[@albielopez]

My barracuda just stopped. Got a weird message about it not being initialized. Now my PC can't see it. Purchased in 2018. Always used under light loads as a secondary drive. Last seagate I buy.

[@User-cc6cq]

👍

[@Tango_Playground]

What can you say if we compare this to Toshiba L200 sir? Thank you🙏

[@dinospumoni8255]

Hello, thank you for the review. They're both on sale right now for $46. I'm leaning towards the WD Blue per your review but which is the more quiet one as I value quiet operation. Thanks!

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

They are the same noise wise

[@razial5745]

I need a 16TB for video storage. I'm really torn between these. I had a WD 4TB but my pc stopped detecting it after 4 months.

[@guilladogui8259]

which would be better for storage? i ordered a western digital black but it seems to make some kind of vibration every 5 seconds is the blue the same? something quieter

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

The blue makes a low noise when it 1st spins then you don't hear it anymore

[@guilladogui8259]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech ima consider the blue but I want to try the sésgate firecuda do you know if is quieter than the black

[@amnayifolkin2354]

Thank you Sir

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Most welcome

[@henrichandrew]

Hi there, thanks for your sharing. I need a 3.5'" 2 TB to 4 TB SATA HDD for movie or film data storage and attach it to Zidoo Media player for watching movie on TV purpose. The question is which one of the HDD from your review suit that task most? I consider to choose one of Caviar Blue or Barracuda, and also other one from Toshiba PC 300. In term of reliability and long term, which one will you recommend? And for information this HDD, I will put it in Orico multi bay Hard drive enclosure with other HDD from the same Brand.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Both drives are still working now and in my experience, they are equally reliable. Some viewers made comments that they had problems with Seagate drives.

[@itaybg5907]

Thank you!

[@isaacveloso2848]

Obrigado pela dica.

[@M4L1y]

what about sound test? It's very important!

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

You're right. They sound the same. Next time I'll take that into consideration

[@tredfxman]

The noise levels would be sensible to mention, as well as estimated durability. Perhaps warrantys? Other than that decent video thx! 👍

[@peterstindl5003]

I have 2 of these Seagate drives and I regret it. They are the first drives with SMR technology that I have. Reading is no problem. But when writing very big files the speed goes down to about 20 MBps after a couple of seconds. This is unacceptable. I will buy a Western Digital 2 TB. Is SMR too but hopefully faster when writing.

[@TizetGamer]

can you test HDD 2TB Seagate SkyHawk ? thx

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Noted

[@snaudio]

Thank you

[@saafff5465]

thanks For this good and Professional comparison , i was thinking to buy another 2tb hdd..

[@ioanacatrinei860]

I have a Seagate Barracuda 2Tb, exactly this code ST2000DM008. After exactly 3 years of use in my personal computer, during saving a word file, it begun to work slow, and to refuse to save the file. After few trials to copy and to save different files to this disk, the speed of operations was very slow. I suspected it to be on the way to the disks cemetery, and I have saved all important data to another disks, the neccessarily time to do this being very long. After all, I have performed surface tests and system file check, the system file check delivered an error. I decided to format it, but the format operation was not finished. Has no bad sectors, but can t be formated. I have western digital disks of low capacity (max 650 GB), 10 years old, and works. I am dissapointed about Seagate disks. I decided to replace it with a SSD unit.

[@pazhanikumar8584]

nice work

[@JDFGAMING]

I am Going for Wd Btw, Great video man

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thanks

[@jjrooom]

thank you.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

You're welcome

[@chandu_yb7]

Im looking for 2tb for pc. Which one should i go with

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Both are good

[@LaBouilloire]

How many time to transfert mkv files like 60-90go ?

[@sunnybotumanchi]

Thanks a lot

[@ArgjendB8502]

I bought the 2tb seagate barracuda 2nd day and it was telling me disk write error and was being super glitchy i just wrote a return email to the retailer and with that money ill get a wd blue since i heard theyre the more reliable company

[@ArgjendB8502]

Update in case anyone is curious, managed to fix the seagate barracuda but it only ended up working for about 3 months after and then it stopped working again now it didnt even get recognized by the pc so i gave up on it and ended up going for solid state drivers, havent experienced any issues with my samsung SSD so far except for a faulty sata cable but that was a quick fix. Imo if youre looking for something reliable and fast a ssd will be better but if ur interested in TB/$ then get a hdd theyre cheaper but slower

[@SONDO-oz6qd]

can u tell me if wd blue 4tb is better than seagate barracuda 4tb im a gamer and i need one of them but idk which one to choose so pls tell me which to get god bless u

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Go for the cheapest

[@ponchu8973]

I have a wd blue 160gb, but I'm unable to use it's full potential because of slow Usb 2.0 ports.

[@saydmarschany8321]

Very impressive review. I have been using the Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD on a docking station and has been giving me a little trouble copying files. Sometimes the computer does not recognize it as a USB DRIVE, need to shut off and turn on several times until it kicks in. Could it be due to a malfunction? I am using a brand new Maiwo K3082H HDD docking station USB HUB*3. I used to have the same problem with an older docking station that I threw away and thought it was defective. Could the problem be with the Seagate? Thank you.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

You need to troubleshoot this problem to isolate it. Is it form the docking station or is it from the HDD? 1- Connect the HDD directly to your computer and use it extensively. If it keeps working, then the problem is from the dock. 2- For the dock, it takes a power input, make sure it is powered. Also try to use the HDD alone on the dock and then also try to connect the HDD to other ports on the dock. Good luck

[@mocmocmoc13]

Arghh... I can't make a choice for 4TB. WD blue (256MB/5400) vs Seagate Barracuda (256MB/5400) vs Toshiba x300 (256Mb/7200) They're all same price, x300 has great spec but how reliable is it?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Take a look at this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6uvnJt7rbdlndk

[@wordwarrior2350]

I don`t care about speed over how long they last. Can a slower unit last longer?

[@muhammadharris174]

Hi Seagate barracuda 2tb can use for ps4 pro

[@marcosmartins1416]

Valeu, ajudou bastante.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Bem-vindo

[@Jarms48]

When you say 256Mb Cache. Is this a SSHD not a HDD?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

No, it's an HDD

[@Jarms48]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech Thanks! Do you think you could do a similar video rating these against a Firecuda? Is there much of a difference?

[@1981SHERRY]

I like the video very much

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thanks Sherry!

[@tlsk6308]

Do You Know Which 2TB HDD Will Be Good..? I am not going to buy Seagate HDDs. In My Country WD Blue 2TB 64MB Buffer 5400RPM WD20EZRZ / WD20AZRZ are Available. is this two HDD are good for performance and lifespan.?

[@andy_barus]

Mantap 👍

[@PartTimeLaowai]

WARNING this SeaJunk Barra-Couldn't drive is rubbish. Bought a 2TB brand-new but could not be recognised by the BIOS, instead making a regular once-per-second buzzing noise, presumably the sound of the head(s) trying to find something. I will be sticking to Toshiba and WD from here on...

[@maito-dai]

wow what a good video!!!!

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thanks! 😃

[@EXPLORADOR68]

A los pocos días de uso el Seagate barracuda empezó a dar problemas y justo al año murió, sin garantía del fabricante.

[@walteralex]

tks

[@antonioluiz3048]

top, brazil

[@sarkozyviktor8906]

wd blu

[@danimadrid5454]

WD ftw