what SSD drive to get for a PC?

[Yami]

Green - Power saving. Cheap.
Blue - Middle ground between Green and Black; mainstream.
Black - Performance. Less cheap.
Red - NAS use. Even less cheap.
Purple - Surveillance.

I'd recommend a Green or Black depending on your budget.

 

[PP Mguire]

Blue would be the mainstream.

 

[Yami]

Blue would be the mainstream.

Yeah. I've noticed you don't tend to see desktop Blues these days, but I come across laptop ones all the time at work.

 

[Santuzzo]

Thanks guys!

decisions, decisions .... this is hard..... LOL

 

[PP Mguire]

Blues here are probably some of the most bought besides the Seagate 1TB.

Western Digital WD Blue Hard Drive 1TB WD10EZEX 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" | Internal Hard Drive - Newegg.com

 

[Santuzzo]

Thanks again!

I compared the Blues to the Blacks, and what I like about the Blacks is that they come with a 5 year warranty, while the Blues only have a 2 year warranty.
I Think I might get a WD 3TB Black.

 

[krazyq]

Here's a good deal on a 500 Samsung EVO 850 SSD
500GB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive - Slickdeals.net

 

[PP Mguire]

I was more replaying to Yami since I can't quote while at work. I typically don't look at HDD warranties that much as to me if they will die it'll be within a year or so. If not, they'll usually last more than 10 years.

 

[Santuzzo]

Here's a good deal on a 500 Samsung EVO 850 SSD
500GB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive - Slickdeals.net

Thanks for the link! But I live in Europe, so ordering form the US would add shipping and import duties.

I was more replaying to Yami since I can't quote while at work. I typically don't look at HDD warranties that much as to me if they will die it'll be within a year or so. If not, they'll usually last more than 10 years.

Oh, ok, I did not know that. I just thought I had my mind made up, back to the decision making .... which I am not good at when it comes to pick a product among many choices....
I noticed the Blues have 5400rpm while the Blacks have 7200rpm. Will that be a big and noticeable difference in speed?

 

[PP Mguire]

The Blue I linked is 7200. They come in both flavors, and yes there's a difference.