“Is this a "green" drive? I'm hearing that "green" drives are not the best choice for your boot (main) drive due to their slower performance.”
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Generally speaking, "green" drives have lower RPM rates then their counterparts (usually 5400 or 5900 RPM). Since this drive has an RPM rate of 7200 RPM it would not be considered a green drive and would provide excellent performance.
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.they are for storage and have a slow RPM so yes that is correct - good for backup for a main Drive I fully recommend an SSD MUCH FASTER TYPE
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.No That drive's RPM is at 7200RPM Green drives typical run at 5400RPM or are "hybrid" They save energy with less RPM's hence the "green" 1tb 7200RPM drive would be a good one to go with for your primary.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have a green drive in my iMAC. It's a 1.5 TB drive and so far I haven't had any problems. I've see red, white, and green drives with basically the same specifications. Just be sure it's a 7200 rpm drive and not 5400.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.My experience is this drive performs very well. If you want faster you should get an SSD.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.No! "Green" drives have adaptive speed control to minimize power consumption. Their max speed is also rather slow. This can be a good thing if you are running a huge disk farm, but do not need super speed, as reducing power consumption also reduces cooling requirements, but green drives are not fast drives. The Seagate Barracuda drives are 7200 RPM drives, so they are quite a bit faster than green drives, or 5400 RPM drives. Only 10,000 RPM Raptor drives are faster, and 15,000 RPM SCSI drives top the list. Of course, SSD (solid state drives) are the fastest, but we are talking about rotating magnetic storage drives here, not SSDs.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Most green drives will spin at or around 5400 RPMs. Most desktop computers, and more and more laptops, opt for 7200 RPM drives (the top professional drives scream through at 10000 RPM). Simply, the faster the drive spins, the faster the data is transferred. Also, green drives power down as much as possible to be more eco-friendly. This means that data processing will take longer if you've walked away from your computer for a while as the disk has to speed back up to operating speed. With people now installing solid state drives to install OSes on for speedy boot times and faster use of those core softwares, green drives, though low power consuming, are moving in the other direction. I use many of them for storage. But I used one as my main drive once and saw a huge hit on performance, bought a 7200 drive to replace. I will not do it again
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This drive runs at 7200 rpm. Green drives run at slower rpm (usually 5200 - 5900}, which helps them use less energy and achieve "Green" status. For example, the Western Digital Green drives run at 5400 rpm. The slower speed means both slower access times and slower data transfer times. The difference is not as dramatic as between a rotational drive and an SSD of course, and I have seen some Green drive perform very well. But generally, though Green drives make excellent backup drives, I would agree that performance-wise they are not the best choice for a boot drive. (SSD drives have come down dramatically in price in recent months and would be a much better choice than any rotational drive as a boot drive).
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Western Digital makes the green drives. This drive is comparable in performance with a Western Digital Black. It should be good to boot from for the price. An ssd would be better but you will pay a lot more per GB for one. $90 for a 120 GB.
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