WD GreenPower HDD in practice

[Tomson]

I'm about to get a new HDD for music production (mostly music making with VSTI and some recording and mixing)

What I'd like to know is how do WD GreePower series perform in music production computer. I know they are silent. The most silent of all which is a big +.

What concerns me is the performance which is about 10-15% worse that lets say regular WD500Gb Hdd.

Now, is that in practice of any importance or do they perform just ok in practice?


As I remember for VSTI fast HDD is a must, or am I wrong?

[itsplayed]

Welcome to the forums Tomson,

Go with the fastest drives you can afford among those that your system will take....2 minimum.

[Reegs]

I'm about to get a new HDD for music production (mostly music making with VSTI and some recording and mixing)

What I'd like to know is how do WD GreePower series perform in music production computer. I know they are silent. The most silent of all which is a big +.

What concerns me is the performance which is about 10-15% worse that lets say regular WD500Gb Hdd.

Now, is that in practice of any importance or do they perform just ok in practice?


As I remember for VSTI fast HDD is a must, or am I wrong?

Hi Tomson,

Fast HDD is only a requirement concerning VSTi's when there is Disk streaming involved (i.e. big sample libraries like EastWest).

Hard disk performance is important all the time when recording, however, as if you can't get the data written down in time and you overflow your memory buffer some of the information gets lost forever. Just like taking notes in lecture :D . So the faster the drive, the better, like itsplayed said.

Now, my not-so-technical guess is that if you're only recording one or two tracks you'll get by without issue. 5400rpm drives can handle small track counts equally well. But if you'll be recording a lot of inputs, buy some fast reliable drives and some foam. :)

Best of luck,
Reegs

[Tomson]

Tnx for the welcome! :)

I was considering Samsung F1 which should be really fast, especially 333gb platter ones. As I have been reading they are very quiet too which is great, the only minus is that they vibrate a lot. A lot.

But I gues, some silicon o-rings could help a little, so I gues I will wait for the 333gb platters to get out and grab one then.

[itsplayed]

Why not just get yourself an enclosure for your drive(s)? This solution will increase the running temp. by a few degrees celcius, but will significantly reduce the noise factor.

[Tomson]

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