WD Color Hard Drives Compared and Tested

A full comparison of the WD Blue, Red, Purple, Black, Red Pro, Purple Pro and Gold drives. We look at the features, measure and compare performance, test for power and acoustics and see if you really need to buy the drive in the WD color they tell you to. B&H Photo Affiliate Links to all tested models are here: WD Blue: https://bhpho.to/41F7wWg WD Red Plus: https://bhpho.to/47uoavi WD Purple: https://bhpho.to/4bY3ddA WD Black: https://bhpho.to/4bXpTKH WD Red Pro: https://bhpho.to/4dSjT8H WD Purple Pro: https://bhpho.to/4bLXQiQ WD Gold: https://bhpho.to/3PVokpk Amazon Affiliate links to all the tested models are here: WD Blue: https://amzn.to/4rKMYpU WD Red Plus: https://amzn.to/4bUctAu WD Purple: https://amzn.to/4bB6ajP WD Black: https://amzn.to/4rNC2YG WD Red Pro: https://amzn.to/47Jitti WD Purple Pro: https://amzn.to/47fJ2pX WD Gold: https://amzn.to/4rmiYBI if you do want to buy me a coffee to support my work, can you find me at : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sometechguy. Thank you so much to all those that caffeinated me for the late night testing. 0:00 Intro 1:38 What drives are tested, and what are the specs and features 2:26 WD Blue specs 3:04 WD Red Plus specs 4:00 WD Purple specs 5:02 Pro / Enterprise Drive Specs Overview 5:15 WD Black specs 5:40 WD Red Pro specs 5:04 WD Purple Pro specs 6:40 WD Gold specs 7:07 Testing - Large file write performance 8:50 Testing - Large file read performance 10:00 Testing - Mixed file write performance 11:20 Testing - Mixed file read performance 12:00 Testing - Mixed non-sequential rewrite performance 12:56 Testing - Summary charts for all operation types 14:32 Testing - Power and Acoustics 16:45 Summary and Conclusions