Seagate SkyHawk vs WD Purple

[Jake1979]

Any preference or experience with the two? SkyHawk is 7200RPM and Purple is 5700.

 

[mat200]

Any preference or experience with the two? SkyHawk is 7200RPM and Purple is 5700.

iirc WD had a couple different versions which had different rpm speeds ..

in general lower rpm = lower power draw and more reliable ..

Seagate, in general many prefer WD over Seagate .. again, it may not matter that much ..