WD Black 6 TB

The 6 TB Western Digital Black is best used as the primary drive of a performance-grade system, whether it's for gaming or for work. You can also use an SSD as a faster boot drive, in which case, the 6 TB WD Black would serve very well as a fast media storage drive. Video editing work will particularly benefit from the high throughput offered by this drive.

Western Digital continues to show they can simultaneously innovate and iterate across all of their product lines. While my go-to recommendation for low cost bulk storage will stay with the slower spinning Red and Green models, those looking for high performance storage in the 5TB and 6TB capacities can't go wrong with the new Black edition drives. Those needing more performance from their NAS or RAID should definitely go with the Red Pro, provided they can handle the added power draw and heat output that comes with 7200 RPM drive speeds. With a 5-year warranty and coming in at a competitive cost/GB, you really can't go wrong with either of these new models!

There’s really nothing we can complain about the WD Black 6 TB, it’s arguably the fastest hard disk drive we have encountered right now. If you’re looking for the best performance hard drive right now for work or games, the WD Black 6 TB is your only choice.