HDD Replacement Question

My WD5000AAKS-00TAM0 hard drive decided to give up the ghost a couple of nights ago. Seeing as it needs to be replaced, I am having a tough time deciding which model I should replace it with.

Should I find another HDD with the same build as my old one, or get a new model? (Still a Western Digital)

I've had these two in mind: (For a family computer/casual gaming. Keep in mind, some suggestions said as long as the GB storage and RPM matched with the old one, there's no difference)

Western Digital WD Green WDBAAY5000ENC-NRSN 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

You want the "Blue" drive. The "green" is a power savings drive, which means it spins slower and shuts off to save power all the time. Great for storage, bad for running windows on.

Hi megaman306,

SATA 2.0 works with 3.0 Gbit/s. SATA 3.0 works with 6.0 Gbit/s.

In case the motherboard has SATA 3.0 you can install Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0 Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, if not you can install the other one.

You can also install Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0 Gb/s 3.5"drive in SATA 2.0 port it would with the speed of 3.0 Gbit/s.

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