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Description
WD Caviar Black drive combines a high performance electronics architecture with a rock solid mechanical architecture to deliver the perfect storage solution for your fully-loaded PC or maxed out gaming machine. Cool drive operation, no-touch head technology, and leading-edge vibration protection ensure enhanced reliability and sustained data throughput.
Quick Glance
Interface: SATA/300
Internal/External: Internal
Drive Width: 3.5
Drive Type: Hard Drive
Cache Size: 32
Rotational Speed: 7200
Capacity: 1000000
Summary
Product Title: WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1 TB Internal Hard Drive - Bulk
Manufacturer: WD
Lowest Price: $125.00
Power Score: 4.1 | 7 Reviews
Storage
Capacity: 1 TB
Interface
Interface Type: SATA/300
Interface Connection: Serial ATA - 7 pin
Performance
Drive Type: Hard Drive
Rotational Speed: 7200 rpm
Cache Size: 32 MB
Sustained Transfer Rate: 145 MBytes/sec
General
Internal/External: Internal
Form Factor Width: 3.5
Dimensions
Weight: 1.52 lbs
Dimensions: 1.03" Height x 4" Width x 5.79" Depth
Warranty
Warranty Information: 5 Year Limited
More Info
URL: Manufacturer Link
Additional Specifications
Hot Swappable: Yes
SATA Pin: 7-pin
Strengths: Fast, Quiet, reliable so far.
Weakness: None
I have two of these in a RAID 1 configuration. They have run flawlessly, and are extremely fast. According to WD, this is the same basic drive mechanism as their RE3 enterprise drives, but without the vibration resistance or testing. I also have RE3's in my server, and these drives appear identical. I own 20+ drives, and I so far have had no failures or SMART drive faults on any of the 7200 RPM...
Strengths: Works fine on video editing
Weakness: None so far
I bought three of these for my use and three Seagates for Christmas presents. Mine still work. The others don't. Seagate seems to be in the dumpster. They don't care or do not have the money to care.
Strengths: NONE I SEE
Weakness: DIED IN THREE WEEKS
I had this drive about three weeks on a brand new system.. I just got done loading two weeks of OS and other programs and getting it the way I wanted.. I just moved today 300 gigs of data off five hard drives 5-7 years old and did a virus scan and noticed system froze I rebooted and cant see drive on and off and win xp never finished a boot, I load this drive into old system and that one also...
The WD Caviar Black is a high-performance internal hard drive from Western Digital. This drive is available in numerous capacities ranging from 500 GB to 2 TB. All WD Caviar Black hard drives operate at 7200 RPM, allowing data to be accessed transferred at a max of 3 GB/s over one SATA II connection. The Caviar Black is aimed at users who use power computing applications such as multimedia,...
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Testseek.com has collected 40 expert reviews for Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA300 WD1001FALS and the average expert rating is 80 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Testseek.com to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.
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WDs 4 The Win
Strengths: Reliability, Quiet, Fast
Weakness: None
Over the past 9 years I've purchased 6 WD hardrives - still yet to have a WD hardrive to fail. In Jan I bought both the black and green - I use the caviar black for both media storage and gaming - works great.