ΠΡΠ·ΡΠ²Ρ ΠΎ ΠΠ΅ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π΄ΠΈΡΠΊ Western Digital 1 Π’Π WD1001FALS
497 ΠΎΡΠ·ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ² ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ o Western Digital 1 Π’Π WD1001FALS
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Western Digital 1 Π’Π WD1001FALS?
ΠΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΠΌ ΠΎΠΏΡΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡΠ΅ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΠΌ ΡΠ΄Π΅Π»Π°ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π²ΡΠ±ΠΎΡ
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
07.07.2010
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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This hard drive came basically loose in a box and was rattling around. Upon opening the box I found another box. Inside the second box was a hard drive that was basically loose. The second box was constructed in a way that, if it had been made of quality materials may have held the hard drive securely. But because of the cheapness of the construction, it had completely failed (tiny cardboard tabs were supposed to be in tiny slots but weren't) thereby releasing the hard drive so that it could bounce freely around in every direction with every drop or bang.I will *not* consign 2 terabytes of data to a drive that has been shipped improperly and outside of Western Digital's shipping specifications. Hard drives consist of moving parts that must operate at high speeds for years with only microns of tolerance. The *last* thing a hard drive needs is to be banged about for days in a poorly packaged box. I will never buy a hard drive from Amazon again unless it is a retail drive that has been packed securely by the manufacturer.I have no choice but to return the drive in the same crumby box it came in. This means that Amazon, after they receive it, will then ship this drive which has traveled in two directions back to some customer (possibly you) for whom it will probably fail.There is a retailer (with two zs and an f in its name)that ships hard drives properly in a secure foam insert which surrounds the drive on all six sides. They are a little more expensive than Amazon, but at least if there is a problem with the drive..it won't be because of negligent shipping practices.BTW, almost *all* of the large online retailers participate in this folly. Anytime you read reviews of a drive and see lots of DOAs *and* complaints about the packaging you can put two and two together.Oh....also.....I have one of these drives I ordered from the retailer who ships them properly and it is a great drive!
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
28.11.2011
2/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
Π£ΠΆΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎ
Never had a problem with WD hard drives, but this 640GB Black would not allow OS to load. Went with another 1T this time and it worked flawlessly...
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
19.01.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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I needed a new gaming drive, my last one (WD Caviar Blue) was full to bursting. This is now the fastest hard drive in my build. Loading screens are as short as they've ever been. I can't say how fast it loads normal applications though since I'm using this as a gaming-drive only. As any quick glance at the description will reveal, the drive has a 32MB cache and dual processors, these coupled with the disk spinning at 7200RPM makes this little puppy blazing fast. I'd say easily one of the best hard drives for the price. I can't say how loud the drive is since my case fans drown out all other noise from the case (and my room >.>) but I can definitely say there's been no clicking.This is a bare drive, so take note. You'll need to have a SATA power, which your PSU probably already has, and a SATA data cable, which can be had for a couple bucks right here on Amazon. The first one I received was DOA, I know very sad. Filled out an RMA and Western Digital sent me a new one right away. It was a tight fit what with my terrible wiring skills and love of over-sized video cards.I've been running this for a month now and have been loving it ever since. If you need plenty of storage at blazing fast speeds, get you one!
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
19.08.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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The WD1001FALS 1TB drive was just what I needed for my Non Linear Edit system. I needed to expand the drives for captures and this filled the bill. It arrived well packed - shrink wrapped to a folded piece of cardboard suspended inside the carton. Good packing and mostly "green" too! It installed easily and was recognized by WinXp Pro. I formatted and began using. It has been several weeks now and no problems. I have always liked WD and I had a good experience again.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
01.09.2011
2/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
Π£ΠΆΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎ
This WD 640 gb Caviar Black was replacing a Seagate Drive that had functioned for several years.I bought the " Black" because of it's extended warranty.Within 60 days it quit working.Amazon's return period is 10 days so I need to send it back to WD and wait for them to replaceit.In the electronics world this is called " Infant Mortality " because if the electronics have bad parts they tend to fail early.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
23.08.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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In today's crazy epidemic of failing hard-drives I can tell you that for now I'm sticking to Western Digital in terms of reliability. All of my three seagate drives, that went DOA in 2 months due to manufacturer's firmware and physical error, were meant to be a competition to this drive. Well almost $300 dollars wiser I bought Western Digital and I have three of these puppies (2 in raid 1) and so far so good....knock on wood.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
13.01.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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This is a Great HDD.Pros:>Nice looking>Very Fast>Easy to install (well depends on your case)>good packaging> Installed Win 7 in less than 15 min.Cons>None ReallyI was skeptical on the performance of these drives. I've used Velociraptors in the past, and those perform really well but are pricey. Also compared to SSD's 10k + drives are now practically obsolete. So i made a decision and decided to go with these instead of the SSD, and I'm not disappointed.On tests (HD-Tune) these drives perform nearly as well as Velociraptors. But in real life the difference is barley noticeable. You could package these as Velociraptors and no-one would know the difference.I am very impressed with WD's Caviar Black series.Why pay doubled the amount for 1/4 of the storage on an SSD? And if you go raid 0, you will get the SSD speeds with alot of storage.Also, I would recommend after you get settled (install os, programs, transfer files, etc) that you run a disk defrag and optimizer. ( i use Auslogics DiskDefrag) It will increase the speed of your device considerably, and i would run it at least once a month to keep your drive running at optimum speeds!
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
14.01.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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in answer to amazon's attributes,ease of use anyone can install this drive.2.look at some of the competition's prices for a comparable item. 5 stars 3.)Came factory sealed in antistatic bag held immobile by two plastic trays. 5 stars 4.)portability, i'll take this op to tell you about the two separate discs inside the drive,it's balance, speed and dependability. don't believe me WD has a 5 year warranty on this silky smooth one. and i've always dealt withWD For about 12years and never had one go bad .5 more stars 5.)I just got off the phone with Amazon's cust svc. dept. on another matter 5 stars. 6)Says it all, 5 more freakin' stars. 7)This drive is super fast, whisper quiet, with plenty of storage space for movies, music and games. did i say it was fast? alas(feeling redundant 5 stars. 7.)a FIVE YEAR warranty. Ican't get that on my houehold appliances, or mostof them anyway.You could say that the warranty is cause most of them go bad so they need the warranty.On the other hand imho they all last that long,for the most part and I am hard on my machines. ***** there they are count em folks 5 again and ByeNow. CRD
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
30.09.2011
6/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
ΠΠ»ΠΎΡ ΠΎ
This drive failed after 1 year and 7 months of light duty in a Drobo. I notice that the code "WD1001FALS" includes an abbreviation for Fails so I guess I was forewarned. No more spending extra for the Black for me.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
25.09.2010
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ½ΠΎ
Great drive! Fast! Quiet! Just plug & go! Incredible noticeable performance difference compared to original Dell stock drive.I have over several hundred thousand personal files on my computer--over and above Windows, installed software, installation backups. I have 150+ GB mp3 files, pictures, etc. One thing I want to avoid at all costs is losing a hard drive. I researched & found this to be the best on the market when I bought it. I was so pleased I bought another, then another, then.... With few exceptions, I believe Amazon has the best prices for these.Using two drives, I have a backup strategy using Acronis True Image Home 2009 and Microsoft SyncToy 2.1 in which I periodically clone one WD 1TB drive to another. I then keep them in sync using SyncToy. The time & effort is negligible. They are easily scheduled. Cloning takes only about 45 minutes, if that. I like this better than a RAID setup. The configuration is simpler and a failure will be easier to recover from--just change the SATA cable. Besides, RAID in no way prevents the spread of viruses, spyware or malware across several drives. It duplicates everything!These drives were a great choice!UPDATE: So far I have bought and installed seven of these for myself and others: 5 1TB, 1 750 GB, and 1 640 GB.Also, I bought two drives from other vendors, thinking I was getting a bargain. They arrived DOA. I personally think Amazon's packing & shipping makes a difference. They were always packed well-protected.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
25.09.2010
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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My switch from Seagate to Western Digital started with a WD MyBookWorld network drive that has now been running well on 5 years. Then we needed a larger disk in my son's MacBook laptop and went with a 7200rpm 320Gb WD Caviar Black. Then I needed SATA disks for my first home-built Windows-7 PC, and I read more about the reliability of WD Caviar Black and their 5-year warranty. I looked in my box of old computer parts and noticed a few dead Seagate drives, and only one dead WD drive. No matter what, you still take your chance with disk drives, but my luck with WD has been better than Seagate. So, I went with WD Caviar Black 320Gb and 1Tb drives. Then my son needed more SATA disks for a Mac Pro and his video production classes. The pricing of the 1Tb drives has been very good, so now they are being used all over the house as primaries and backups. A couple external enclosures later, and I have more 1TB drives in eSATA and Firewire enclosures, and a couple 2Tb drives replacing internal 1TB drives. (two MyBookWorld, two 320Gb, eight 1TB and two 2TB's.) I never imagined storing this much data, but a family full of music and videos and eBooks takes a lot of space and requires a lot of backup. And since speed is important, 7200rpm SATA drives are great for eSATA and Firewire. So far, so good (knock on wood). I have not needed to test WD's warranty or return policies on any of these drives.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
05.02.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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There's not really much you can say bad about this HDD. No, it's not 2TB and it certainly isn't the best on the market, especially from Western Digital. However when you look at what you get for the price, it's really hard to pass up this drive. I've waited a month before writing a review in case I had to include anything like having to return it or anything like that. Suffice to say, it runs great and I've had zero problems with the drive so far. I've already filled it up more than half capacity at this point. It is pretty quiet too, even when performing intensive writing or reading.I've personally never owned anything but Western Digital drives, and I imagine I'll have this drive for a long time as well. There's a simple reason: reliability. Only one WD drive I've owned has ever stopped working, and it was almost 10 years old when it quit on me. You definitely get your money's worth when you go with a Western Digital drive.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
05.04.2010
2/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
Π£ΠΆΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎ
I know a lot of people are having this same problem. When ordering this product through Amazon, you end up receiving the 1TB 32mb cache version instead (which is obviously $99 versus the $264 I paid for it).Like many others, I submitted the online exchange and the second delivery was another 1TB drive.I call Amazon and they guy assures me that they are looking into the issue, and that they will resolve it and send me the correct product overnight. I call back today and get a CSR that tells me I need to return the 2 drives I received and I will get a refund, but they will not be filling my order. Not only that, but I can still buy the product from one of the other vendors through Amazon's open Market.I'm an Amazon Prime Member which of course carries an annual fee, and does NOT apply to Amazon's open market. So I'm supposed to go out of my way and drop off the 2 drives I received in error to UPS so that I can get my refund of $264, then pay $294 plus tax and shipping through Amazon's open market just because they can't fullfill my order.Any other company in the world would be responsible for filling this order. I know this because I myself have lost money many times when the manufacturers I use to are back ordered or send the wrong product. It comes out of my pocket and I deal with the manufactuer myself, but MY CUSTOMER gets what they ordered always.In my opionion Amazon (I write this thinking you actually read this but well all know you don't, you don't care) you should be responsible for filling my order regardless of the loss you receive. You should be buying up stock from your open market through various other vendors and filling the orders placed THROUGH YOU from YOUR CUSTOMERS.This isn't the first time Amazon has done this to me, but it will be the last. I have cancelled my Prime Membership and will no longer be buying anything through Amazon ever again. There are plenty of other viable options out there that actually care about their customers.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
18.08.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ½ΠΎ
This is a great value for a hard drive. This is perhaps the last traditional HDD I'll buy, but you can't go wrong with western digital black series. Very quiet, simple packing. What else do you need?
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
19.08.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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No complaints so far. The hard drive is used as a USB backup. I back up over 600GB of music and pictures every week. So far, so good. It replaced a 300GB WD drive.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
21.02.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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Western Digital 640 GB Caviar Black SATA 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD6401AALSI bought this basic as a replacement for my 250 GB Western Digital. I know, you might be thinking chasing the bad with the bad. Hard drives fail and I have had 4 head crashes in 4 different computers and PCs in the last 11 years. Installation was simple because it fit. I used my replacement software with utility to partition the disc and then installed everything that I lost. Fortunately I have backup externals and didn't lose much. I selected double the hard drive cache than I previously was running and the performance is noticeable. Also noticeable is I can't hear the drive running as it is very quiet. That's a plus for me.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
16.03.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ½ΠΎ
I buy Western Digital drives because they have been very reliable for me--I've had dozens over the years. I did have one finally go bad after seven years of daily use.The packaging the drive came in was very good. Lots of Styrofoam and bubble wrap.THIS DRIVE IS FAST! This Black drive has a huge increase in speed over the WD Blue drive it replaces. Visual Studio 2010 launches 72% faster and Expression Blend 4 launches 46% faster. The increase in cost over the blue drive was minimal ~$30 and this one comes with a five year warranty. Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB hard drive--the best I have ever used--a solid performer.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
23.10.2009
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ½ΠΎ
I have been waiting ages for a large capacity hard drive that runs at 7,200rpm and this Caviar black has most definitely answered my call.Lets look at the technical specs first... As Borat would say, They're very nice! (bet you didn't expect a lame Borat reference did you?)It features: Two Processors, Four 500GB platters, 64MB of cache and a dual mode actuator system that, (to make a long story short) enables precision head tracking that speeds up your seek times. Plus like most Western Digital hard drives, this one features a No-Touch loader, meaning the read and write head never comes in contact with any of the platters, increasing the life span of the hard drive.Now to benchmarks. (all testing performed on an Intel 2.4Ghz Q6600 paired with XFX 780i Sli Mobo and recorded in HDTach)First off, this thing has the fastest sustained writes and reads of any standard magnetic drive I've used. (or heard of for that matter) Mine exceeded 113MB/s each compared to my previous 1.5TB Barracuda that scored 99MB/s sustained reads and 84MB/s sustained writes. That gives the Caviar Black about 16 and 30 percent faster sustained reads and writes respectively!Random Access Reads and Writes were also faster for the Caviar Black at 7.4ms and 5ms respectively. Compared to the Barracuda's 12.9 and 5.4.Burst Read speeds for the Caviar Black were 215.1MB/s compared to the Barracuda's 209.1MB/sAlso, just for fun I compared the Caviar Black's benchmarks against my 300GB Western Digital VelociRaptor. (Thinking the VelociRaptor would totally own it) I was pretty shocked at the results.Raptor sustained read/write: 99.1MB/s and 98.2MB/sCaviar sustained read/write: 113.3MB/s and 113.1MB/s (It actually beat it)Raptor random access read/write: 7.3ms and 3.3msCaviar random access read/write: 7.5ms and 4.9ms (Pretty close here)Raptor Burst read: 250.3MB/sCaviar Burst read: 215.1MB/s (O well, can't win em all ;)Not bad considering this thing is running about 27 percent slower than the Raptor. :DBottom line is, the Caviar Black 2TB is a hard drive running nearly as fast (or faster) than a VelociRaptor for about only a hundred bucks more and its six and a half times the capacity. Is it worth it to you? I think it is, the price will only drop in time to come but with this size and these speeds even at the $299msrp I don't think the Caviar Black 2TB's value can be beat at the moment.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
11.09.2010
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ½ΠΎ
I was on a budget and didn't want to spend a lot of money on a 1 TB hard drive. The hard drive I purchased from this company for about 50 bucks arrived in just a couple of days from the east coast. Even though it's an internal drive, I had purchased a usb adapter for 10 bucks elsewhere and wanted to use this drive as an external. The usb adapter hooked up easily and when I plugged the drive into the computer, it was recognized but since it was not formatted, it was not quite ready to use. I had to do some homework on the formatting since I hadn't formatted a hard drive in a couple of years and my repertoire of skills have evolved since the last time I did it (Fdisk the last time and Gparted [highly recommended] this time). Using Gparted, I partitioned and formatted the drive. I have a laptop and a desktop computer that are both dual boot Mandriva Linux and Windows XP. I created 4 partitions (one for each operating system) then proceeded to back up each one. Everything worked fine. I now need to decide where to store the drive until the next backup. I'm thinking of a fireproof safe or something. End of story. I didn't need customer service or anything like that but the product was as they represented it and I have no complaints whatsoever.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
27.07.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ½ΠΎ
excellent drives, you cant go wrong, high performance with reliability, I have 3 1tb in case and 2 2tb for external dumping
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
09.01.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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Nothing technical to add beyond the other excellent reviews here. The drive I received is running perfectly as the User drive in my SSD-booted Mac Pro.Main reason for adding yet another review is to comment on the packaging, since there are many reviews and photos here of badly packaged drives. This drive, as well as a pair of Caviar Greens in a separate shipment, was well packaged, primarily by Western Digital themselves. Apparently enough complaints about OEM drive packaging (and returns) have got them packing the drives the same as retail drives, other than in generic brown boxes. Each drive was in its own heavy cardboard box with plastic holders isolating it from all sides of the box. These boxes were in turn put inside an Amazon box with ample air packs.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
19.03.2009
10/10
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This drive was highly recommended as the fastest drive available before going up to the 10krpm Velociraptor series, and after putting both in my system, I believe the claims are true.This drive runs quietly, where I can't even hear drive accesses like I can with other drives. That's one of the most noticeable differences between this and the Velociraptor, aside from the speed, of course.So, what is the speed difference between this Caviar Black drive and the Velociraptor? I ran HD Tune 2.55 to find out.The test system was a brand new Core i7-920 based system using an ASUS P6T-Deluxe motherboard with on-board SATA. The 300GB Velociraptor is installed as the system drive, the 640GB Caviar Black as the data drive.Caviar Black 640GB:50 MB/s min, 109.4 MB/s max, 85.8 MB/s averageAccess Time: 12.3msBurst Rate: 127 MB/sVelociraptor 300GB:74.6 MB/s min, 120 MB/s max, 100.9 MB/s averageAccess Time: 8.6msBurst Rate: 188.3 MB/sWhile the max rates are very close, you'll notice that the min rates are quite different, and the burst rate is even more so.To put these tests into perspective, I also ran HD Tune on my previous system, which is a Pentium 4 3.06GHz Windows XP box with an 80GB Seagate IDE system drive and a 500GB Seagate ST3500641AS SATA drive for data.I won't even post the 80GB's numbers because they are too pathetic and the technology it's based on is outdated, but I think a comparison to the SATA drive is apt because many people might have such a drive and may be contemplating the value of a replacement/upgrade.Seagate 7200.9 500GB:30.2 MB/s min, 61.3 MB/s max, 48.8 MB/s averageAccess Time: 14msBurst Rate: 97.3 MB/sAs you can see, the new Caviar Black drive outpaces the older Seagate by a wide margin. An almost 76% increase in average speed, coupled with 14% better access times, makes for an upgrade that is going to be noticeable in disk-instensive operations, provided the rest of the system is not a bottleneck.Bottlenecks are exactly what I didn't want in my new system. The Velociraptor came highly recommended by a local system builder that I trust, as he said that with the new systems he was building, the hard drive was fast becoming the bottleneck. Based on these tests and my usage of the new machine, I have every confidence that he was correct.I decided to go with the Velociraptor for my system drive because I wanted the fastest drive possible, especially for quick accesses. While I could have gone with a second Velociraptor for the data drive, I wanted more storage space and lower cost.While breaking in my system, I used both HD Tune's error scan function and Windows 7's thorough chkdsk routines several times. These tests took several hours to run, and I ran them directly after installation, and then after transferring about 300GB of data to the drive. No problems have been found in any of those tests.I hoped that the Caviar Black was the bang-for-the-buck alternative, and I believe that was a wise choice. The Caviar Black 640GB drive represents a great value and delivers terrific performance.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
16.07.2010
8/10
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Alright - took a chance and ordered the 1TB drive. WD has a long history of making some of the better HDDs in the industry. This review will attempt to address some of the negative issues presenting by other reviewers. First - packaging: upon opening the box, the drive was in another box which was surrounded externally by three units of air bags (strips of three); the drive itself was "suspended" within the second box by the plastic end caps that basically "suspend" the drive from any contact. The source of the shipping facility was from Lexington, KY.Next,unpacked the drive and formatted to 931GB; ran Hard Disk Sentinel for a surface scan overnight and no damaged or bad sectors noted. Copied a couple large files to and from the drive with barely any noticeable increase in dB output (the drive I received is relatively a quiet drive compared to the others currently in the system; two other WDs and one Seagate). Actually - the loudest component in the case is the fan cooling the graphics card - this is an older Radeon AGP model.I am basically confident the drive will last; notwithstanding the possibility of some latent issue that may pop up within the next couple months. This is a great price for the capacity (1TB = functionally 9.5 cents/GB).Interesting - the drive just increased in price by almost $10 since I reviewed it . . . now July 22nd.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
28.07.2010
10/10
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Excellent drive - the generous 64MB cache in addition to the 72K rpm and SATA connection makes this a perfect drive for my media server setup. I bought this 2TB drive as my 4th drive for all the ripped blu-ray movies I have (no compression - full quality blurays). I watch it on my 46" Sony TV via my laptop's HDMI output. I have an external dual drive bay (Thermaltake blacx duet - http://www.amazon.com/eSATA-SATA-External-3-5in-Drive/dp/B001IOPIRM) that I use with this drive. The eSATA connection to my laptop provides ample bandwidth I need to watch a mounted bluray image file's movie without a single hiccup. And the generous cache has just been the icing on the cake.Kudos to WD for the great packaging contrary to what some people grmbled about - the packaging was above and beyond what I'd expect for an OEM drive (most people don't seem to know the diff. between an OEM and retail drive and expect same packaging...however the packaging for this drive was of same quality as that of a retail drive). And kudos to Amazon for have packaged that WD box well inside their own box wrapped with bubble-pak...had only expected Amazon's packaging and not WD's own box and strong plastic drive holders inside the box.I am hoping Amazon will maintain this price on this drive till I get my next one in a few months.
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9.7/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
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9/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
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8.9/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
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