Testseek.com have collected 40 expert reviews of the Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA300 WD1001FALS and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA300 WD1001FALS.
November 2008
Experts 80% 40 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
We want to say a few words about the Samsung SpinPoint F4 first. The company decided to introduce new platters into small-capacity products and this solution seems to be right. The SpinPoint F4 is fast, inexpensive (at least, inexpensive to make) and ...
Abstract: After publishing our report on 2 TB drives, we’re throwing ourselves back into the breach with a selection of 1 TB drives! More common, these drives have...
Now, let’s do some summarizing. We will go through the tested products in alphabetic order.The Hitachi 7K1000.C had very odd basic firmware with low performance, but now it looks decent enough. It breaks no records and is not completely free from short...
Abstract: Armed with dual processors and a fast 32 MB cache, the 1 TB Western Digital Caviar Black is one of Western Digital's fastest desktop hard disk drives. Spinning at full 7200 RPM, this drive is designed for maximum performance, and that's a fact that is....
Here is the summary of our third test session with 1-terabyte hard disk drives.Western Digital’s Caviar Black are still the best if you are looking for the fastest HDD. These 1TB drives have not yet transitioned to 500GB platters and are slightly in...
1TB storage capacity seems to be the only thing going for this HDD. Related Articles1. Hitachi 500 GB HDDs2. Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB HDD PrintCommentEmailDiggDel.icio.usRedditTwitter ...
When I first started this assignment, I really was not prepared for the sheer amount of time and effort involved in properly testing storage. In the past, I had pretty much taken hard drives and their technology for granted. It sure seems simple enoug...
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Benchmarking the Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB has really opened my eyes to what kind of speed the latest generation of hard disk drives are capable of. As I mentioned during testing, I can remember when striping two IDE drives in a RAID0 array wa...
We will do some summarizing now. First of all, we can name the fastest 1-terabyte drive in all our tests. It is the WD RE3 (WD1002FBYS). This is the best buy if you prefer maximum performance. But if you don’t like its high price, you can take the W...
