Abstract: It seems Western Digital has been eyeing Mercedes Benz AMG’s performance division because just as that company offers ‘Black Series’ cars that perform better than standard AMG models, Western Digital has now included ‘Black...
Bottomline: Western Digital took its sweet time cranking a terabyte up to 7,200RPM. The company has finally birthed its Caviar Black 1TB, and if its performance you crave, the drive was well worth the wait. Rather than optimizing the Black for a single class of w...
Good: Impressive areal density; excellent single drive performance; huge capacity.
Bad: Not the best drive for RAID 0 arrays.
Bottomline: The Caviar Black is the best single, 1TB hard drive you can get today, but its not well suited for RAID 0 environments.PCMark Vangate Disk ......
Abstract: Video Review: "The Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drives interface is SATA 3 Gb/s (Gigabits per second), has a capacity of 1000GBs or 1TB, average latency of 4.2ms, a rotation speed of 7,200 RPMs, a 32MB buffer size, power consumption is 8.4W while being acc...
Abstract: As the WD Caviar Black costs more than the SpinPoint F1, and the 640GB Caviar SE16 provides two-thirds of the storage of this disk for less than half the price, and offers equal or better performance, it would appear that blue is the new black. ...
Abstract: A great desktop drive - but right now you can get the same capacity elsewhere, and similar performance, for less. Caviar Black is Western Digitals new high-end brand, and the company clearly believes its new 1TB 3.5in hard disk is a killer drive. Wit...
Abstract: Hohes Tempo bei leisem Betriebsgeräusch verspricht Western Digital für die Caviar Black WD1001FALS. Wir prüfen, ob der Hersteller sein schwarzes Terabyte-Laufwerk mit der rosaroten Brille betrachtet hat oder Wort hält. Die WD1001FALS gehört Western...