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With the ever present emergence of high performance storage solutions on the market, SSDs have been sitting top of the tree pretty comfortably when it comes to performance but sometimes the £/GB ratio is somewhat expensive to some. So with that being sai...
Well now that the Western Digital Black 2TB Hard Drive has been on the test bench and received a good testing, can it really be considered a “performance” drive? With the emphasis being on pure performance and offering a happy medium to purchasing an SSD...
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uk.hardware.info Updated:
2015-01-01 11:16:44
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In late October, Western Digital released a new version of its Caviar Black Edition hard disks. WD calls the new ones 'Caviar Black' like the original series, but promises better performance compared to the first version. We tested the 4TB model. Whil...
The new Western Digital Caviar Black Edition 4TB is indeed faster than the original, but we'd argue that it's too little too late. The Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 series, while not available as a 4TB disks, is faster in every benchmark. If you need a 4TB...
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Western Digital (WD) have just released one of their largest and fastest SATA drives that boasts some truly impressive features. This drive has been designed with performance in mind and thanks to WD's new technology and software algorithms, the end resul...
The WD Black 4TB Desktop Hard Drive (WD4003FZEX) offers some very impressive results in terms of performance without increasing the overall power consumption of the drive...
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itreviews.com Updated:
2015-01-01 11:16:44
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Western Digital’s new “Black” 4TB (WD4003FZEX) drive is the latest high-capacity internal spinning disc from the long-time drive manufacturer. While solid-state drives (SSDs) may have captured much of the high-performance segment, the WD Black 4TB is a gr...
High-end performance (for a hard drive) and a low cost per GB make the WD Black 4TB internal hard drive a winner...
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The Western Digital Black is a symbol of storage performance. Even if we go back to the days before solid state was king, the drive you wanted in your system was, next to the Raptor, a WD Black...
The second generation 4TB WD Black ushers in a new level of performance for consumer grade HDDs. This should allow gamers and creative professionals to achieve the performance and capacity they desire in one storage solution...
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By now, most of you have already known that hard disks are notoriously slow compared to SSDs. We're no strangers to those sluggish speeds either, as SSDs are really pricey. No matter how affordable SSDs are these days though, the price/gigabyte can never...
The WD Black is clearly aimed for power users who wants three main things - price, capacity, and most importantly - performance. WD managed to strike a great balance between these 3 things, and I'm impressed beyond words that its benchmarked speeds are actually better than what's stated on its specs sheet...
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It hasn't been that long since we've had the latest and greatest 4TB drive from WD with the Black 4TB (WD4001FAEX) and its enterprise counterpart the WD RE 4TB both leaving us impressed with their size and performance. The company is now souping up their...
Great performance | 5year warranty...
Price...
Today we have the WD Black 4TB (WD4003FZEX) for review and we'll see if WD has upped the desktop drive performance game once again. Read on!...
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Western Digital's Caviar Black drives have long been some of the fastest and most reliable consumer grade hard drives on the market, and for good reason. WD (Western Digital) has been making hard drives since the 80s and has been an industry leader since...
The Black Series lives up to its name and performs very well. For those of you looking for a fast mechanical drive that will last look no further!...
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While SSDs are the best choice in roles that need high speed (mostly boot drives for the home user), many people need large amounts of storage space, and traditional hard drives still give the best value per gigabyte. Four-terabyte drives are the bigge...
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techarp.com Updated:
2015-01-01 11:16:44
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The Western Digital Red family of NAS hard disk drives is quite an interesting enhancement of the Western Digital Green family of low-powered, slower-spinning hard disk drives (formerly known as the Western Digital Caviar Green family). It is basicall...
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Western Digital's new "Black" 4TB (WD4003FZEX)%displayPrice% at %seller% drive is the latest high-capacity internal spinning disc from the long-time drive manufacturer. While solid-state drives (SSDs) may have captured much of the high-performance segment...
Whopping 4TB of space. Low price per GB.
Falling SSD prices continue to cut into hard drive's appeal...
High-end performance (for a hard drive) and a low cost per GB make the WD Black 4TB internal hard drive a winner...
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The WD Black 4TB desktop hard drive is the latest high-capacity, high-performance drive from WD. The 4TB Black isn't entirely new of course, WD has been shipping a drive in this configuration for over a year. The prior 4TB model, WD4001FAEX, was a big ste...
Top-in-class performance, Huge improvements over prior generation, 5-year Warranty...
A bit pricey...
Western Digital's updated Black line showed dominance over the market for the highest-capacity hard drives, providing top-in-class performance in all categories...
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Desktop PC sales might be down, but our storage needs are increasing at a rather fast pace. When building a PC many experts often tell people to find out how much storage space they need now, then double that number for growth and then double that number...
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SSDs get most of the attention, but mechanical hard drives are still a big part of the PC storage industry. Their capacity expands with each new generation, driving down the cost of a gigabyte to just pennies—a full order of magnitude lower than even the...
In a sense, the Western Digital Black 4TB has no equals. There are only two consumer-grade drives on the market with the same capacity and 7,200-RPM spindle speed, and this is the only one with five-year warranty coverage. You'd expect to pay a premium t...
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As I begin writing this review, I find myself sitting here in awe that it's a 4TB hard drive we're dealing with. I had the same reaction when the first 1TB model hit the market, and likewise, the first 2TB model. 3TB seemed a little unimpressive given our...
It's 4TB, Offers good transfer performance, No price premium vs. Black 2TB: $0.0825 per GB vs. $0.09 per GB (note: Green 2TB = $0.055 per GB)...
Poor latency performance; outshined by WD's Green drives...
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vrworld.com Updated:
2015-02-01 15:08:00
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Today we are taking a look at some of Western Digital’s high end 4 TB drives: the WD4000FYYZ RE enterprise drive, the WD4001FAEX Black Series consumer drive, and the WD4003FZEX Black Series consumer drive. Each one of these drives is designed to prov...
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