WD Caviar Black Edition Hard Drives

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WD's new super quick drives are now available to order from OcUK. We have 1TBs arriving tomorrow with 750GB due within 1-2 weeks.

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1001FALS)

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WD Caviar Black high-performance 3.5" SATA drives combine 7200RPM spin speed, 32MB cache, SATA 3 Gb/s interface, and an integrated dual processor for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop, workstation, and multi-drive systems. Technologically advanced acoustics minimize noise and cool drive operation and enhanced reliability features help protect the drive and the data stored on it. With a massive 1TB of storage, these drives are ideal for power computing applications such as multimedia, video and photo editing, and maxed out gaming computers. Backed by a 5-year limited warranty.

- Capacity: 1TB
- Cache: 32MB
- Interface: SATA-II
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Warranty: 5 Years

£126.99 +VAT (£149.21 Inc)

Pre-Order Now!!!




Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD7501AALS)

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WD Caviar Black high-performance 3.5" SATA drives combine 7200RPM spin speed, 32MB cache, SATA 3 Gb/s interface, and an integrated dual processor for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop, workstation, and multi-drive systems. Technologically advanced acoustics minimize noise and cool drive operation and enhanced reliability features help protect the drive and the data stored on it. With a massive 750GB of storage, these drives are ideal for power computing applications such as multimedia, video and photo editing, and maxed out gaming computers. Backed by a 5-year limited warranty.

- Capacity: 750GB
- Cache: 32MB
- Interface: SATA-II
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Warranty: 5 Years

£99.99 +VAT (£117.49 Inc.)

Pre-Order Now!!!
 
I can't understand their pricing unless it falls dramatically in the next month or these turn out to be incredibly fast. The F1 1TB is available for easily less than the 750GB WD drive.
 
These are the quickest 7200RPM drives out there in mass availability i think, more or less same performance as the F1 ones?

But those prices are insane, if we're gonna be seeing 2TB next year as Seagate claims they need to start lowering prices soon. I suppose it's inevitable that the development slows at 2TB anyway, kind of a shame that BIOS has the stupid 2TB boot limit.
 
Ridiculous pricing, my 1TB F1's were less than £85 each. I'd have thought they would try to launch something that costs less than their current drives which are already expensive...

willhub, the fancy technology might give them a very slight boost, if any. Speed is all about spindle speed and platter density, after that there's not really any room for improving things.
 
AbsenceJam said:
Ridiculous pricing, my 1TB F1's were less than £85 each. I'd have thought they would try to launch something that costs less than their current drives which are already expensive...

willhub, the fancy technology might give them a very slight boost, if any. Speed is all about spindle speed and platter density, after that there's not really any room for improving things.
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So the 640GB WDC is still a good drive? I bought it over the 640GB SP F1 as it seemed like it was slightly better in the reviews but they basically are on par It seems.
 
How people can compare WD to Samsung - it is like comparing the finest sun ripened grape to a mouldy old pear.
I too went the Samsung way.
I was taken in by their prices, the apparent performance and I purchased - 1TB drives, 500GB, 750GB drives - oh what a mistake.
I've had terrible fail rates on those things - as we speak I'm just backing up my data as I'm about to remove my second failed Samsung drive in my home PC and replacing it with a WD.
At work things haven't been much better - I'm not saying the Samsung fail rate is anywhere near the IBM issue, but it hasn't been great.

I'd take the WD units any day of the week if they offer as good performance.
I've been buying computer equipment long enough now to know not to always purchase the cheapest - when I broke that rule I got stung.
 
stoofa said:
How people can compare WD to Samsung - it is like comparing the finest sun ripened grape to a mouldy old pear.
I too went the Samsung way.
I was taken in by their prices, the apparent performance and I purchased - 1TB drives, 500GB, 750GB drives - oh what a mistake.
I've had terrible fail rates on those things - as we speak I'm just backing up my data as I'm about to remove my second failed Samsung drive in my home PC and replacing it with a WD.
At work things haven't been much better - I'm not saying the Samsung fail rate is anywhere near the IBM issue, but it hasn't been great.

I'd take the WD units any day of the week if they offer as good performance.
I've been buying computer equipment long enough now to know not to always purchase the cheapest - when I broke that rule I got stung.
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I do wish people wouldn't post rubbish like this all the time. Aside from some manufacturers having had ranges with serious faults there is nothing to suggest that any manufacturer is more reliable than another.

I've had the opposite experience to you. since the HD501LJ came out I've purchased well over 100 Samsung drives for home use without a single failure. Contrarily with enterprise class WD drives in co-located servers I've had an 8% failure rate overall, but this wouldn't influence future purchases.

If you have bad drives you got unlucky, that's how it goes.
 
I dont think it is rubbish at all, for him that may be how it is, no need to say it is rubbish. If I had samsungs failing all the time and replaced them with WD and got solid performance I too would be saying the same thing.

Anyway I guess I am lucky, I have not had 1 failed HDD YET, still have a 20GB Seagate HDD from like 6yr ago somewhere that still works, my Samsung SP160 IDE is still going strong, WDC 250gb going strong, WDC320 seems ok and lets hope the 640gb hopefully arriving today is gonna go strong!
 
its odd, i have a few samsung drives that have been in pretty much constant use for about a year with no problems at all, compared to the 2 WD drives i have which have had a much higher rate of data corruption.

it doesn't mean WD are bad, but i probably wont buy them again
 
I literally bought a Samsung Spinpoint 1TB the other day, doh! Will be interesting to see the results of these drives and if theyre the new daddies of the hard drive market
 
a drive this size is usualy for storage of some kind, i dont mind how fast it is (within reason) so the F1's cant be beat for me untill something is cheaper
 
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