WD Caviar Black Edition Hard Drives

madman045 · 1 Jul 2008 at 20:23

I will be interested to see drive benchmarks on both models, I am currently awaiting the UK launch of the 2.5" 320GB 7200rpm black edition to arrive

Slackworth · 2 Jul 2008 at 09:48

madman045 said:
I will be interested to see drive benchmarks on both models, I am currently awaiting the UK launch of the 2.5" 320GB 7200rpm black edition to arrive

We will have stock tomorrow!

Yemster41 · 2 Jul 2008 at 16:37

All WD Caviar Black drives are based on 333GB per platter Technology, so 3-Platter for both the 750GB & 1TB. As for reliability of Hard drives, luck and experience does play a big role in individual decisions, however there is hard fact also from sites like warrantyweek.com that show Western Digital to have the best reliability rating in the Hard Drive industry.

madman045 · 3 Jul 2008 at 12:25

Slackworth said:
We will have stock tomorrow!

That's great, just a shame your a tad expensive on this drive, otherwise id buy one

Slackworth · 3 Jul 2008 at 13:34

madman045 said:
That's great, just a shame your a tad expensive on this drive, otherwise id buy one

Just knocked a couple of quid off just for you.

Elric · 3 Jul 2008 at 17:28

Any benchies yet?

Yemster41 · 3 Jul 2008 at 18:07

As it's a new range of drives WD is still waiting for Indepenent reviews but it is definitely the fastest 7200rpm test that WD has ever tested in it's own labs. this includes the Samsung F1, Seagate and Hitachi drives. We hope to see reviews from Anandtech & Storagereview.com next week.

Stu · 6 Jul 2008 at 12:42

Anyone have any performance info on these yet?

madman045 · 7 Jul 2008 at 16:10

I should be able to post some info soon on the 320GB 2.5" Black Edition i've just got for my laptop.

fobose · 7 Jul 2008 at 17:34

Cool, can you do a HD tune? You can compare it to my older 320GB BEVT:

helmutcheese · 7 Jul 2008 at 17:36

Jesus my Maxtor SATA 150 Maxline II's back year ago beat the above with 55MB Avg.

fobose · 7 Jul 2008 at 18:11

Prob because its a 3.5" drive or am I mistaken?

clocka · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:42

anyone got reviews or benchmarks yet? slackworth, do you have confirmation from WD that the 750gb uses 334gb platters?

bledd · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:45

clocka said:
anyone got reviews or benchmarks yet?

ditto

Darkman · 29 Jul 2008 at 15:30

http://www.storagereview.com/4_drives_added_performance_database

Faster than the Samsung it would seem.

AbsenceJam · 29 Jul 2008 at 15:46

Darkman said:
http://www.storagereview.com/4_drives_added_performance_database

Faster than the Samsung it would seem.

I knew the difference would be so slight, but not that slight. The difference of £85 vs. £125, however, is quite significant.

Darkman · 29 Jul 2008 at 15:53

Agreed. Still I'm sure there are those that will pay the extra for the WD brand name.

bledd · 29 Jul 2008 at 15:59

in the past i would have

WD have dropped their prices in most other fields, like the 640gb, that's the same price as the F1 in most places

Yemster41 · 30 Jul 2008 at 11:44

clocka said:
anyone got reviews or benchmarks yet? slackworth, do you have confirmation from WD that the 750gb uses 334gb platters?

Hi, yes, the 750GB ships on 3 platters at 333GB/per platter.

clocka · 31 Jul 2008 at 00:45

Yemster41 said:
Hi, yes, the 750GB ships on 3 platters at 333GB/per platter.

got a link with this info?