WDs Latest "Black" Drives are coming to OcUK and are VERY Fast!

[Andrew Moore]

Hello

WD has updated its "Black" drives with 5 new models. 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and a Huge 4TB. All drives claim to be the fasted in the market for their size and I dont think WD are wrong. They are simply FANTASTIC!

Check them out below


Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD5003AZEX) HDD @ £56.99 inc VAT

WD Caviar Black high performance 3.5" SATA hard drives combine 7200RPM spin speed, 64MB cache, SATA 6Gb/s interface with an integrated dual processor for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop, workstation, and multi-drive systems. Rock solid mechanical architecture and enhanced reliability features help protect the drive and the data stored on it. Backed by a 5-year limited warranty.

- Backwards compatible with SATA-II
- Capacity: 500GB
- Cache: 64MB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Warranty: 5 Years

Only £56.99 inc VAT.

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Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1003FZEX) HDD @ £79.99 inc VAT

WD Caviar Black high performance 3.5" SATA hard drives combine 7200RPM spin speed, 64MB cache, SATA 6Gb/s interface with an integrated dual processor for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop, workstation, and multi-drive systems. Rock solid mechanical architecture and enhanced reliability features help protect the drive and the data stored on it. Backed by a 5-year limited warranty.

- Backwards compatible with SATA-II
- Capacity: 1TB
- Cache: 64MB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Warranty: 5 Years

Only £79.99 inc VAT.

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Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2003FZEX) HDD @ £129.95 inc VAT

WD Caviar Black high-performance 3.5" SATA drives combine 7200RPM spin speed, 64MB cache, SATA 6 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 2TB 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.

- Backwards compatible with SATA-II
- Capacity: 2TB
- Cache: 64MB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Warranty: 5 Years

Only £129.95 inc VAT.

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Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD3003FZEX) HDD @ £167.99 inc VAT

WD Caviar Black high-performance 3.5" SATA drives combine 7200RPM spin speed, 64MB cache, SATA 6 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 3TB 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.

- Backwards compatible with SATA-II
- Capacity: 3TB
- Cache: 64MB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Warranty: 5 Years

Only £167.99 inc VAT.

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Western Digital Caviar Black 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD4003FZEX) HDD @ £209.99 inc VAT

WD Caviar Black high-performance 3.5" SATA drives combine 7200RPM spin speed, 64MB cache, SATA 6 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 4TB 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.

- Backwards compatible with SATA-II
- Capacity: 4TB
- Cache: 64MB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Warranty: 5 Years

Only £209.99 inc VAT.

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[Andrew Moore]

Are they doing this across the range? I'm after some blues/greens

Eventually but for now everything is up to date with nothing on the road map.

 

[Andrew Moore]

When are they due in?

500gbs in now, the rest mid week

 

[Andrew Moore]

What's the difference between the colour range, is it like a quality label?

Green is like an "Eco storage drive".
Blue is essentially an "fast but value" type drive.
Red is essentially an Green drive but with features built in from the enterprise RE range which is why it is so good for NAS.
Black is essentially an full fat RE drive with the odd feature lopped off. They are the fastest drives WD make outside of enterprise as a Raptor essentially is an enterprise class solution.

 

[Andrew Moore]

Fantastic ?

Well...
I've found in Order History such order, for 2x Samsung F3 - I paid for two of them less than NOW one WD Black is worth. They work since then in my RAID-0 flawlessly. Faster & cheaper. Thanks overclockers

Order Date: 20 Feb, 11, 11:10 pm

Order was shipped to:
xxx- No address, sorry ***

Order Status: Dispatched

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Product Name Price Qty Line Total
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD105SI) £32.48 2 £64.96
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VAT: £12.99
Order Total: £77.95

Hard drive crisis because of floods was AFTER your order.
Every order ever is going to be better than current deals if Pre Nov 2011.

As for faster inm raid0.. max read and writes yes. The rest.. slower im afraid.

 

[Andrew Moore]

Here we are

http://www.storagereview.com/wd_black_4tb_desktop_hard_drive_review_wd4003fzex

 

[Andrew Moore]

They arent as bad as they used to be to be honest. Still not uber quite but the od bit of clicky clicky liek you get with a standard drive from any brand.