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The 3.5-inch, 4TB, 7200 RPM WD Black (WD4001FAEX) is spec'ed with a sustained throughput of 154MB/s. The WD4001FAEX features a 6Gbps SATA connection and 64MB of cache, and also boasts of a 5-year warranty.
Huge capacity.
Great performance.
Runs quiet.
5-year warranty.
Slow compared with drives using 1TB platters.
While price per GB is reasonable $340 is still a lot for a hard drive.
By TechSpot on December 18, 2012
Overall we feel the WD Black 4TB presents a great balance of performance and capacity, and if the MSRP is met, price as well. With a massive 4TB capacity, consistently strong performance, quiet operating volume and a 5-year warranty we strongly recommend...
By TechSpot on December 18, 2012
Last year's Thailand floods wreaked havoc on the storage industry, as the region accounts for about half of all hard drive production. Western Digital was among the hardest hit, announcing last October that, like many others, it would suspend...
By uk.hardware.info on March 01, 2013
We have to be honest here. The Western Digital Caviar Black 4TB is a bit of a letdown. It came out more than 6 months after the Hitachi 7K4000 4TB , yet the Hitachi is faster, cheaper, quieter and more efficient. Granted, you get five years of warranty...
By ExpertReviews on December 15, 2012
Huge and massively fast but this high price lets this disk down.
By ImpulseGamer on December 10, 2012
With a recommended retail price of around $429AUD (December 2012), the Western Digital 4TB also boasts a five year limited warranty which will give the user some additional piece of mind, considering the amount of data that you can store.
By HardwareCanucks on December 03, 2012
The Black 4TB may have been a long time coming but it was certainly worth the wait.
By Hardware.Info
on February 26, 2013
Heel eerlijk: Western Digital stelt ons teleur met de Caviar Black 4TB. De schijf is ruim een half jaar later op de markt gekomen dan de Hitachi 7K4000 4TB , maar de Hitachi schijf is sneller, goedkoper, stiller én zuiniger. Goed, op de Caviar...
By Tweak.dk
on February 08, 2013
Hvad er en harddisk?Ordet harddisk er kendt af langt del feste, og det da også en af de mest benyttede bestanddele, i en moderne computer og en gammel for den sags skyld. En harddisk består af en række roterende plader, hvorpå...
By PC-Welt.de
on November 29, 2012
Test: Western Digital Black 4000GBSo viel Speicherplatz braucht kein Mensch - und schon gar nicht zu diesem Preis! ...
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