Reviewers Liked
- Very fast
- Silent
- Perpendicular recording technology
- Huge capacity
- Affordable
- Heaps of cache
- Dual-action actuator arm
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Heats up
- Random-access writes
- Burst speeds still slightly slower than VelociRaptor
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA300 WD2001FASS
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By DigitalVersus
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The Caviar Black series - WD2001FASS : 2 TB, SATA-2, 64 MB of cache- WD1002FAEX : 1 TB, SATA-3, 64 MB of cache- WD1001FALS : 1 TB, SATA-2, 32 MB of cache- WD7501AALS : 750 GB, SATA-2, 32 MB of cache- WD6402AAEX : 640 GB, SATA-3, 64 MB of cache-...
By TechTree
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80
The Western Digital Caviar Black WD2001FASS boasts of a gigantic 2 TB capacity, backed by a massive 64 MB of cache and an RPM of 7,200. The drive was not one of the coolest ones, but it was never expected of it since it is a performance drive. The...
By Expert Reviews
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Unless you need the biggest, fastest internal hard disk available, there are better value alternatives available....
By LanOC Reviews
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So you have amazing performance along with a large capacity, sounds perfect doesn't it? The only issues with Western Digital's 2TB Caviar Black is its price and limited availability. A price I'm sure will drop over time. But when you are...
By ComputerPowerUser
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80
The Caviar Black 2TB was slightly slower in average read/write speeds than the Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB, but it featured faster random access times in both HD Tach and SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Lite. The Caviar Black also boasted a...
By FutureLooks
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90
When all the drives stop spinning, there are a couple things that literally feel better when testing the Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black Edition Hard Drive. For one, both the Caviar Green and Black drives operate at much, much cooler temps of...
By TechRadar
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70
The release of the new Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB hard drive is designed to put non-SSD drives back in the limelight. Western Digital labels its desktop drives within three different brands to make the benefits of each device clear to the...
By PC Advisor
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80
Western Digital's Caviar Black internal hard drive offers a massive two terabytes of storage capacity and speedy performance at a reasonable cost. James Hutchinson Lowest online price: £249.99...
By Good Gear Guide
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Western Digital’s Caviar Black internal hard drive offers a massive two terabytes of storage capacity and speedy performance at a reasonable cost....
By Maximum PC
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90
Faster than a VelociRaptor, and six times the capacity After months of making do with 5,400rpm and 5,900rpm 2TB drives and odd-bird 1.5TB drives, it’s finally happening: 7,200rpm two-terabyte hard drives are coming to rigs near you. First out of...
By RegHardware
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WD has done sterling work to boost the performance of the Caviar Black with an increase in both data cache and areal density. The result is a speedy 2TB drive that unfortunately costs more than £200. ® More HDD Reviews... WD Caviar Green 2TB ...
By Bit-tech.net
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It’s clear from our that the Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black is the fastest 1TB+ hard disk drive we’ve ever tested, and even manages to surpass the under a number of circumstances. However, while the performance is a massive improvement...
By PC Mag
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A 2TB hard drive running at 7,200 rpm, the Western Digital Caviar Black ($189 list) offers a 64MB cache and an average latency of 4.2 millieseconds. The drive comes with a 6GB/s SATA connection, a minimum rate of 300,000 load/unload cycles and more....
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