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Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (WD1002FAEX) SATA 6GB/s Hard Drive Review

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (WD1002FAEX) SATA 6GB/s Hard Drive Review

With all of the solid state hard drives that came out this year it seems like traditional hard drives sort of took a back seat, unless you were looking to get a large capacity drive.  One thing that many people may have overlooked was the availability of SATA 6GB/s drives.  A SATA 6GB/s drive has double the transfer rate (6GB/s compared to 3GB/s) as the SATA II drive that is currently in your system.  Today we will be taking a look at the Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6GB/s Hard Drive and see how it compares to some other SATA drives.  Let’s check it out!

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Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA Hard Drive Review

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA Hard Drive Review

The cost of hard drive storage keeps getting cheaper and cheaper, while the capacity getting larger and larger. A year ago, 1TB drives were several hundred dollars. Now, they’re only a few tens of dollars more than their 750 GB and 500 GB brethren. Earlier this summer, Western Digital introduced three series of hard drives: Green, Blue, and Black. The Green series is for power-friendly applications, Blue for standard drives, and Black for performance. ThinkComputers presents its review of the largest in the Black series, the 1 TB WD1001FALS.

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