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Western Digital Black 4TB & VelociRator 1TB [Review]
The traditional hard disk isn’t obsolete. If you thought it would be, it is still around and has served users beyond the expected life span. In fact, my first SSD was dead within a year but my desktop HDD from Western Digital is stil running right now.
Western Digital has 4 series of desktop/workstation hard drives. They are the Blue series WD Blue which offers solid performance an d realiability for everyday computing. It ranges from 80GB to 1TB. The other series which is environmental friendly is the Cool and Quiet WD Green. It has storage capacities of 500GB to 3 TB.
The WD Black series has the highest capacity range from 500GB to 4TB and offers maximum performance for power computing. It has a 32MB – 64MB cache and 5 years warranty.
The WD VelociRaptor, the highest end is more suitable for workstation. It comes in the capacity of 250GB to 1TB and in form factor of 2.5 and 3.5inches. It has a 64MB cache and runs at a high speed of 10,000 RPM.
Both WD Black and WD VelociRaptor has 5 years warranty.
Today, we will take a look at two products from Western Digital, the high speed Western Digital 1TB VelociRaptor & the WD Black 4TB 3.5inch.
Both hard disks are high performance drives, one with speed while the other with high capacity.
The performance of the Western Digital Black series is simply outstanding. It belongs to the fastest performance 7200rpm hard drives that offer up to 4TB of storage capacity. Not only that, the VelociRaptor 10,000rpm hard disk is also offer 1TB faster than the high-end 7200rpm 1TB drives from other brands.
Western Digital Black 1TB VelociRaptor & 4TB 3.5inch 7200rpm hard drive
Whole Batch of Black edition
From Left VelociRaptor, 640Gb 7,200rpm, 1TB 7,200rpm and 4TB 7,200 rpm
Here come the main VelociRaptor & 4TB hard drive
Western Digital Black VelociRaptor 1TB
Model WD100HTZ
VelociRaptor Sata/Power connector
Western Digital Black 4TB 7,200rpm
Model: WD4001FAEX
HD Tune Benchmark
Testing Spec
AMD FM2 5800k
Asus F2A85-V Pro
G.Skill F3-2133C9D-8GAB [4gbx2]
Windows 8 64bits Pro [installed all update]
WD VelociRator 1TB spec
WD black 4TB spec
HD Tune Write test: VelociRator
HD Tune Write test: 4TB
HD Tune Write extra test: VelociRator
HD Tune Write extra test: 4TB
ATTO Benchmark
WD VelociRator 1TB: ATTO
WD 4TB Black: ATTO
Overview Benchmark:
Western Digital has 4 series of desktop/workstation hard drives. They are the Blue series WD Blue which offers solid performance an d realiability for everyday computing. It ranges from 80GB to 1TB. The other series which is environmental friendly is the Cool and Quiet WD Green. It has storage capacities of 500GB to 3 TB.
The WD Black series has the highest capacity range from 500GB to 4TB and offers maximum performance for power computing. It has a 32MB – 64MB cache and 5 years warranty.
The WD VelociRaptor, the highest end is more suitable for workstation. It comes in the capacity of 250GB to 1TB and in form factor of 2.5 and 3.5inches. It has a 64MB cache and runs at a high speed of 10,000 RPM.
Both WD Black and WD VelociRaptor has 5 years warranty.
Today, we will take a look at two products from Western Digital, the high speed Western Digital 1TB VelociRaptor & the WD Black 4TB 3.5inch.
Both hard disks are high performance drives, one with speed while the other with high capacity.
The performance of the Western Digital Black series is simply outstanding. It belongs to the fastest performance 7200rpm hard drives that offer up to 4TB of storage capacity. Not only that, the VelociRaptor 10,000rpm hard disk is also offer 1TB faster than the high-end 7200rpm 1TB drives from other brands.
Western Digital Black 1TB VelociRaptor & 4TB 3.5inch 7200rpm hard drive
Whole Batch of Black edition
From Left VelociRaptor, 640Gb 7,200rpm, 1TB 7,200rpm and 4TB 7,200 rpm
Here come the main VelociRaptor & 4TB hard drive
Western Digital Black VelociRaptor 1TB
Model WD100HTZ
VelociRaptor Sata/Power connector
Western Digital Black 4TB 7,200rpm
Model: WD4001FAEX
HD Tune Benchmark
Testing Spec
AMD FM2 5800k
Asus F2A85-V Pro
G.Skill F3-2133C9D-8GAB [4gbx2]
Windows 8 64bits Pro [installed all update]
WD VelociRator 1TB spec
WD black 4TB spec
HD Tune Write test: VelociRator
HD Tune Write test: 4TB
HD Tune Write extra test: VelociRator
HD Tune Write extra test: 4TB
ATTO Benchmark
WD VelociRator 1TB: ATTO
WD 4TB Black: ATTO
Overview Benchmark:
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