04 Aug, 2009
Western Digital SATA II WD1001FALS Caviar Black 1 TB
Posted by: 310hall.com In: Hard Drives
Western Digital SATA II WD1001FALS Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM combines a high performance electronics architecture with a rock solid mechanical architecture to deliver the perfect storage solution for your fully-loaded PC or maxed out gaming machine. Cool drive operation, no-touch head technology, and leading-edge vibration protection ensure enhanced reliability and sustained data throughput. And we back it all up with a 5-year limited warranty. Key Features Include: Spindle Speed 7200 RPM, Formatted Capacity 1 TB, Cache/Buffer Size 32MB, Dimensions WxDxH 4″ x 5.787″ x 1.028″, Weight 1.52 and Interface Type SATA 3 Gb/s. Transfer Rates: Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) – 3 Gb/s (Max), Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk) – 145 Mbytes/s (Max), Formatted Capacity – 1,000,236 MB, User Sectors Per Drive – 1,953,525,168, Operating Shock (Read) – 30G, 2 ms, Non-operating Shock – 250G, 1 ms. Acoustics: Idle Mode – 24 dBA (average), Seek Mode 0 – 33 dBA (average) and Seek Mode 3 – 29 dBA (average). Power Dissipation: Read/Write – 8.40 Watts, Idle – 7.8 Watts, Standby – 1.00 Watts and Sleep – 1.00 Watts.
Helpful consumer’s review
By Gordon Ewasiuk (Washington, DC)
I bought two of these. Just an insane price. Thanks, Amazon. The drives are bulk/OEM which means they come with nothing. Just the drives and the anti-static bags. Do your homework. If you want software to hold your hand through a hard drive install, do not buy this drive. If you need screws, rails, or cables, do not buy this drive.
If you want to save some cash while getting an absolutely absurd amount of disk space with SATA2 (3Gbps) plus 32MB of cache (older drives have 4-16MB), then get these drives. They are beasts.
After the Seagate fiasco, I vowed to go with an alternative. Western Digital came through with these monster hard drives. Get one. Get two. You will not be disappointed.
