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Western Digital Black 6 TB Hard Drive
WD announced the expansion of its award-winning WD Black line of performance hard drives up to 6 TB capacity. Shipping now, the 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM drive is the perfect solution for gamers and professionals in need of high-performance desktop systems and workstations.
WD Black hard drives combine 7200 RPM spin speed, 128 MB cache, dual stage actuator technology, SATA 6 gigabits per second (Gb/s) interface, and an integrated dual processor to deliver ultimate performance in a maximum-capacity drive. The WD Black 6TB is up to 29% faster than the previous WD Black 4TB version in maximum data rate throughput and 10% faster in PCMark Vantage.
"Combining maximum system performance with generous capacity, the expansion of WD Black to 6 TB allows gamers, enthusiasts and creatives to push the boundaries of personalization without compromise," said Cindi Grace, senior vice president of WD storage technology group. "In choosing WD Black hard drives, WD desktop customers get the best possible mix of capacity, performance and reliability to handle intense desktop computing with ease."
WD Black 6 TB hard drives feature the following:
- Increased Reliability -StableTrac Technology (2 TB and larger models) secures the motor shaft inside of the hard drive to increase reliability and help reduce impact due to system-induced vibrations from other components. By stabilizing the platters inside, the WD Black drive results in more accurate tracking in a particular sector during read and write operations, optimizing performance and reliability.
- Increased DRAM cache - The Dynamic Cache Technology improves caching algorithms in real time to allocate and optimize cache between reads and writes. This movement of cache for read data helps to reduce congestion and increase overall performance.
- Efficient dual processing - A dual-core processor offers twice the processing capability as a single-core processor to maximize drive performance for faster read and write speeds.
- Industry-leading 5-year limited warranty - Compared to standard hard drives, the WD Black drive endures more strenuous and aggressive internal testing over a longer period of time, resulting in it being backed by an industry leading 5-year limited warranty.
Price and Availability
Available now through select distributors and resellers, WD Black drive is covered by a five-year limited warranty. Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the WD Black 5 TB drive (model # WD5001FZWX) is $264.00 USD and the WD Black 6 TB drive (model # WD6001FZWX) is $294.00 USD.
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#5146833 Posted on: 08/25/2015 03:27 AM
just gonna leave this hear....
watch?v=MWD0g43ZoEk
Interesting, but he tested just 1 copy of each drive. That basically means his review is useless. Other reviews out there do give a speed advantage to the black. There's also the question of reliability and durability. Just because they "weigh the same" and "look the same" doesn't mean they actually are the same.
I'll continue with blacks since they've had a great track record for me.
just gonna leave this hear....
watch?v=MWD0g43ZoEk
Interesting, but he tested just 1 copy of each drive. That basically means his review is useless. Other reviews out there do give a speed advantage to the black. There's also the question of reliability and durability. Just because they "weigh the same" and "look the same" doesn't mean they actually are the same.
I'll continue with blacks since they've had a great track record for me.
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That is one way for durability too, however if you use it "just" as OS cache I wonder why NOT using it as main OS drive too,with no games installed ofc,only main/usual programs.-Almost- everything would be faster for your system compared with your current state with HDD in the mix).
No offence but a SSD bootdrive (with OS and regular/most common used programs and apps) can't be the same as a HDD with SSD as cachedrive.
I know you are experienced PC user and I believe that you know if I am right or not, with all due respect to you my friend.
Basic chatting on previous post you replied to was if it's worth for games too VS HDDs with main factor the cost per GB.
The impact on system performance depends on how large the drive is and how many applications you run on a regular basis. Seagate went with 8GB of NAND for their "hybrid" drive, which shows minimal performance increase in most usage scenarios. If all you use is a web browser, it does fine. If you run anything beyond that it provides almost no benefit at all. Anything below 32GB is pretty much a waste of NAND. Even WD figured that out.
With Intel's SRT, performance gains are based on the SSD's read/write performance, the HDD's read/write performance and the CPU/RAM. The faster the HDD, the more seamless it is. The slower the HDD, the more improvement you see. In my case, it was roughly 45sec from power on to "ready to use" off my 1TB Seagate. With Intel SRT, it's down to about 30sec. Keep in mind that my task tray goes half way across my screen....lol I have a bunch of **** loading on startup. With an SSD, it's still about a 25sec wait. For less than half the cost of a suitable SSD, I have 1TB of storage and the performance I need. $120 for a 64GB SSD and 1TB HDD or $200+ for a suitable SSD that's still only half the size and only performs (aside from bootup) about 10-20% better in real world scenarios? SSD's aren't the life-altering performance booster that so many on this forum claim them to be. I ran a 256GB SSD as my system drive for 2 years. The performance difference between the SSD and my Seagate was so mind-blowing {yes, I'm being sarcastic}, I actually forgot I had put the SSD in my wife's old laptop.
When the M.2 drives get to be cheaper, I'll give one of those a try. Hopefully they'll be more impressive.
For a game drive, an SSD isn't really worth it. Especially not if you have a large collection of games like so many on this forum. I currently own like 12 games. I could get by on a 500GB SSD. If you've got 50+ games, stick to mechanical drives. Put your most commonly played games on the SSD and everything else on a mechanical drive.