WD's Black 4TB hard drive reviewed

Stefan Mileschin · 8th April 2013, 09:26

SSDs get most of the attention, but mechanical hard drives are still a big part of the PC storage industry. Their capacity expands with each new generation, driving down the cost of a gigabyte to just pennies—a full order of magnitude lower than even the most affordable solid-state drives. Thanks to higher bit densities, each new family of mechanical models still tends to offer better performance than the last. Drive makers seem to be paying more attention to acoustics, too, resulting in ever-quieter noise levels.

There is one category in which mechanical hard drives are getting worse, though. Just a few years back, three- and five-year warranties were common. Then, in 2011, Seagate and Western Digital both cut the coverage for most of their internal drives. Two years became the new norm, ...

http://techreport.com/review/24487/w...drive-reviewed

8th April 2013, 09:26	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,462	WD's Black 4TB hard drive reviewed SSDs get most of the attention, but mechanical hard drives are still a big part of the PC storage industry. Their capacity expands with each new generation, driving down the cost of a gigabyte to just pennies—a full order of magnitude lower than even the most affordable solid-state drives. Thanks to higher bit densities, each new family of mechanical models still tends to offer better performance than the last. Drive makers seem to be paying more attention to acoustics, too, resulting in ever-quieter noise levels. There is one category in which mechanical hard drives are getting worse, though. Just a few years back, three- and five-year warranties were common. Then, in 2011, Seagate and Western Digital both cut the coverage for most of their internal drives. Two years became the new norm, ... http://techreport.com/review/24487/w...drive-reviewed

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
WD Black 4TB WD4001FAEX Hard Drive Review	Stefan Mileschin	WebNews	0	11th February 2013 08:04
WD Black 4TB Hard Drive Review @ Techgage	Stefan Mileschin	WebNews	0	3rd January 2013 07:12
Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black Hard Drive	jmke	WebNews	1	11th January 2010 05:56
WD Black 2TB hard drive	jmke	WebNews	0	31st December 2009 11:10
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB Hard Drive Review	jmke	WebNews	0	5th November 2009 14:22
Western Digital's Caviar Black 2TB hard drive	jmke	WebNews	0	28th October 2009 13:12
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drive Review	jmke	WebNews	0	8th April 2009 20:30
WD's mammoth 2TB drive to launch this week	jmke	WebNews	0	12th January 2009 19:42
Western Digital Caviar Black hard drive	jmke	WebNews	0	29th August 2008 10:38
Western Digital Raptor X hard drive Reviewed	jmke	WebNews	0	9th February 2006 17:47