Western Digital Black 4TB Hard Drive Review

Recently Western Digital was able to show that they were well on their way towards recovering from the disastrous flooding in Thailand. Their lineup was reinvigorated by the introduction of an ultra fast VelociRaptor and the new RE series which pushed capacities to the astounding 4TB mark.

; - Massive capacity; - Good performance; - 5 Year warranty; - Easily the quietest Black ever released

; - Not as fast as the 4TB RE model; - While price per GB is reasonable $340 is still a lot for a hard drive; - Noise reduction does come at the price of performance potential

Western Digital have been at the forefront of storage solutions for a solid number of years, and it's their commitment to research and development that has enabled them to keep this position.

WD Black 4TB Review (WD4001FAEX)

The 4TB WD Black is Western Digital's top-capacity and top-performing 7,200 RPM client system hard drive. The standard 3.5" form factor is designed to provide bulk storage for desktop use, while still offering top class performance.

Top capacity point for client workstation use; Five year warranty

Trails Hitachi Deskstar 7k4000 in almost every workload; High max latency issues in all mixed workloads