Re: [OT] advice re Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black 1 TB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Disk Drive

[Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au>]

Hi,

Lisi wrote:
> Is the Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black 1 TB 7200 RPM Internal Hard 
> Disk Drive worth the extra money over the Blue ranges?
>
> And would you recommend it?  I don't want to cause myself complications with 
> another dud drive. :-(

Of all the options from WD, I would definitely go with the Black ones -- 
they have longer warranty and are a much "safer" bet.  But as with all 
HDDs, they will fail one day .... you are much more likely to get longer 
service from a WD BLACK though.

Here's a fair summary page:

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/internal/desktop/

NB: The warranty is longer for a good reason and you're likely to have 
larger cache on the drive as well.

Cheers

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Kind Regards
AndrewM

Andrew McGlashan
Broadband Solutions now including VoIP