


Internal hard drive with 2TB maximum storage capacity holds plenty of files. The Caviar Black is a good compromise between storage capacity and performance. Western Digital Black SATA Internal Hard Drive, 2TB. Western Digital's Caviar Black has a cost per formatted gigabyte of 20.8c, which is reasonable considering the drive's storage capacity. Power consumption is also significantly higher than the 2TB Caviar Green, which consumes 3.7-6W according to Western Digital. This is slightly higher than the RE4 (WD2003FYYS) internal hard drive, which offers some power-saving features missing on the Caviar Black. Our own tests indicate that the internal hard drive consumes 6.91-9.73 Watts of power during operation. When dealing with large files, performance is significantly faster than the energy-saving 2TB drives, and it is acceptable compared to other 7200rpm hard drives. The WD Caviar Black (WD2001FASS) wasn't the fastest 2TB hard drive during all of our benchmarks, but it did manage to outpace the more expensive RE4 in the small file transfer tests. Western Digital Caviar Black (WD2001FASS) The first test comprises 20GB of large files (about 3 or 4GB each) while the second test involved 3GB worth of 1MB files.
WESTERN DIGITAL BLACK 2TB INTERNAL HARD DRIVE PC
We tested the Caviar Black's performance by transferring files between it and a PC equipped with Western Digital's high performance Velociraptor hard drive. While it won't shake your computer case, the Caviar Black's faster spin speed means it is still audible during operation. The company's StableTrac technology helps reduce drive vibration.
