Capacity:1 TB Product description Power your PC with our top-of-the-line high-capacity drives combine a high performance electronics architecture with a rock solid mechanical architecture to deliver the perfect storage solution. From the Manufacturer WD Caviar Black Hard Drives – Maximum performance for power computing. WD Caviar Black high performance 3.5-inch SATA hard drives combine 7200 RPM spin speed, an integrated dual processor, and dual actuator technology for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop, workstation, and multi-drive systems. And 1 TB capacity gives you the space you need to hold enormous amounts of photos, videos, and files. Best of all these drives are backed by a 5-year limited warranty. Why you should choose WD Caviar Black: WD Caviar Black delivers industry-leading performance that's perfect for hard-core gaming and intensive photo and video editing. Maximum performance. Sophisticated performance enhancing features deliver the speed you need to work faster, not longer. No compromises. High performance, high reliability, cutting edge technology and a 5-year limited warranty make up WD Caviar Black, the ideal drive for those who demand only the best. Award winning. This 7200 RPM speedster is at the top of its class when it comes to performance and reliability.
Features at a glance Industry-leading performance 1 TB of desktop storage SATA 3 Gb/s interface Dual processor technology 5-year limited warranty Ideal for: Power computing applications such as intensive photo or video editing Maxed out gaming systems Adding lots of storage in desktop PCs Adding extra storage space for photos, videos and music Features: SATA 3 Gb/s interface - The industry standard and most common interface. Dual processor - Twice the processing power to maximize performance. Massive Cache - leading 64 MB cache size. NoTouch ramp load technology - The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit. StableTrac - The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking, during read and write operations which enables consistently higher performance. Desktop / Consumer RAID environments - WD Caviar Black Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications. (RAID-0 / RAID-1)* *Business Critical RAID Environments – WD Caviar Blue Hard Drives are not recommended for and are not warranted for use in RAID environments utilizing Enterprise HBAs and/or expanders and in multi-bay chassis, as they are not designed for, nor tested in, these specific types of RAID applications. For all Business Critical RAID applications, please consider WD's Enterprise Hard Drives that are specifically designed with RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER), are tested extensively in 24x7 RAID applications, and include features like enhanced RAFF technology and thermal extended burn-in testing. Upgrading your drive is easy - WD Acronis TrueImage, available as a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive. Note: Bare drive does not include any cables or mounting hardware. The WD advantage - WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the WD Support site for full details. WD-certified packaging - All WD drives purchased from Amazon.com are shipped in WD-certified hard drive packaging. It is designed and fully tested to provide WD products with the highest of safety while in transit. With WD-certified packaging, you can rest assured that your WD hard drive will arrive safely, fully protected, in a non-descript, easy-open package. Compatibility Works with Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating systems. You might also consider:  3.5-inch InternalComparison Chart WD Caviar Blue WD Caviar Green WD Caviar Black WD VelociRaptor Value and reliabilityfor every day computing. Cool, quiet. Maximum performance for power computing. The fastest SATA hard drive on the planet.  Ideal for Family and business computing. Desktop PCs, external drives and NAS devices. Photo and video editing, andmaxed out gaming systems. Performance enthusiastsystems and workstations.  Capacity range 80 GB – 1 TB 320 GB – 3 TB 500 GB – 2 TB 150 GB – 600 GB  Interface SATA 6 Gb/sSATA 3 Gb/sPATA 100 MB/s SATA 6 Gb/sSATA 3 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/sSATA 3 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s  Form factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch  Cache 8 MB – 32 MB 16 MB – 64 MB 32 MB – 64 MB 32 MB  Limited warranty 2-year 2-year 5-year 5-year  Highest capacity     Highest performance     Photo/video editing
