WD Black 320GB Performance Mobile Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 GB
WD Black hard drives are designed for enthusiasts and creative professionals looking for leading-edge performance. These 2.5-inch mobile drives are perfect for high-performance applications like photo and video editing, gaming and power PCs. Maximum performance Sophisticated performance enhancing features deliver the speed you need for demanding applications like photo and video editing and Internet gaming. No compromises High performance, high capacity, high reliability, and cutting-edge technology make up WD Black, the ideal drive for those who demand only the best. Dual processor Twice the processing power to maximize performance. Dynamic cache WD’s dynamic caching algorithm improves performance in real time by optimizing cache allocation between reads and writes. For example, if there’s an overwhelming percentage of read traffic as opposed to write traffic, the drive automatically allocates more cache for read data, which reduces congestion and improves overall drive performance. Available SATA 6 Gb/s interface The SATA 6 Gb/s interface provides greater flexibility for use with the latest chipsets as well as backwards compatibility to legacy systems with SATA 3 Gb/s requirements. Rock-solid mechanical architecture Twice the processing power to maximize performance. 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.
WD Black hard drives are designed for enthusiasts and creative professionals looking for leading-edge performance. These 2.5-inch mobile drives are perfect for high-performance applications like photo and video editing, gaming and power PCs. Maximum performance Sophisticated performance enhancing features deliver the speed you need for demanding applications like photo and video editing and Internet gaming. No compromises High performance, high capacity, high reliability, and cutting-edge technology make up WD Black, the ideal drive for those who demand only the best. Dual processor Twice the processing power to maximize performance. Dynamic cache WD’s dynamic caching algorithm improves performance in real time by optimizing cache allocation between reads and writes. For example, if there’s an overwhelming percentage of read traffic as opposed to write traffic, the drive automatically allocates more cache for read data, which reduces congestion and improves overall drive performance. Available SATA 6 Gb/s interface The SATA 6 Gb/s interface provides greater flexibility for use with the latest chipsets as well as backwards compatibility to legacy systems with SATA 3 Gb/s requirements. Rock-solid mechanical architecture Twice the processing power to maximize performance. 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.
WD Black hard drives are designed for enthusiasts and creative professionals looking for leading-edge performance. These 2.5-inch mobile drives are perfect for high-performance applications like photo and video editing, gaming and power PCs. Maximum performance Sophisticated performance enhancing features deliver the speed you need for demanding applications like photo and video editing and Internet gaming. No compromises High performance, high capacity, high reliability, and cutting-edge technology make up WD Black, the ideal drive for those who demand only the best. Dual processor Twice the processing power to maximize performance. Dynamic cache WD’s dynamic caching algorithm improves performance in real time by optimizing cache allocation between reads and writes. For example, if there’s an overwhelming percentage of read traffic as opposed to write traffic, the drive automatically allocates more cache for read data, which reduces congestion and improves overall drive performance. Available SATA 6 Gb/s interface The SATA 6 Gb/s interface provides greater flexibility for use with the latest chipsets as well as backwards compatibility to legacy systems with SATA 3 Gb/s requirements. Rock-solid mechanical architecture Twice the processing power to maximize performance. 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.
WD Black hard drives are designed for enthusiasts and creative professionals looking for leading-edge performance. These 2.5-inch mobile drives are perfect for high-performance applications like photo and video editing, gaming and power PCs. Maximum performance Sophisticated performance enhancing features deliver the speed you need for demanding applications like photo and video editing and Internet gaming. No compromises High performance, high capacity, high reliability, and cutting-edge technology make up WD Black, the ideal drive for those who demand only the best. Dual processor Twice the processing power to maximize performance. Dynamic cache WD’s dynamic caching algorithm improves performance in real time by optimizing cache allocation between reads and writes. For example, if there’s an overwhelming percentage of read traffic as opposed to write traffic, the drive automatically allocates more cache for read data, which reduces congestion and improves overall drive performance. Available SATA 6 Gb/s interface The SATA 6 Gb/s interface provides greater flexibility for use with the latest chipsets as well as backwards compatibility to legacy systems with SATA 3 Gb/s requirements. Rock-solid mechanical architecture Twice the processing power to maximize performance. 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.
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Western Digital 320gb Wd3200bekx 7200rpm Sata 2.5" Laptop Hdd Hard
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Western Digital Black 320GB 2.5" SATA 7200RPM Internal Laptop Hard Drive HDD WD3200BEKX
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originally posted on newegg.com
WDidle3, google it, SERIOUSLY!!! It's a tool published by Western Digital to change the idle time before parking. If you are like me you will increase the time to save wear and tear on the heads. I am using the in a FreeBSD variant and did a short, conveyance and long SMART test followed by a four pass marathon of BadBlocks. After another smart test the drive was performing just fine. For those unaware of what bad blocks does here is a little info: Badblocks performs a pattern write to the complete drive followed by a complete read. The patterns are, 01010101 10101010 11111111 00000000 On my 3TB WD Green a single write pass took approx seven hours followed by another seven hours of reading. So the drive was worked solid for right around 56 hours straight. If it can ... MoreWDidle3, google it, SERIOUSLY!!! It's a tool published by Western Digital to change the idle time before parking. If you are like me you will increase the time to save wear and tear on the heads. I am using the in a FreeBSD variant and did a short, conveyance and long SMART test followed by a four pass marathon of BadBlocks. After another smart test the drive was performing just fine. For those unaware of what bad blocks does here is a little info: Badblocks performs a pattern write to the complete drive followed by a complete read. The patterns are, 01010101 10101010 11111111 00000000 On my 3TB WD Green a single write pass took approx seven hours followed by another seven hours of reading. So the drive was worked solid for right around 56 hours straight. If it can pass that with flying colors then I think it's safe to trust with my data. If you are getting a drive and not checking it for problems before you put your important data on it then do not complain when there is an issue. You have to think about how complex these things really are. In 1956 a five MegaByte hard drive was nearly as large as a two refrigerators side by side. The heads flying over the media float on a cushion of air about 3 nanometers over the disk which in this drives case is spinning at around 5400 RPM. This is the equivalent of a 747 flying at around mach 800 less than 1 centimeter from the ground counting every blade of grass while making less than ten unrecoverable counting errors in an area the size of ireland.
originally posted on scan.co.uk
Upgrading from Samsung 1TB F3 - I have SSD drive as primary OS and apps/games drive.I needed a new larger storage drive for my media/music etcI was not after anything quick - wanted something quiet and reliable.1 Month in and all is ok - although windows 7 didn't see the drive until you have to go into disk manager - windows issue, not the drive.The drive is perfectly silent , I can't hear it in my silent (literally) computer, doesn't even hum when accessing.I've had many Western Digital drives before. Some fail, most don't. In my experience the RMA process for Western is brilliant, so if it does fail, I know they will replace or fix easily enough.
originally posted on homeessentialsdirect.com
Bought one for a client's laptop (hard disk unexpectedly croaked). Dead disk was a 5400rpm HGST, so this 7200rpm WD was quite an upgrade. Client is very happy, and I got paid (which makes *me* happy). It's been running for nearly a month without issue. I'd buy this again. Capacity isn't applicable, so I didn't rate it; 500GB is plenty for my client. Noise level...what noise? Ease of installation depends highly upon where it's being installed. In the case of my client's Toshiba, it was a serious pain - I had to remove the entire bottom of the laptop. A Dell (or even HP) laptop would've been much easier, and a desktop would've been easier still. So I didn't rate 'Easy to install' either.
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Capacity | 320 GB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" x 1/8H |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
Western Digital 320gb Wd3200bekx 7200rpm Sata 2.5" Laptop Hdd Hard
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Western Digital Black 320GB 2.5" SATA 7200RPM Internal Laptop Hard Drive HDD WD3200BEKX
Free delivery between 15–21 May
WDidle3, google it, SERIOUSLY!!! It's a tool published by Western Digital to change the idle time before parking. If you are like me you will increase the time to save wear and tear on the heads. I am using the in a FreeBSD variant and did a short, conveyance and long SMART test followed by a four pass marathon of BadBlocks. After another smart test the drive was performing just fine. For those unaware of what bad blocks does here is a little info: Badblocks performs a pattern write to the complete drive followed by a complete read. The patterns are, 01010101 10101010 11111111 00000000 On my 3TB WD Green a single write pass took approx seven hours followed by another seven hours of reading. So the drive was worked solid for right around 56 hours straight. If it can ... MoreWDidle3, google it, SERIOUSLY!!! It's a tool published by Western Digital to change the idle time before parking. If you are like me you will increase the time to save wear and tear on the heads. I am using the in a FreeBSD variant and did a short, conveyance and long SMART test followed by a four pass marathon of BadBlocks. After another smart test the drive was performing just fine. For those unaware of what bad blocks does here is a little info: Badblocks performs a pattern write to the complete drive followed by a complete read. The patterns are, 01010101 10101010 11111111 00000000 On my 3TB WD Green a single write pass took approx seven hours followed by another seven hours of reading. So the drive was worked solid for right around 56 hours straight. If it can pass that with flying colors then I think it's safe to trust with my data. If you are getting a drive and not checking it for problems before you put your important data on it then do not complain when there is an issue. You have to think about how complex these things really are. In 1956 a five MegaByte hard drive was nearly as large as a two refrigerators side by side. The heads flying over the media float on a cushion of air about 3 nanometers over the disk which in this drives case is spinning at around 5400 RPM. This is the equivalent of a 747 flying at around mach 800 less than 1 centimeter from the ground counting every blade of grass while making less than ten unrecoverable counting errors in an area the size of ireland.
Upgrading from Samsung 1TB F3 - I have SSD drive as primary OS and apps/games drive.I needed a new larger storage drive for my media/music etcI was not after anything quick - wanted something quiet and reliable.1 Month in and all is ok - although windows 7 didn't see the drive until you have to go into disk manager - windows issue, not the drive.The drive is perfectly silent , I can't hear it in my silent (literally) computer, doesn't even hum when accessing.I've had many Western Digital drives before. Some fail, most don't. In my experience the RMA process for Western is brilliant, so if it does fail, I know they will replace or fix easily enough.
Bought one for a client's laptop (hard disk unexpectedly croaked). Dead disk was a 5400rpm HGST, so this 7200rpm WD was quite an upgrade. Client is very happy, and I got paid (which makes *me* happy). It's been running for nearly a month without issue. I'd buy this again. Capacity isn't applicable, so I didn't rate it; 500GB is plenty for my client. Noise level...what noise? Ease of installation depends highly upon where it's being installed. In the case of my client's Toshiba, it was a serious pain - I had to remove the entire bottom of the laptop. A Dell (or even HP) laptop would've been much easier, and a desktop would've been easier still. So I didn't rate 'Easy to install' either.
Despite the happy talk from WD this drive is not 3tb compatible with some PC systems, even if only as a storage drive partitioned to avoid 2.1 tb limitation. (i.e 3x1tb partitions). My several year old Intel board uses Intel Rapid Storage Technology for my twin WD black veloci-raptor drives. It's a nice machine and I have no real performance need to upgrade it. My OS is Win7-64. After much chasing around the Google I determined that my M/B RST can only be upgraded to ver. 9.6. Unfortunately, WD reports that ver. 10.0 or higher is needed to be able to use this Green drive as a partitioned storage drive. I'm not willing to go through an upgrade of my M/B just to make this drive usable. This headache plus negative reviews is causing me to return the drive. I should ... MoreDespite the happy talk from WD this drive is not 3tb compatible with some PC systems, even if only as a storage drive partitioned to avoid 2.1 tb limitation. (i.e 3x1tb partitions). My several year old Intel board uses Intel Rapid Storage Technology for my twin WD black veloci-raptor drives. It's a nice machine and I have no real performance need to upgrade it. My OS is Win7-64. After much chasing around the Google I determined that my M/B RST can only be upgraded to ver. 9.6. Unfortunately, WD reports that ver. 10.0 or higher is needed to be able to use this Green drive as a partitioned storage drive. I'm not willing to go through an upgrade of my M/B just to make this drive usable. This headache plus negative reviews is causing me to return the drive. I should have done more homework before purchase. I've returned the drive and will try again with a better drive that is only 2tb.
I initialized and formatted the hard drive using transfer cables. I spent all day transferring over around 1TB of data. I kept getting transfer errors so I thought there may be a problem with my cables. I installed the drive into an external case, and the computer wouldn't recognize the hard drive. It was acting like a brand new bare drive. It wanted me to initialize and format the disk again! Once again I initialized and formatted the disk. I then transferred around 20GB over with it inside the external enclosure. Once complete I pulled the drive and tried hooking it up to the computer via the transfer cables. The computer acted like it was a brand new drive and once again wanted me to initialize and format the drive. I am not wasting any more time with this drive. ... MoreI initialized and formatted the hard drive using transfer cables. I spent all day transferring over around 1TB of data. I kept getting transfer errors so I thought there may be a problem with my cables. I installed the drive into an external case, and the computer wouldn't recognize the hard drive. It was acting like a brand new bare drive. It wanted me to initialize and format the disk again! Once again I initialized and formatted the disk. I then transferred around 20GB over with it inside the external enclosure. Once complete I pulled the drive and tried hooking it up to the computer via the transfer cables. The computer acted like it was a brand new drive and once again wanted me to initialize and format the drive. I am not wasting any more time with this drive. It is going back to newegg! I bought the exact same drive a month before and it works flawless (so far). Doesn't matter if I hook up using transfer cables or with it inside an external case. I just hope I can get the 2+ TB of data backed up before it decides to go belly up.
I received this from Newegg and bought it on sale. Newegg is great and it shipped immediately! As for the drive itself, it is a typical Western Digital drive. I have been buying hard drives since the days of MFM/RLL interfaces, and build quality of WD drives and enclosures has, in my direct experience, gone down dramatically in the past 10-15 years. This drive will fail, suddenly and without warning, just as its predecessor did. I had to buy another WD drive, as the MyBook series of disk packs seem to use a soft-RAID approach that requires WD drives. At least, Western Digital specifically says that if another drive is used, your data is at immediate risk. Much as I hate WD, my data is more important than the amount of money required to feed the best with another ... MoreI received this from Newegg and bought it on sale. Newegg is great and it shipped immediately! As for the drive itself, it is a typical Western Digital drive. I have been buying hard drives since the days of MFM/RLL interfaces, and build quality of WD drives and enclosures has, in my direct experience, gone down dramatically in the past 10-15 years. This drive will fail, suddenly and without warning, just as its predecessor did. I had to buy another WD drive, as the MyBook series of disk packs seem to use a soft-RAID approach that requires WD drives. At least, Western Digital specifically says that if another drive is used, your data is at immediate risk. Much as I hate WD, my data is more important than the amount of money required to feed the best with another hard drive purchase. I'll maybe take this drive (slow, but "green") with me to a future "cold-storage" external enclosure. Long story short: sure, it works (for now), but had I any choice in the matter, I WOULD NOT TRUST A WD DRIVE TO HOLD MY DATA.
This is a very good hard drive, for this size and form factor. I was curious what speeds it got in read/write and could not find any benchmarks out there, so decided to run my own. First though, there are a few things about hard drive speeds: in general, 7200 rpm is faster than 5400 rpm drives, and larger drives tend to be faster than smaller drives (1tb faster than 500gb, all else equal) and desktop drives (3.5") tend to be faster than notebook drives (2.5"). However, as I'll show, this is very fast for a notebook drive. It is nearly as fast as my 1TB 7200 RPM 3.5" Seagate Barracuda. This drive is interesting because it appears to be an updated version of the WD5000BPKX (http://www.Home Essentials Direct.com/Western-Digital-Black-Notebook-WD5000BPKX/dp/B00DSUTWMQ/) ... MoreThis is a very good hard drive, for this size and form factor. I was curious what speeds it got in read/write and could not find any benchmarks out there, so decided to run my own. First though, there are a few things about hard drive speeds: in general, 7200 rpm is faster than 5400 rpm drives, and larger drives tend to be faster than smaller drives (1tb faster than 500gb, all else equal) and desktop drives (3.5") tend to be faster than notebook drives (2.5"). However, as I'll show, this is very fast for a notebook drive. It is nearly as fast as my 1TB 7200 RPM 3.5" Seagate Barracuda. This drive is interesting because it appears to be an updated version of the WD5000BPKX (http://www.Home Essentials Direct.com/Western-Digital-Black-Notebook-WD5000BPKX/dp/B00DSUTWMQ/) which only released in January, 2015. It is $6 more at time of review, but has double the cache (32mb vs 16mb). I ran benchmarks on all my drives here http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/171711 Here are the results (given as averages): Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM 2.5" Read 164 MB/s Write 142 MB/s Mixed 141 MB/s Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM 3.5" Read 171 Write 153 Mixed 151 So it's nearly as fast as the Seagate, but what about compared to the older molder, the WD5000BPKX? That drive is benchmarked here: http://hdd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/3355/WDC-WD5000BPKX-75HPJT0 Though results vary, probably depending on the age of the drive, it seems pretty clear this version is much faster. The reports there seem to show the older model is closer to 110 MB/s. I'd recommend this as a new drive, if you can't afford a SSD (which, of course, would be faster). And I think the extra cost over the older model seems worth it, too, since it seems to be faster. This may be due to the increased cache size.
I tried the drive in two separate computers running on different motherboards (MSI Z68A GD80 G3 and ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE LGA 1155, the former running a SB Core i7-2600K and the latter running a new Ivy Bridge Core i7 3770K). I built both of these myself, wherein lies the problem with this drive. The BIOS in both computers recognized the hard drive as a 3TB (~2.7TB useable), but Windows 7 (and the consumer preview for Windows 8) did not recognize it as larger than 746GB. This is a VERY common problem. WD's solution, which rarely works, is to use their "Data Lifeguard Diagnostics" program (http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1211) to write zeros to the drive. Asus also has a tool called "Disk Unlocker" that works to open two partitions totaling ~2.2TB and ... MoreI tried the drive in two separate computers running on different motherboards (MSI Z68A GD80 G3 and ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE LGA 1155, the former running a SB Core i7-2600K and the latter running a new Ivy Bridge Core i7 3770K). I built both of these myself, wherein lies the problem with this drive. The BIOS in both computers recognized the hard drive as a 3TB (~2.7TB useable), but Windows 7 (and the consumer preview for Windows 8) did not recognize it as larger than 746GB. This is a VERY common problem. WD's solution, which rarely works, is to use their "Data Lifeguard Diagnostics" program (http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1211) to write zeros to the drive. Asus also has a tool called "Disk Unlocker" that works to open two partitions totaling ~2.2TB and 746GB. The actual solution, especially for system builders, is to remember to install the latest Intel Rapid Storage Technology drivers on Windows. This should fix the Windows recognition problem.
Update 11/5/17: Aaaaand it's corrupting my files less than a year in. I'll never buy one of these again, especially since I always get ones that were manufactured several years ago but sold as new. Meh. _____ I bought one of these 11 months ago and it's currently riddled with bad sectors, practically unusable no matter what I do to fix them. So I bought a new one last week...and I just noticed it has a 2012 manufacture date on it. Uh...what? So I looked at the ""old"" drive I'm replacing, and it has a 2014 date on it. So I'm essentially replacing my old bad drive with an OLDER drive which may end up being just as unreliable, since it has some scrapes on the top and is undoubtedly a refurb. Did I miss something about these not being new drives? I just noticed there's ... MoreUpdate 11/5/17: Aaaaand it's corrupting my files less than a year in. I'll never buy one of these again, especially since I always get ones that were manufactured several years ago but sold as new. Meh. _____ I bought one of these 11 months ago and it's currently riddled with bad sectors, practically unusable no matter what I do to fix them. So I bought a new one last week...and I just noticed it has a 2012 manufacture date on it. Uh...what? So I looked at the ""old"" drive I'm replacing, and it has a 2014 date on it. So I'm essentially replacing my old bad drive with an OLDER drive which may end up being just as unreliable, since it has some scrapes on the top and is undoubtedly a refurb. Did I miss something about these not being new drives? I just noticed there's a newer version of it (the Blue I think), but these are being sold as new as far as I can tell. I only bought another one because I had a 2TB Green drive that's still chugging along just fine. I wonder how many years old THAT one was when I got it. This doesn't make me want to stick with WD. My roving eye has suddenly turned towards Seagate...
Update 8-7-19: I went to the WD website to register my two drives. They show as no warranty from WD, presumably because they were bought through a reseller. Just so you know ... I use these as primary storage (and backup storage) for our MacBook Air laptop. Most MacBooks now come with solid state drives, meaning memory chip based drives, not physical spinning disks. They are much more expensive than the heritage physical disk approach, such that the largest SSD that we could get with our 2017 MacBook Air was a 256 GB drive. These WD Black (virtually enterprise level) drives are 500 GB each, so our storage is 2x that of the built in drive. We use one as our primary external drive; once a month we install the 2nd drive (also externally), copy the files across, and put ... MoreUpdate 8-7-19: I went to the WD website to register my two drives. They show as no warranty from WD, presumably because they were bought through a reseller. Just so you know ... I use these as primary storage (and backup storage) for our MacBook Air laptop. Most MacBooks now come with solid state drives, meaning memory chip based drives, not physical spinning disks. They are much more expensive than the heritage physical disk approach, such that the largest SSD that we could get with our 2017 MacBook Air was a 256 GB drive. These WD Black (virtually enterprise level) drives are 500 GB each, so our storage is 2x that of the built in drive. We use one as our primary external drive; once a month we install the 2nd drive (also externally), copy the files across, and put it into our safe deposit box at the bank. If we ever lose a drive, whether to failure or someone breaking in and stealing our drive and laptop, we're only 30 days behind, a real advantage. The only downside to this drive is that the warranty on the drive itself is provided by the Seller, OEMGENUINE. The drive came marked with a label on the drive as a Seller 5 year warranty, with no terms provided. The downside risk is there is no published warranty, either by the Seller or by WD on their website, and whatever warranty is provided is subject to the Seller still being in existence over the next 5 years. However, given the price of the drive ($35 or so), it was a reasonable risk to take, especially since we acquired two and use one as the backup to the primary one. The odds of losing two drives at the same time is pretty remote. So we accepted the risk, but dropped the review for the product & seller by 1 star. If you go to the WD website, they do claim a 5 year limited warranty. I am a little surprised that the WD website doesn't provide a link to their warranty. So if we can't reach OEMGENUINE should we have a problem, I'm not sure what protection we'll have from WD. Something to consider if that's important to you. These are fast drives (7200 rpm for the 500GB drive), which is noticeably faster than the previous bulk drives we've purchased online and/or removed from existing systems, which have all been 5400 rpm drives. SATA compatible, plug and play, no issues yet but it's only been a few days. If something materially changes, I'll post an update.
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Capacity | 320 GB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" x 1/8H |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
