Sophisticated performance enhancing features deliver the speed you need for demanding applications like photo and video editing and Internet gaming. High performance, high capacity, high reliability, and cutting-edge technology make up WD Black, the ideal drive for those who demand only the best.
Sophisticated performance enhancing features deliver the speed you need for demanding applications like photo and video editing and Internet gaming. High performance, high capacity, high reliability, and cutting-edge technology make up WD Black, the ideal drive for those who demand only the best.
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WD Black Performance Hard Drive WD2003FZEX - Hard drive - 2 TB - internal - 3.5" - SATA 6Gb/s - 7200 rpm - buffer: 64 MB
Sophisticated performance enhancing features deliver the speed you need for demanding applications like photo and video editing and Internet gaming. High performance, high capacity, high reliability, and cutting-edge technology make up WD Black, the ideal drive for those who demand only the best.
Sophisticated performance enhancing features deliver the speed you need for demanding applications like photo and video editing and Internet gaming. High performance, high capacity, high reliability, and cutting-edge technology make up WD Black, the ideal drive for those who demand only the best.
Last updated at 06/02/2024 19:43:46
originally posted on overclockers.co.uk
There's not too much to talk about really, it's an OEM packaged hard drive, you get the drive in a moisture barrier bag as well as the packaging it was shipped in, so obviously you'll need SATA data cables. So where to start? Speed would be a nice place to start but I'll start somewhere else. The model... A bit of an odd place to start right? This is 2013 model of the drive which I believe is (at the time of writing this) the newest model of the drive which is a bit... Strange. Anyway. there will be a short summary at the end of the post.Anyway, on to speed.Unfortunately I don't have any numbers for the drive brand new but I'd expect 150MB/s - 180MB/s for sequential numbers, 45MB/s read and 80MB/s write for 512k numbers, 0.5 read and 1.5 write for 4k numbers and ... MoreThere's not too much to talk about really, it's an OEM packaged hard drive, you get the drive in a moisture barrier bag as well as the packaging it was shipped in, so obviously you'll need SATA data cables. So where to start? Speed would be a nice place to start but I'll start somewhere else. The model... A bit of an odd place to start right? This is 2013 model of the drive which I believe is (at the time of writing this) the newest model of the drive which is a bit... Strange. Anyway. there will be a short summary at the end of the post.Anyway, on to speed.Unfortunately I don't have any numbers for the drive brand new but I'd expect 150MB/s - 180MB/s for sequential numbers, 45MB/s read and 80MB/s write for 512k numbers, 0.5 read and 1.5 write for 4k numbers and 1.4MB/s for 4k QD32. Currently, after a year of use with my drive this is what it is achieving in CrystalDiskMark. Keep in mind this is after a year's worth of use and it is not an indication of speeds for a brand new drive.Information:Minimal disk usage, making sure not to use things form that drive while the test was running. Without me doing anything it would occasionally go up to 4% usage but the large test size should negate any effect that would have.Passes: 9 for more accurate dataFile size: 3.73GB in binary (Base 2) (4000MB), 4GB in decimal (base 10). This means that it'll be testing the the hard drive rather than the cache.File space: 575GB used out of 931GBTests:Sequential (large file E.G. A short, high bit rate 1080p video)512k ("medium" sized files, E.G. a few files a couple hundred MB in size) 4k (small files, E.G. a lot of MP3 files) 4k QD32 (same as 4k but more requests are sent to the controller as some drives increase performance in this situation)I MUST STRESS THAT THESE ARE SPEEDS AFTER A YEAR OF USE AND THEY DO NOT REPRESENT THE SPEED OF A BRAND NEW DRIVE.Results:Sequential 122.4MB/s Read, 110.7MB/s Write512k: 28.12MB/s Read, 52.60MB/s Write4k: 0.297MB/s Read, 0.730MB/s Write4k QD32: 0.604 Read, 0.772 MB/s WriteSpace:My drive came with 931GB and you should expect to see a similar number with your 1TB drive. If you are concerned that you're paying for "1TB" but getting 931GB there's a simple solution. Hard drives are marketed using the decimal number system, that's base 10 or 0-9. Windows will read it in binary, that's base 2 or 0 and 1.Noise: Perfectly quiet. It makes a noise occasionally but nothing loud. My drive is mounted vertically and the bracket for the drive uses rubber mounts to reduce vibration so noise 'experiences' will vary.Price: This is my reason for dropping a star. Yes, this drive performs well but unless you get that one in a million drive it just isn't worth it. There are cheaper options which are almost half the price. If you're looking for a 1TB drive that's cheap, this is not that drive. If cheap is what you're looking for then lookout for cheap drives from HGST/Hitachi, Toshiba's DT series drives (usually rebranded HGST drives) or something like a WD blue, all of which will provide similar or even better performance (the 7200RPM drives that is) for less. If OCUK had half stars then I would've knocked off another half star for it.Summary:Well to keep it short, it's quiet and it performs well and it's a pretty decent drive. However, it's a decent drive which is ruined by an extremely high asking price, yes,
originally posted on overclockers.co.uk
I bought four of these years ago (5 years? 6?). I recently rebuilt my whole PC and as I put the drives into it, it occurred to me just how long I'd been using them (and using them a constantly). So I figured I owed WD a positive review. These were double the price when I bought them years ago. Today I'd probably buy the 2TB or 4TB versions but they're the same line. I have all four as part of a Storage Space in Windows 10 and I've added to SSDs to the pool as well to act as a faster cache layer. Not that these drives are at all slow. Given I can do this now I'd probably also buy the cheaper Blues because the SSD layer makes up for the lower performance but if you're not doing that (and you're probably not), these drives are the best non-Enterprise drives you'll ... MoreI bought four of these years ago (5 years? 6?). I recently rebuilt my whole PC and as I put the drives into it, it occurred to me just how long I'd been using them (and using them a constantly). So I figured I owed WD a positive review. These were double the price when I bought them years ago. Today I'd probably buy the 2TB or 4TB versions but they're the same line. I have all four as part of a Storage Space in Windows 10 and I've added to SSDs to the pool as well to act as a faster cache layer. Not that these drives are at all slow. Given I can do this now I'd probably also buy the cheaper Blues because the SSD layer makes up for the lower performance but if you're not doing that (and you're probably not), these drives are the best non-Enterprise drives you'll find, imo.
originally posted on newegg.com
The hard seeking noises take me back to the early 90s of MFM and RLL drives. May be loud to some but I love it! Like a hot cam big block engine =) It is fast and seems reliable. Make sure you get CMR drives unless you are doing long term data archiving that doesn't change much. Then maybe SMR drives will work. I only buy WD since I have had the best luck with them. It replaced an old Barracuda 500GB drive that was fast and reliable, but the new Barracudas are SMR unless you get a certain type. Seagate made it confusing and hid the type so didn't trust buying another Cuda. Unless it has a 426 Hemi in it, lol.
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Capacity | 2 TB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" x 1/3H |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
There's not too much to talk about really, it's an OEM packaged hard drive, you get the drive in a moisture barrier bag as well as the packaging it was shipped in, so obviously you'll need SATA data cables. So where to start? Speed would be a nice place to start but I'll start somewhere else. The model... A bit of an odd place to start right? This is 2013 model of the drive which I believe is (at the time of writing this) the newest model of the drive which is a bit... Strange. Anyway. there will be a short summary at the end of the post.Anyway, on to speed.Unfortunately I don't have any numbers for the drive brand new but I'd expect 150MB/s - 180MB/s for sequential numbers, 45MB/s read and 80MB/s write for 512k numbers, 0.5 read and 1.5 write for 4k numbers and ... MoreThere's not too much to talk about really, it's an OEM packaged hard drive, you get the drive in a moisture barrier bag as well as the packaging it was shipped in, so obviously you'll need SATA data cables. So where to start? Speed would be a nice place to start but I'll start somewhere else. The model... A bit of an odd place to start right? This is 2013 model of the drive which I believe is (at the time of writing this) the newest model of the drive which is a bit... Strange. Anyway. there will be a short summary at the end of the post.Anyway, on to speed.Unfortunately I don't have any numbers for the drive brand new but I'd expect 150MB/s - 180MB/s for sequential numbers, 45MB/s read and 80MB/s write for 512k numbers, 0.5 read and 1.5 write for 4k numbers and 1.4MB/s for 4k QD32. Currently, after a year of use with my drive this is what it is achieving in CrystalDiskMark. Keep in mind this is after a year's worth of use and it is not an indication of speeds for a brand new drive.Information:Minimal disk usage, making sure not to use things form that drive while the test was running. Without me doing anything it would occasionally go up to 4% usage but the large test size should negate any effect that would have.Passes: 9 for more accurate dataFile size: 3.73GB in binary (Base 2) (4000MB), 4GB in decimal (base 10). This means that it'll be testing the the hard drive rather than the cache.File space: 575GB used out of 931GBTests:Sequential (large file E.G. A short, high bit rate 1080p video)512k ("medium" sized files, E.G. a few files a couple hundred MB in size) 4k (small files, E.G. a lot of MP3 files) 4k QD32 (same as 4k but more requests are sent to the controller as some drives increase performance in this situation)I MUST STRESS THAT THESE ARE SPEEDS AFTER A YEAR OF USE AND THEY DO NOT REPRESENT THE SPEED OF A BRAND NEW DRIVE.Results:Sequential 122.4MB/s Read, 110.7MB/s Write512k: 28.12MB/s Read, 52.60MB/s Write4k: 0.297MB/s Read, 0.730MB/s Write4k QD32: 0.604 Read, 0.772 MB/s WriteSpace:My drive came with 931GB and you should expect to see a similar number with your 1TB drive. If you are concerned that you're paying for "1TB" but getting 931GB there's a simple solution. Hard drives are marketed using the decimal number system, that's base 10 or 0-9. Windows will read it in binary, that's base 2 or 0 and 1.Noise: Perfectly quiet. It makes a noise occasionally but nothing loud. My drive is mounted vertically and the bracket for the drive uses rubber mounts to reduce vibration so noise 'experiences' will vary.Price: This is my reason for dropping a star. Yes, this drive performs well but unless you get that one in a million drive it just isn't worth it. There are cheaper options which are almost half the price. If you're looking for a 1TB drive that's cheap, this is not that drive. If cheap is what you're looking for then lookout for cheap drives from HGST/Hitachi, Toshiba's DT series drives (usually rebranded HGST drives) or something like a WD blue, all of which will provide similar or even better performance (the 7200RPM drives that is) for less. If OCUK had half stars then I would've knocked off another half star for it.Summary:Well to keep it short, it's quiet and it performs well and it's a pretty decent drive. However, it's a decent drive which is ruined by an extremely high asking price, yes,
I bought four of these years ago (5 years? 6?). I recently rebuilt my whole PC and as I put the drives into it, it occurred to me just how long I'd been using them (and using them a constantly). So I figured I owed WD a positive review. These were double the price when I bought them years ago. Today I'd probably buy the 2TB or 4TB versions but they're the same line. I have all four as part of a Storage Space in Windows 10 and I've added to SSDs to the pool as well to act as a faster cache layer. Not that these drives are at all slow. Given I can do this now I'd probably also buy the cheaper Blues because the SSD layer makes up for the lower performance but if you're not doing that (and you're probably not), these drives are the best non-Enterprise drives you'll ... MoreI bought four of these years ago (5 years? 6?). I recently rebuilt my whole PC and as I put the drives into it, it occurred to me just how long I'd been using them (and using them a constantly). So I figured I owed WD a positive review. These were double the price when I bought them years ago. Today I'd probably buy the 2TB or 4TB versions but they're the same line. I have all four as part of a Storage Space in Windows 10 and I've added to SSDs to the pool as well to act as a faster cache layer. Not that these drives are at all slow. Given I can do this now I'd probably also buy the cheaper Blues because the SSD layer makes up for the lower performance but if you're not doing that (and you're probably not), these drives are the best non-Enterprise drives you'll find, imo.
The hard seeking noises take me back to the early 90s of MFM and RLL drives. May be loud to some but I love it! Like a hot cam big block engine =) It is fast and seems reliable. Make sure you get CMR drives unless you are doing long term data archiving that doesn't change much. Then maybe SMR drives will work. I only buy WD since I have had the best luck with them. It replaced an old Barracuda 500GB drive that was fast and reliable, but the new Barracudas are SMR unless you get a certain type. Seagate made it confusing and hid the type so didn't trust buying another Cuda. Unless it has a 426 Hemi in it, lol.
I bought this to convert movie files to folders of tif images. (tif images are basically bit maps that can hold movie color space. They're huge.) It is able to keep up with the image processing program I have that outputs to that. The other hard drive I was using could not keep up and would slow the whole thing down.I'm impressed with the capacity and ability of this drive compared to the price.I'm taking a star off because this drive disappears for about 15 seconds every hour or so. Everything that's using it freezes until it comes back. I doubt that's normal behavior, but since I'm only storing temporary data on it, and it always comes back, so I don't think it needs a replacement.I don't remember if this has RAM or what, but when writing to it, it can take ... MoreI bought this to convert movie files to folders of tif images. (tif images are basically bit maps that can hold movie color space. They're huge.) It is able to keep up with the image processing program I have that outputs to that. The other hard drive I was using could not keep up and would slow the whole thing down.I'm impressed with the capacity and ability of this drive compared to the price.I'm taking a star off because this drive disappears for about 15 seconds every hour or so. Everything that's using it freezes until it comes back. I doubt that's normal behavior, but since I'm only storing temporary data on it, and it always comes back, so I don't think it needs a replacement.I don't remember if this has RAM or what, but when writing to it, it can take about 5GB really fast. Then it slows down to about 160MB per second, plus or minus 10. For reference, gigabit ethernet caps at 115MB per second. (These are all numbers displayed by Windows OS.)
In this review, you will not find a bunch of bench tests and load tests. Just straight up real world feedback from your typical gamer. I was hoping to get 2 years out of this drive with regular gaming etc. I’ll update if it dies for any reason.I took this drive out, hooked it up in my PC (3060, 12400f, 16gb RAM) and did a quick format. Renamed it and started loading games. This was surprisingly quiet, I anticipated it to be a lot louder being a purpose-built gaming HDD. It’s really not much louder than the fans running at 70%. It’s an HDD so you’ll hear it spool up and click etc, but I’ve never had anyone say they can hear it through my mic or anything.Downloading/writing games was quick. I don’t believe server speed can beat out the write speed on this drive. ... MoreIn this review, you will not find a bunch of bench tests and load tests. Just straight up real world feedback from your typical gamer. I was hoping to get 2 years out of this drive with regular gaming etc. I’ll update if it dies for any reason.I took this drive out, hooked it up in my PC (3060, 12400f, 16gb RAM) and did a quick format. Renamed it and started loading games. This was surprisingly quiet, I anticipated it to be a lot louder being a purpose-built gaming HDD. It’s really not much louder than the fans running at 70%. It’s an HDD so you’ll hear it spool up and click etc, but I’ve never had anyone say they can hear it through my mic or anything.Downloading/writing games was quick. I don’t believe server speed can beat out the write speed on this drive. I’m running 1.2gbps up and down and I haven’t met a server that can get me a game at 10% of that. So no delays when downloading/writing.In use, it works extremely well. I’m using this for storage but I also play off the HDD. I keep my AAA titles on an SSD (WZ2 etc.) and really only have MSFS2020 as far as heavy load games on this. Honestly, it doesn’t load MSFS any slower than an SSD. Same goes for Snowrunner. They load right up and there are no issues playing through this HDD, and I play MSFS on very high/ultra. Sometimes the GPU struggles but the HDD does not.Overall, I would highly recommend this to any casual-intermediate PC gamer, ESPECIALLY if you plan to play through the HDD. If you’re running a 4090ti and 13900K, maybe put your games on an SSD (you can afford it) but this drive has done everything I’ve asked of it.Again, if anything changes I’ll update but for now, I’m glad I ponied up the extra coin for this drive over a lesser unit.
For Hard Drives, it's kind of difficult to rate until we've had them long term, to see if they're going to fail or not. I've only had mine a few months at the time of this review, but so far, so good!It's been very fast, and mostly quiet as far as these kind of drives go, and was a decent price for the amount of storage. It was easy to install and just what my new system was missing.I use the more expensive Solid State Drives for boot up and some of my main files, but I use this to hold all my general storage. That's worked out great so far, and the game performance on it is pretty nice.It gets very high marks on benchmarks for this type of drive. All will be well as long as it holds up. Only time will tell there.
I bought 2 6TB Black 3.5 inch hard drives directly from WD on March 9 2022. The website tracking is broken, it never showed these shipping, but a week later a small, (flimsy, falling apart, partially broken open) box arrived containing my hard drives. The drives were packed with no cushioning on the top or bottom and the cheap bubble wrap surrounding the drives was popped open. This terrible packing was very disappointing, but I hoped for the best... bad sadly the drives were either defective to start with (and WD knew it which is why the shipped like this) or they were damaged during shipping. One drive would not initialize, the other started but made a loud clanking noise/defective. I do not understand why anyone would pack sensitive electronic equipment like hard ... MoreI bought 2 6TB Black 3.5 inch hard drives directly from WD on March 9 2022. The website tracking is broken, it never showed these shipping, but a week later a small, (flimsy, falling apart, partially broken open) box arrived containing my hard drives. The drives were packed with no cushioning on the top or bottom and the cheap bubble wrap surrounding the drives was popped open. This terrible packing was very disappointing, but I hoped for the best... bad sadly the drives were either defective to start with (and WD knew it which is why the shipped like this) or they were damaged during shipping. One drive would not initialize, the other started but made a loud clanking noise/defective. I do not understand why anyone would pack sensitive electronic equipment like hard drives with no protection, unless they knew they were defective to start with and hoped I would not test them, put them on a shelf for later. I contacted what turned out to be the worst customer service from a large corporation ever. I tried the phone and email and all they ever said was "give us 2-3 day to look in to this". I did that for a week... WD showed they do not care/know the drives were bad to start with forcing me to open a paypal dispute to get my money back. I was stunned when WD had 14 days to reply... but NEVER replied to the dispute. At the end of the time limit paypal closed the case and refunded my money. It took me almost a month to get my money back. WD should be ashamed. I have purchased 20-25 hard drives over time from WD, and I guess I got lucky and worked... but every relationship is good until there is an issue.... then we see what is real..... WD is not real. WD is a terrible company in every department. I am disgusted at WD and I will never do business with Western Digital again.
2 of these WD Black HDDs had I/O Device Errors from the beginning. One sounded different after 60 days, with a Current Pending Sector Count of 8, an Uncorrectable Sector Count of 1, and Error Code 7 the next day. The WD Black totally crumbled after 5 weeks, before it could finish erasing once. The physical device WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 (not the filesystem) could not be recognized without being connected before starting Linux, but prevents booting beyond POST. It was connected while displaying the F12 boot menu (after POST and before Linux), and everything had Input/Output Errors except HDDSuperClone, which has been erasing the HDD at 1530 KB/s for 4 weeks. None of our other disks have ever fallen apart to that extent in under 10 years. Customer reviews strongly reflect ... More2 of these WD Black HDDs had I/O Device Errors from the beginning. One sounded different after 60 days, with a Current Pending Sector Count of 8, an Uncorrectable Sector Count of 1, and Error Code 7 the next day. The WD Black totally crumbled after 5 weeks, before it could finish erasing once. The physical device WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 (not the filesystem) could not be recognized without being connected before starting Linux, but prevents booting beyond POST. It was connected while displaying the F12 boot menu (after POST and before Linux), and everything had Input/Output Errors except HDDSuperClone, which has been erasing the HDD at 1530 KB/s for 4 weeks. None of our other disks have ever fallen apart to that extent in under 10 years. Customer reviews strongly reflect the increase of I/O Device Errors with Western Digital products.The WD Support website blocks an RMA as "OUT OF REGION", despite being purchased from the official Western Digital Store and never crossing borders. "OUT OF REGION" means the product was originally sold in a different country. Western Digital used to provide Advanced RMAs for free, before requiring expensive deposits and a permanent $25 charge, which is never refunded even after returning the original. The $25 cannot be refunded even when an Advanced RMA is refused outside the customer's control. Western Digital has customers submit the $25 before knowing invasive identity verification is required to continue, with no option to cancel and refund the $25 by the time the customer gets to know.Western Digital uses Styrofoam instead of polyethylene foam because it's slightly cheaper. Styrofoam cushions much more poorly than polyethylene foam, and should never be used for an expensive HDD. Styrofoam is also toxic and nearly impossible to recycle. Polyethylene foam is not much to ask for, as it's also inexpensive plastic. The quality of the Styrofoam accurately represented the product. Western Digital previously used polyethylene foam before becoming a scam company.In August 2021, a bait & switch scam was uncovered with the SN550 Blue SSD. Western Digital neglects severe vulnerabilities in My Cloud OS 3, and says to buy a new WD My Cloud if your existing product cannot be upgraded to OS 5. Instead of providing updates, Western Digital will leave customers vulnerable until later in 2022, when networking functionality will be crippled, with a ransom to purchase a new device with OS 5. Western Digital claims to have determined it necessary to end support for OS 3, even though it is not fundamentally flawed, and the problem is the very lack of support itself. I have accurately recommended Western Digital hundreds of times over the years, and do not regret that, but the new CEO David Goeckeler has trashed the company.
I hadnt built a full system in 20 years but Ive been upgrading every possible component on used machines because it was much more cost effective. I get to my build and decide on a 4tb black from WD because its the right size and figure buying direct is going to give me any support I might need. Generally, hds are plug and play, easy peasy with a bios update. Nope, bios cant see it. MSI is offering service repair after the third ticket because they dont know why the mb can see my cd-rom, ssds, etc but not my wd hd. Turns out, a well known problem quietly swept under the rug is the #3 3.3v pin designed to allow mb control also prevents it from spinning and is therefore ' useless.Is it even conceivable than wd could offer a solution for customers prior to purchasing? ... MoreI hadnt built a full system in 20 years but Ive been upgrading every possible component on used machines because it was much more cost effective. I get to my build and decide on a 4tb black from WD because its the right size and figure buying direct is going to give me any support I might need. Generally, hds are plug and play, easy peasy with a bios update. Nope, bios cant see it. MSI is offering service repair after the third ticket because they dont know why the mb can see my cd-rom, ssds, etc but not my wd hd. Turns out, a well known problem quietly swept under the rug is the #3 3.3v pin designed to allow mb control also prevents it from spinning and is therefore ' useless.Is it even conceivable than wd could offer a solution for customers prior to purchasing? Absolutely. Do they? No. You get to spend hours of your precious time unplugging, plugging, booting, rebooting, reconfiguribg researching, reading only to stumble across guys putting kapton tape on the pins or modifing sata extenders to disable the pin. Hoping one of those solutions works. The topper is paying twice the price from a direct outlet rather than Newegg just so I can stare at it a little longer. Done shopping here. Why would any manufacturer do this?
I got the 1TB Western Digital Black drive since it fit my need perfectly. I cloned my old WD Blue as it started to get errors. So far I have been unable to get my PC to see the drive. I used Acronis to do the cloning and it went as expected. However no matter what I do I cannot get my machine to recognize the drive is there. I've never used anything but Western Digital drives almost since my first 386SX and have NEVER had any issues other than age with any of them. This one I cannot get to install no matter what I try or what I tweak. I have to say that the ease of use I once enjoyed has apparently gone. I would NOT recommend this drive for any reason after all this and will be seeking to return it for a refund if possible. No I haven't bothered contacting WD since ... MoreI got the 1TB Western Digital Black drive since it fit my need perfectly. I cloned my old WD Blue as it started to get errors. So far I have been unable to get my PC to see the drive. I used Acronis to do the cloning and it went as expected. However no matter what I do I cannot get my machine to recognize the drive is there. I've never used anything but Western Digital drives almost since my first 386SX and have NEVER had any issues other than age with any of them. This one I cannot get to install no matter what I try or what I tweak. I have to say that the ease of use I once enjoyed has apparently gone. I would NOT recommend this drive for any reason after all this and will be seeking to return it for a refund if possible. No I haven't bothered contacting WD since they don't seem to monitor their support site much if at all. Perhaps I'll get a reaction from them here but I doubt it very much. Don't purchase this drive!
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Capacity | 2 TB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" x 1/3H |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
