Testseek.com have collected 65 expert reviews of the Western Digital 3.5 inch Black SATA600 WD-FZEX / WD-FZBX and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital 3.5 inch Black SATA600 WD-FZEX / WD-FZBX.
January 2015
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The editors liked
Top-in-class performance
Huge improvements over prior generation
5-year Warranty
It's 4TB
Offers good transfer performance
No price premium vs. Black 2TB
$0.0825 per GB vs. $0.09 per GB (note
Green 2TB = $0.055 per GB)
Whopping 4TB of space. Low price per GB.
The editors didn't like
A bit pricey
Poor latency performance
Outshined by WD's Green drives
Falling SSD prices continue to cut into hard drive's appeal
Abstract: While SSDs are the best choice in roles that need high speed (mostly boot drives for the home user), many people need large amounts of storage space, and traditional hard drives still give the best value per gigabyte. Four-terabyte drives are the bigge...
Abstract: The Western Digital Red family of NAS hard disk drives is quite an interesting enhancement of the Western Digital Green family of low-powered, slower-spinning hard disk drives (formerly known as the Western Digital Caviar Green family). It is basicall....
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Published: 2013-11-19, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
Whopping 4TB of space. Low price per GB.
Falling SSD prices continue to cut into hard drive's appeal
High-end performance (for a hard drive) and a low cost per GB make the WD Black 4TB internal hard drive a winner....
Abstract: Today we are taking a look at some of Western Digital’s high end 4 TB drives: the WD4000FYYZ RE enterprise drive, the WD4001FAEX Black Series consumer drive, and the WD4003FZEX Black Series consumer drive. Each one of these drives is designed to prov...
Top-in-class performance, Huge improvements over prior generation, 5-year Warranty
A bit pricey
Western Digital's updated Black line showed dominance over the market for the highest-capacity hard drives, providing top-in-class performance in all categories...
Abstract: Desktop PC sales might be down, but our storage needs are increasing at a rather fast pace. When building a PC many experts often tell people to find out how much storage space they need now, then double that number for growth and then double that number ...
In a sense, the Western Digital Black 4TB has no equals. There are only two consumer-grade drives on the market with the same capacity and 7,200-RPM spindle speed, and this is the only one with five-year warranty coverage. You'd expect to pay a premium t...
The WD Black 4TB Desktop Hard Drive (WD4003FZEX) offers some very impressive results in terms of performance without increasing the overall power consumption of the drive....
