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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Hey, you can be a girly-man and use those little 500 GB hard drives in your computer, or - gasp! - your drobo, or you can be a mans-man and plunk in a couple of WD Black Caviar 1 TB drives. That’s right, I said ONE TERABYTE! We have crossed new territory in which the G drops for the T and soon we will all be storing masses of video in which we all once celebrated for doing the same for pictures.
“WD Caviar Black hard drives offer the highest capacity and performance in a desktop class drive available on the market today enabling users to maximize the features and functionality of power computing applications such as multimedia, video and photo editing,” said Don Bennett, WD vice president and general manager of desktop storage. “Selection of a WD Caviar Black drive ensures WD customers receive the best WD has to offer in terms of features, performance and reliability.”
These are far from fishy as they’ll spin at 7200 RPM equipped with the SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 32 MB cache. Western Digital is positioning these toward high-end OEM systems as well as for those desiring to upgrade to some wicked drives.
Stop by WD Caviar 1 TB site to get the full spec run down. The drives become available next week through select distributors and resellers. Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the WD Caviar Black 750 GB is $199 and the 1 TB is $249 USD. Both drives are covered by a five-year limited warranty.