Western Digital Quietly Releases 3TB Black WD3001FAEX Hard Drive.

Western Digital has sneaked in a 3tb Black model WD3001FAEX hard drive only a few months after their release of the huge 4tb model.This drive appears to be exactly the same as all the Black drives with the related features and performance seems to be tuned like the 4tb model with a throughput rating of 154 mb/s.Price listings online appear to place the msrp around $235.00.

4TB Seagate STBD4000400 Desktop Hard Drive Review

 Introduction

Recently and quietly Seagate has refreshed and re-branded their 3.5 inch Barracuda hard drive series.The ever popular Barracuda's are now know simply as the Desktop hard drives.Storage capacities range from 250gb to 4 terabytes.All the drives up to 3tb capacity are Barracuda drives with all the same features and specs as we have known just with a new name.However the top capacity 4tb offering is something entirely new and not entirely the same as it's smaller brethren.This particular model is the retail boxed STBD4000400 version for sale only at BestBuy.com right now.I couldn't help myself and snatched a couple while they were on sale.

4TB Seagate Desktop STBD4000400 Hard Drive For $209.99 At Best Buy.com

Get the new and monstrous Seagate 4tb Desktop hard drive for only $209.99 with free shipping included at BestBuy.com.I have one of these drives on order and soon hope to have it in hand and a review up by the end of the week.To get in on the deal click the link below.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Seagate+-+4TB+Internal+Serial+ATA+Hard+Drive+for+Desktops/7733093.p?id=1218858761387&skuId=7733093&st=seagate%204tb%20hard%20drive&cp=1&lp=1

Get FarCry 3 For Free If You Buy Or Have Bought An OCZ Vector SSD

OCZ is having a limited time deal where new and past OCZ Vector owners of the 256gb and 512gb models  can receive a maximum of two downloadable copies of FarCry 3 for free.Two copies for a maximum of two purchased Vector drives in either 256gb or 512gb capacities.Owners are going to have to fill out a form with required information.This deal ends July 14,2013.To get in on this deal click the link below.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/vector_farcry3/

HGST releases 1.2TB 10,000rpm SAS Hard Drive For The Enterprise Market.

HGST has just announced the release of another industry first.They have developed an 1.2tb capacity 10,000rpm 2.5 inch SAS hard drive.This is the highest capacity 10,000rpm hard drive yet and possibly the fastest if the specs are true.This drive is intended for the enterprise and big business markets.For more information on this new drive from HGST hit the link below for an official press release.

http://www.hgst.com/press-room/2013/hgst-launches-the-industrys-highest-capacity-10k-rpm-hard-drive

Western Digital Black 4TB WD4001FAEX Hard Drive:Initial Review

Introduction 

"Houston, we have a problem"

This isn't a complete and final review and the reason being that the drive developed a bad sector just as I had started my benchmarking of it.Without much thought I went through the painless Newegg RMA process and have since shipped the drive off for a replacement.Surprisingly this isn't my fist Black hard drive to have a problem.My first 2tb Caviar Black failed after only months of ownership.However the replacement has been going very strong since.Even with two Black drives being faulty I still stick by the Black line and Western Digital as a whole.I own or have owned over a dozen Western Digital hard drives with only two giving fault and the rest performing admirably in a range of usage scenarios like gaming,video recording and editing,24/7 file serving,and with multiple types of RAID levels involved.Even with my limited time with the drive I was able to gain some sense of it's performance capabilities, how it stacks up with competitors hard drives on the market,and whether it is a viable storage solution.

500gb Western Digital Velociraptor:A $79 Dollar Steal That Packs a Serious Punch

 Introduction


During the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales events many great deals were to be had and few matched or exceeded this particular deal which netted me a latest generation 500gb Western Digital Velociraptor for only $79.99 and with free shipping included.This same drive sells for a regular price of $149.99 and shipping costs at Newegg.com.The deal was so good I had to buy it and considering I own several of the 1tb versions of this drive I knew I wasn't making a mistake and wouldn't be disappointed if the 1tb version is an indicator.Today I'm going to test the performance of the 500gb model against it's bigger 1tb sibling and see where it's performance stands.

256GB OCZ Vector SSD Review at various review sites

OCZ has released their latest and greatest solid state drive the Vector.This new ssd features a Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller and 4K random IOPS as high as 100,000.Click a link below to check a review.

http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_vector_ssd_review

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/11/27/ocz_vector_256gb_ssd_review

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vector-ssd-review,3358.html

http://hothardware.com/Reviews/OCZ-Vector-Barefoot-3-Solid-State-Drive-Review/

Seagate Barracuda 3TB Hard Drive Review:Is it king of the hard drive waters?

Introduction

This past Black Friday had tons of storage deals and this 3TB Barracuda might have been the highlight of those storage sales.With prices as low as $89.99 for this particular drive from several online retailers this drive quickly became a must buy item even if it wasn't a necessity such as my purchase of it.I bought this particular drive for $99.99 at Amazon and received it a day later.Now with the drive finally in hand lets see if there is something more than a low price that makes this drive so highly sought after.

Western Digital Velociraptor 1TB Hard Drive Review.Is it still the king of hard drives or a true dinosaur in this age of technology?

Introduction

Today I have the latest generation Western Digital Velociraptor for review.Western Digital is back again with a updated models of their renowned 2.5 inch,10,000rpm beast. This specific drive is the WD1000DHTZ; a 1 terabyte capacity drive and the first Velociraptor model to sport such a high capacity.The new raptors are also available in 250gb and 500gb capacities.Every two years or so the Velociraptor gets refreshed not just at a hardware level but at the marketing level as well with this new model.WD is no longer pushing this drive as the ultimate choice for gamers and enthusiasts.This drive is prominently being marketed as a workstation solution.Western Digital states that the drive is ideal for High-performance computing, 3D rendering, digital content creation and editing, scientific computing and image management.Considering the features such as 10,000rpm disc speed,SATA 6gb/s interface,1 terabyte capacity,64mb cache,RAFF,No-Touch ramp loading, pre-emptive wear leveling,and a 5-year warranty.With those features in mind it's apparent this drive was built for serious workloads that are common in professional workstation environments.