Western Digital WD Caviar Black

The WD Caviar Black is a high-performance internal hard drive from Western Digital. This drive is available in numerous capacities ranging from 500 GB to 2 TB. All WD Caviar Black hard drives operate at 7200 RPM, allowing data to be accessed transferred at a max of 3 GB/s over one SATA II connection.

The Caviar Black is aimed at users who use power computing applications such as multimedia, video, photo editing and games. Key performance features include a dual processor and 64 MB of cache in order to maximize throughput performance. Architectural features include dual actuator technology, “StableTrac” and “NoTouch” ramp load technology. All of these features help with read/write accuracy by keeping the disk vibration-free and the recording head from wearing down the drive platters. The WD Caviar Black comes with a limited 5 year warranty.