WD has just announced the expansion of its award-winning WD Black line of performance hard drives up to 6 TB capacity.
The WD Black 6TB hard drives present just the right solution for gamers and professionals in need of high-performance desktop systems and workstations. These hard drives combine 7200 RPM peformance, a 128 MB cache, dual stage actuator technology, a 6GB per second SATA interface, and an integrated dual processor which all work together to swiftly handle intense computing with ease. The WD Black 6TB variants feature increased reliability thanks to a built-in StableTrac technology, increased DRAM cache, an efficient dual-core processor, and a 5-year limited warranty. With outstanding system performance and generous capacity, gamers, enthusiasts, and creatives can now push the boundaries of personalization without the need to compromise.
“Combining maximum system performance with generous capacity, the expansion of WD Black to 6 TB allows gamers, enthusiasts and creatives to push the boundaries of personalization without compromise,” said Cindi Grace, senior vice president of WD storage technology group. “In choosing WD Black hard drives, WD desktop customers get the best possible mix of capacity, performance and reliability to handle intense desktop computing with ease.”
WD Black 6 TB hard drives feature the following:
Increased Reliability –StableTrac Technology (2 TB and larger models) secures the motor shaft inside of the hard drive to increase reliability and help reduce impact due to system-induced vibrations from other components. By stabilizing the platters inside, the WD Black drive delivers accurate tracking in a particular sector during read and write operations, optimizing performance and reliability.
Increased DRAM cache – The Dynamic Cache Technology improves caching algorithms in real time to allocate and optimize cache between reads and writes. This movement of cache for read data helps reduce congestion and increase overall performance.
Efficient dual processing – A dual-core processor offers twice the processing capability to maximize drive performance for faster read and write speeds.
5-year limited warranty – Compared to standard hard drives, the WD Black drive is guaranteed to endure more strenuous and aggressive internal testing over a longer period of time, which is why it comes backed by an industry leading 5-year limited warranty.