WD Expands Desktop 7,200rpm 6Gb SATA HDD To 4TB

WD, a Western Digital announced its highest performance, highest capacity desktop hard drive, the WD Black 4TB, 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM drive.

Shipping immediately, the performance and capacity of the Black drives make them for gaming, high-performance desktop systems and workstations.

Black hard drives combine 7200 RPM spin speed, 64MB cache, dual stage actuator technology, SATA 6Gb/s interface, and an integrated dual processor to deliver performance in a maximum-capacity drive.

"Maximizing the features and functionality of power computing applications such as gaming, multimedia and video editing, the new WD Black 4TB hard drives offer capacity and performance-without compromise," said Matt Rutledge, VP of WD’s client storage 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 4TB hard drives feature the following:

• Dual processor – Twice the processing power to maximize performance.
• Dual actuator technology – A head positioning system with two actuators that improves positional accuracy over the data track(s). The primary actuator provides coarse displacement using conventional electromagnetic actuator principles. The secondary actuator uses piezoelectric motion to fine tune the head positioning to a higher degree of accuracy.
• IntelliSeek – Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.
• StableTrac – The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking during read and write operations.
• NoTouch ramp load technology – The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.

The WD Black 4TBGB (model WD4001FAEX) hard drives are available through select distributors and resellers. MSRP is $339 or €299.

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