WD Shipping 2 TB 7200 RPM Caviar Black HDD

By Marcus Yam
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You want your 2 TB and 7200 RPM? Now you can have it.

Want storage and speed? Up until today, if you wanted a 2 TB consumer desktop drive, you'd likely have to settle for one that not built for speed, but now you can have one that'll spin you right round at 7200 RPM.

WD today announced that it is now shipping a desktop Caviar Black 7200 RPM 2 TB hard drive (model WD2001FASS), composed of four 500 GB platters, 64 MB cache, dual stage actuator technology, and SATA 3 Gb/sec. interface.

"WD Caviar Black 2 TB hard drives maximize the features and functionality of power computing applications such as gaming, photo editing, user generated multimedia and video," said Jim Morris, senior vice president and general manager of WD's client storage systems. "With the selection of WD Caviar Black hard drives, WD desktop customers receive the best possible mix of capacity, performance and reliability that is required for intense desktop computing."

For enterprise-class needs, WD is now qualifying the RE4 2 TB (model WD2003FYYS), which is suited for servers, network attached storage and storage networks. The WD RE4 2 TB drives feature similar features as the Caviar Black with a 7200 RPM spin speed and 64 MB cache and also add a more hardy 1.2 million hours MTBF, Active Power Save, among other features.

The WD Caviar Black 2 TB GB is available at an MSRP of $299.

Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
41 Comments Comment from the forums
  • jellico
    Wow... looks like a sweet drive! Still, the best price/performance point right now is in the 750GB - 1TB range.
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  • aspireonelover
    That's pretty cheap for a 2TB hdd! I would much rather prefer this hard drive over an intel X25-E SSD. Anyone with me?
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  • astrodudepsu
    DO WANT! 500GB platter and a 64MB cache sounds fantastic. Looks like I found my next storage drive for HD videos.
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  • jellico
    aspireoneloverThat's pretty cheap for a 2TB hdd! I would much rather prefer this hard drive over an intel X25-E SSD. Anyone with me?
    Well... that's kinda like saying you'd much rather have a Ford Expedition XL, than a Lamborghini Gallardo. It's really an apples and oranges comparison as each is designed to accomplish something completely different. In the case of SSD drives, it is speed and low-power consumption. In the case of a 2TB drive, it is capacity (with some speed since this puppy is a 7200RPM drive).

    But, yes, I'd much prefer to put my money into capacity at this point.
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  • doomtomb
    FINALLY
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  • bison88
    I bet by the end of the year or early next year that drive will be $199 :D. I am going to try and hold out.
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  • cybrcatter
    I see the next multiple winner of the Customer Choice Award on NewEgg right here.
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  • scuba dave
    "The WD Caviar Black 2 TB GB is available at an MSRP of $299."

    2 TB GB? Is that like saying 2 trillion billion? As in 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes? WOW!! Thats a mighty big HDD for $299! I'm gonna have to get me several of 'em at that price point per TB :P lawl..

    But seriously. Nice.. I will have to look into them... When they are a little cheaper. $299 is just too much. :/
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  • Hanin33
    i want 12 of these and 2 areca 8 port cards... stat!
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  • scuba dave
    scuba dave"The WD Caviar Black 2 TB GB is available at an MSRP of $299."2 TB GB? Is that like saying 2 trillion billion? As in 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes? WOW!! Thats a mighty big HDD for $299! I'm gonna have to get me several of 'em at that price point per TB lawl..But seriously. Nice.. I will have to look into them... When they are a little cheaper. $299 is just too much.
    Fix'd. lol :D
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