Western Digital 4TB WD Black Performance Internal Hard Drive HDD - 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 256 MB Cache, 3.5 - WD4005FZBX

Well, my last WD Black drive only lasted 2 years, but thats the nice thing about the 5-year warranty. I got this one as a mirror. The old drive started chattering loudly at 100% utilization during virus scans and backups about halfway through its short 2-year lifespan. One day it finally failed - first disconnected itself, and then when I reconnected, it appeared as EMPTY. I first tried scandisk, and it fixed errors, but the disk now showed as full. I ran the free WD Diagnostics and it failed the short test, then on the long test, confirmed it had too many bad sectors to recover. I read online to run chkdsk and do the full surface scan. It took 2 days to chug through the drive, but I got almost everything back. I had a backup drive copy, too, but I had a couple of things from that day that werent backed-up...like my TurboTax file, which was almost complete (Murphys law). I got back the most important files, bought this newer version of the same drive (the free replacement is now its mirror), and restored everything else from backup. This drive (and the replacement for my F1002 model) are running perfectly well, and I cant hear them over the fans, which is a nice change. I have one piece of advice when buying drives: get the highest rated drive with the longest warranty possible that you can afford. I got this one on sale. I thought about the 2TB or even 3TB versions, but I already have a 240GB SSD boot drive, and another 1GB drive (a Seagate that was a replacement for one that lasted 2 weeks - this one is a lucky one...I can tell :). Not to mention, 5TB of external drives, and a 3TB NAS, so why risk a bigger drive? Bottom line: good drive - fast, and quiet, and I sleep better with a 5yr warranty and a good backup!

Its a WD Black. That should be enough said, but for the sake of clarity let me explain: Ive owned/recommended several WD black drives since around 2010 and never had ANY issues with them, even well past their warranty period. I still have two old 1TBs that work good as new. All WD black drives Ive dealt with have been rock solid reliable. Cant say the same about some competitors or even other WD product lines. Heres to hoping this (8TB) drive carries on the torch for many years to come! Ive read some complaints online about noise, and initially was concerned about it. I am happy to report that this thing is very quiet! No clicking, whirring, ticking or loud seeking noise when reading or writing to it. When backing stuff up to it all I heard was some faint seeking noise, and not much at that. Performance? Its reasonably fast. Its no SSD, but its no slouch either. Faster than some other HDDs I have lying around. To get a decent idea of its performance, see the attached screenshot. (Benchmark is from CrystalDiskMark 8.0.4 using Default profile). Would I recommend this over other drives? Absolutely. Would I buy more of this same drive? Of course! Overall 10/10 hard drive.

Ive been gaming on PC for years and after six months can effectively say this one is solid for anything. the r/w speeds are always at steady 7k as advertised. Its very quiet and honestly preforms better than my other samsung ssds.

It works like it should. Booted off of the disk I indicated. Just loud is all.

A recurring problem. . . phantom behavior. Another customer review sums up my experience: Jeremy 1.0 out of 5 stars Be VERY cautious purchasing this item. Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2019 Verified Purchase I initially purchased this hard drive for my top of the line custom PC build. I had an expert put together my PC (i9 9900K, RTX 2080TI, Two 2 TB NVMe 970 EVO SSDs, MSI MEG Z390 ACE MB). Initially when I brought the PC home, everything was fine. This WD hard drive was storing a couple TB of my gaming clips and I had no complaints. After a week or so, I noticed my HDD was no longer listed in my drive list. I troubleshot the issue and wasnt able to figure out what was wrong. I gave up for a few days and noticed that all of the sudden, the hard drive was back in my list of drives. I hadnt done anything I know of to cause this. This off-an-on appearance of the drive happened several times until I contacted the professional who put together my PC - he told me that it was a defective drive and to return it for a replacement. I did this and received the same HDD as a replacement item. Almost immediately after installing the new HDD I noticed once again that it wasnt appearing in my list of available drives. Again it began to show up sporadically. At this point I figured it must be a problem with my setup or some other faulty component. I troubleshot this issue EXTENSIVELY. It finally came to the point where I completely uninstalled everything and installed a brand new motherboard myself. I was very excited to see that after I plugged everything in and booted up, my hard drive was listed in my drives. I had thought I fixed the issue, but then the next day the drive had disappeared again. I ordered a second, but am cancelling the second now, until I see more time with the first one. AUG 29, 2021 Update: I did cancel the second drive ordered. I have found no ASUS ROG Maximus with WiFi MB with i9 9000K EUFI changes corrects the problem, it remains a dynamic drive - sometimes visible, and sometimes not! Too much money for such an unreliable hard drive.

I build computers and servers for a hobby and I repair the computers for my friends and family. In my experience the highest failure items on a computer is the mechanical hard drive and then the cooling fans. Based on that I try to purchase higher quality drives to avoid the time and money wasted troubleshooting and replacing defective drives. This Western Digital Black drive is one of the good ones. I use the 2 TB versions in servers and I have had a good experience with them. I just purchased 4 more of these and I think they are a good drive. They also are one of the few that still have a 5 year warranty on them. Many drive makers are lowering the warranty period on their drives and at one time many of them had 5 year warranties. Now I am seeing 1 to 3 year warranties. I gave these drives a 5 star rating. That doesnt mean they will not fail as they all do. They just seem to last longer. I have used hundreds of Seagate, Toshiba, Western Digital and other brands of drives. The best last 5 years and the worst didnt work out of the new box. These drives came nicely packaged and sealed in the box and inside of a factory sealed static discharge bag so you know you are not getting someones returned drive. You can download Acronis True Image WD Edition for free from the WD site to clone your current system drive. You can also download the Data Lifeguard Diagnostic software for free from WD to test you drives. These are good drives and I like the quality. I rated them 5 stars.

I have been buying Western Digital drives for decades now and have had excellent drive life and reliability. This 4 TB Black model drive has started out like others I have had in the past. I got this drive to replace a WD Blue 1 TB drive that is now too small for my needs, but is still performing well. Low noise level and excellent access speeds have continued with the 4TB WD Black model. If I have any issues, Ill update this review.

Received them, tested them all night, put them to work the next day, still running; much quieter than I thought theyd be. Pleasantly surprised, thanks!

Installed easily in my HP Envy desktop.