Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS (1000 GB)

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Item 1464: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB WD1001FALS
BrandWestern Digital
FamilyCaviar Black
PartWD1001FALS
Size1000 GB
Cache32 MB
RPM7200
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty5 year
WD1001FALS Reviews6
$ 124.40

Maximum performance

Sophisticated performance enhancing features deliver the speed you need for demanding applications like photo and video editing and Internet gaming.

No compromises

High performance, high capacity, high reliability, and cutting-edge technology make up WD Black, the ideal drive for those who demand only the best.

Industry-leading warranty

WD Black carries the highest available warranty protection on the market, a 5-year limited warranty

Dual processor

Twice the processing power to maximize performance. (wdc.com)

Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital WD Green WD15EARS-FR SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 57.99 25.87
Western Digital AV-GP WD20EURS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 2000 3 78.99 25.32
Western Digital Green WD20EZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 2000 2 79.99 25.00
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 2000 2 79.99 25.00
Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 3000 2 122.90 24.41
Toshiba DT01ACA300 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 2 129.99 23.08
Western Digital WD25EZRS SATA 3 Gb/s 2500 108.58 23.02
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0030HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 3000 3 134.00 22.39
Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 134.99 22.22
Seagate Barracuda STBD3000100 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 135.00 22.22
Toshiba PH3200U-1I72 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 2000 90.99 21.98
Toshiba DT01ACA200 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 2000 2 91.35 21.89
Seagate Barracuda STBD2000101 SATA 7200 2000 93.31 21.43
Toshiba PH3300U-1I72 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 141.19 21.25
Western Digital AV-GP WD30EURS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 3000 3 143.39 20.92
Western Digital Red WD30EFRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 3000 5 144.99 20.69
Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 2000 96.95 20.63
Seagate SV35.5 ST3000VX000 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 146.99 20.41
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0020HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 32 2000 3 99.00 20.20
Western Digital Caviar Green WD25EZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 2500 2 124.19 20.13
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000 HUA721010KLA330 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 50.01 20.00
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1500 3 76.70 19.56
Seagate SV35.5 ST2000VX000 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 2000 106.58 18.77
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000340NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 54.99 18.19
Western Digital Red WD20EFRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 2000 5 109.99 18.18
Seagate Barracuda ST1500DM003 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1500 83.79 17.90
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 2000 3 112.01 17.86
Western Digital AV-GP WD25EURS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 2500 3 141.99 17.61
Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 5 57.00 17.54
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 2000 3 120.01 16.67
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 2 61.29 16.32
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 63.49 15.75
Hitachi 0F10452 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 2000 129.00 15.50
Western Digital AV-GP WD15EURS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 3 97.00 15.46
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EZEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 2 64.68 15.46
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 64.95 15.40
Seagate Barracuda ST320005N4A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 2000 129.99 15.39
Seagate Constellation CS ST2000NC001 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 2000 130.46 15.33
Hitachi Deskstar H3IK20003272SP SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 2000 130.99 15.27
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723020BLA642 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 2000 134.99 14.82
Toshiba DT01ACA100 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 67.50 14.81
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 3 68.15 14.67
Toshiba DT01ACA Series DT01ACA100 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 2 68.50 14.60
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 3 103.00 14.56
Western Digital AV-GP WD15EVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 3 103.50 14.49
Seagate SV35.5 ST1000VX000 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 69.23 14.44
Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 69.49 14.39
Seagate Pipeline HD ST1000VM002 SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 64 1000 71.60 13.97
Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 2000 5 145.50 13.75
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 74.99 13.34
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0010HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 74.99 13.34
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 75.00 13.33
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000524AS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 75.00 13.33
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1500 3 116.40 12.89
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 3 117.00 12.82
Western Digital Red WD10EFRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 5 78.32 12.77
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0015HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1500 3 117.99 12.71
HP Midline 454146-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 79.00 12.66
Western Digital RE4-GP WD1502FYPS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 5 118.50 12.66
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 5 79.95 12.51
Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 hde721010sla330 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 84.25 11.87
Western Digital WD1001FAES SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 84.90 11.78
Seagate Constellation CS ST1000NC001 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 85.99 11.63
Toshiba MKx002TSKB Series MK1002TSKB SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 5 87.67 11.41
Seagate Constellation ES ST31000524NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 5 88.00 11.36
Western Digital Caviar Black WDBAAZ0010HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 89.99 11.11
Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0011 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 90.00 11.11
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 91.01 10.99
Western Digital RE4 WD1003FBYX SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 5 92.95 10.76
Seagate Barracuda ST315005N4A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1500 141.45 10.60
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 1000 99.00 10.10
Samsung F1 RAID Class HE103UJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 100.00 10.00
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 hua722010cla330 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 104.74 9.55
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD103SI SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 105.95 9.44
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 3 106.87 9.36
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 114.99 8.70
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EAVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 1000 117.00 8.55
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 5 124.40 8.04
G-TECH 0G00149 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 1000 3 132.04 7.57
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10000CSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 3 146.10 6.84
Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0031 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 147.04 6.80
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 150.00 6.67
Seagate Barracuda Green ST1000DL002 SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1000 154.99 6.45
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 0A38016 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 159.00 6.29
HP StorageWorks MSA2 AJ740A SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 165.00 6.06
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 1000 3 174.99 5.71
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 189.00 5.29
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ SATA 6 Gb/s 10000 64 1000 5 218.99 4.57
IBM 43W7630 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 221.05 4.52
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31000520AS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 239.45 4.18
HP GE262UT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 250.13 4.00

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2013-05-21 $124.40 -0.05
2013-05-20 $124.45 -0.05
2013-05-19 $124.50 -5.50
2013-05-17 $130.00 -1.50
2013-05-16 $131.50 -2.50
2013-05-15 $134.00 -0.40
2013-05-14 $134.40 -0.05
2013-05-14 $134.45 -0.03
2013-05-14 $134.48 -0.01
2013-05-13 $134.49 -0.01

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity1,000,236 MB
User Sectors Per Drive1,953,525,168
Capacity1 TB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size32 MB
Power
Standby1.00 Watts
Read/Write8.40 Watts
Sleep1.00 Watts
Idle7.80 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 329 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 033 dBA (average)
Idle Mode24 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD1001FALS
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

Western Digital WD1001FALS Reviews & Benchmarks

X-bit labs - Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Winter 2010 - Dec. 28, 2010
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X-bit labs - Terabyte Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Round Three - March 8, 2010
Silent PC Review - Caviar Black: WD's Performance 1TB HDD - Jan. 13, 2009
Tom's Hardware - 1TB Evolves: New Drives, More Speed : Hitachi, WD: 1-TB Drives Revised - Sept. 12, 2008
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The Tech Report - 7,200-RPM terabytes from Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, and WD face off - Introducing the Barracuda 7200.12, Caviar Black, Deskstar 7K1000.C, and SpinPoint F3 - July 27, 2010
The Tech Report - Today's solid-state drives: The value perspective - Quantifying the value of today's SSD goodness - July 6, 2010
X-bit labs - 500 GB Hard Disk Drives Roundup - May 3, 2010
Hot Hardware - Definitive 2TB HD Roundup: WD, Seagate, Samsung - April 16, 2010
StorageReview.com - Western Digital Caviar Black Review (2TB) - March 31, 2010
HardOCP - SATA 6Gb/s on Your New Motherboard? - Feb. 20, 2010
The Tech Report - Western Digital's 6Gbps Caviar Black 1TB hard drive - Two 500GB platters get a faster interface - Feb. 17, 2010
PC Perspective - Western Digital SATA 6Gb/sec 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX) Review - Feb. 14, 2010
X-bit labs - 2 TB Hard Disk Drives: Now at 7,200 RPM - Jan. 11, 2010
Hot Hardware - Western Digital Caviar Black and RE4 2TB Drives Review - Dec. 9, 2009
Tom's Hardware - 500GB Per Platter: Three Next-Gen 7,200 RPM Hard Drives - Oct. 29, 2009
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