Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS vs Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1464: Western Digital WD1001FALS
Size1000 GB
Cache32 MB
RPM7200
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty5 year
WD1001FALS Reviews6
$ 108.99
$ 119.99
$ 169.99 + $7.28 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 SATA 6 Gb/s 64 2000 109.99 18.18
Seagate Barracuda ST320005N4A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 2000 119.99 16.67
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 2000 129.99 15.39
Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3020ALA632 SATA 6 Gb/s 32 2000 3 129.99 15.39
Seagate Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1500 102.00 14.71
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 3 108.00 13.89
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1500 3 112.99 13.28
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31500541AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1500 3 124.00 12.10
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 3 124.99 12.00
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 89.99 11.11
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 3 104.99 9.52
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 5 108.99 9.18
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0010HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 109.00 9.17
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 3 109.99 9.09
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 1000 112.00 8.93
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 3 115.03 8.69
Seagate Barracuda Green ST1000DL002 SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1000 116.00 8.62
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 117.29 8.53
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 118.84 8.41
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EUCX SATA 6 Gb/s 16 1000 119.99 8.33
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 119.99 8.33
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000524AS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 121.99 8.20
G-TECH 0G00149 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 1000 3 126.00 7.94
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD103SI SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 129.99 7.69
Western Digital WD1001FAES SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 129.99 7.69
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 129.99 7.69
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 131.99 7.58
Seagate Pipeline HD ST31000322CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 1000 139.99 7.14
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721010DLE630 (0F13180) SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 149.99 6.67
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 1000 3 149.99 6.67
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 5 149.99 6.67
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 159.99 6.25
Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 169.99 5.88
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000340NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 185.00 5.41
Western Digital Caviar Black WDBAAZ0010HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 199.99 5.00
HP Midline 454146-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 215.00 4.65
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 0A38016 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 229.95 4.35
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 229.95 4.35
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31000520AS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 249.95 4.00
Western Digital RE4 WD1003FBYX SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 5 259.95 3.85
HP StorageWorks MSA2 AJ740A SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 275.00 3.64
Seagate Constellation ES ST31000524NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 5 298.65 3.35
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000 HUA721010KLA330 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 329.95 3.03
IBM 43W7630 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 346.00 2.89

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-02-09 $169.99 +10.00
2012-02-09 $108.99 -29.62
2012-02-09 $138.61 +0.80
2012-02-08 $137.81 -6.19
2012-02-08 $144.00 -0.38
2012-02-08 $144.38 -6.83
2012-02-08 $151.21 -1.78
2012-02-07 $152.99 +0.01
2012-02-05 $152.98 -0.01
2012-02-03 $152.99 +1.78

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
X-bit labs - Roundup: New Hard Disk Drives with 1 TB and 2 TB Storage Capacities - April 16, 2010
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 - Western Digital's Caviar Black hard drive: After you've had Caviar, will you ever go back? - Aug. 28, 2008

Other Western Digital Caviar Black Reviews & Benchmarks

ThinkComputers - Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (WD1002FAEX) SATA 6GB/s Hard Drive Review | Unbiased Computer Hardware Reviews - ThinkComputers.org - Dec. 17, 2010
Silent PC Review - WD Caviar Black 2TB & VelociRaptor 600GB - Oct. 10, 2010
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
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar Black 2TB hard drive - Introducing the dual-stage actuator - Oct. 26, 2009
Register Hardware - WD Caviar Black 2TB 7200rpm hard drive - Two terabytes of performance HDD - but it comes at a price - Oct. 7, 2009
Legit Reviews - Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green and Black Hard Drives - Sept. 18, 2009
PC Perspective - Western Digital 7200RPM Caviar Black and RE4 Series 2TB Hard Drive Review - Sept. 7, 2009

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