I would tend to agree. The WD 640 has proven to be a really nice,
quiet, cool running, and
reliable drive, so adding a 3rd platter to make a 1 TB drive model
makes sense. :)
I was gonna get 2 of the 640's for a NAS box running Raid 1, but I
might get 2 of the 1 terabyte
models instead. :)
Well, to be completely fair, it isn't like it's a whole new from-
scratch
design. WD's been doing 3-platter 7200rpm drives for a long long time.
334GB/platter tech isn't new either...the B3-revision WD3200AAKS and
all
WD6400AAKS drives use the same tech, with 1 and 2 platters,
respectively.
All the new Black edition does is add a platter and double the
buffer, and
likely some firmware optimizations to take advantage of the bigger
buffer. I
wouldn't discount it completely just because it's new; it is likely
a very
solid drive.
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