WD1002FAEX, love this drive!

johnspack · Aug 28, 2010, 08:40 PM

My first modern hd, it actually outperforms my 3 drive seagate 320gig 7200.10 array! I meant to post some benchies vs my raid, but still installing a clean windows. I had to jumper it for 3Gb/s operation, pins 5 and 6. http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...20Digital%20WD I got it on sale for $87can. Anyone running these in raid? Wondering what performance is like.

hat · Aug 28, 2010, 08:54 PM

Hell, my 2TB Green drive is almost as fast as my Velociraptor when it coems to the average transfer rates... it has nearly 3 times the latency though. These advanced format drives are something else...

johnspack · Aug 28, 2010, 08:56 PM

That's another reason I got it. Dam thing is almost as fast as a velociraptor! At a third of the cost.

n-ster · Aug 28, 2010, 09:49 PM

the 640gb version of it aint bad either, I have it

btw, directcanda sells the 1002faex for 80$, and in QC I only get 5% tax

got my 640gb at 65$ from bewawa

johnspack · Aug 30, 2010, 02:47 AM

Don't think there is a 640GB version, this drive uses 500GB platters. Another reason I got it!

n-ster · Aug 30, 2010, 03:04 AM

http://pccyber.com/?v=product&i=HD-WD6402AAEX

the wd6402aaex

uses 2x 320gb platters... back when I bought it, it was 65$ and the 1tb was 105$ or something, so I got this one

Aug 28, 2010, 08:40 PM	#1
johnspack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nelson B.C. Canada Posts: 3,750 (1.80/day) Thanks: 283 Thanked 754 Times in 519 Posts System Specs	WD1002FAEX, love this drive! My first modern hd, it actually outperforms my 3 drive seagate 320gig 7200.10 array! I meant to post some benchies vs my raid, but still installing a clean windows. I had to jumper it for 3Gb/s operation, pins 5 and 6. http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...20Digital%20WD I got it on sale for $87can. Anyone running these in raid? Wondering what performance is like. __________________ Heatware: http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=73875 Clan !! The Fighting 24th !! http://fxxiv.forumotion.ca/ Buy the games you like! Boycott the garbage! Cruncher: P6T Xeon ES W3570 6Gbs Ram 1xgtx285 1xgtx260

System Name:	Blacknet
Processor:	i7 950@ 4.1GHz
Motherboard:	Asus Rampage II Gene
Cooling:	Noctua NH-D14, 8 case fans
Memory:	24GB gskill ripjaws@ 1800mhz
Video Card:	Evga GTX480 + GTX285 Physx + TrackIR 5
Hard Disk:	WD Black 1TB 64mb cache + Spinpoint F1 750g backup + 2TB Seagate backup + 320GB Seagate backup
Optical Drive:	LG BH12LS38 Blu Ray burner
CRT/LCD Model:	Syncmaster 2443BW 1920x1200 Lcd + 19" ViewSonic Lcd
Case:	Antec 1200
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Silverstone 850Watt Strider+ Modular
Software:	Win7 x64 SP1 Ultimate
Benchmarks:	Time to upgrade to 680s....

Aug 28, 2010, 08:54 PM	#2
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,247 (5.10/day) Thanks: 2,056 Thanked 2,045 Times in 1,555 Posts System Specs	Hell, my 2TB Green drive is almost as fast as my Velociraptor when it coems to the average transfer rates... it has nearly 3 times the latency though. These advanced format drives are something else... __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

System Name:	Starlifter // Dragonfly
Processor:	(lapped) i7 920 4GHz 1.3v // 1090T 3.6GHz 1.3v
Motherboard:	Asus Rampage III // Gigabyte GA-770T-USB3
Cooling:	(lapped) Corsair H70 // (lapped) TT Big Typhoon
Memory:	3x2GB DDR3 1600 10-10-10-30-128-1T 1.5v // 2x2GB DDR3 1333 9-9-9-24-1T 1.5v
Video Card:	HIS Radeon 5870 // BFG Maxcore 55 GTX260
Hard Disk:	Plextor M5S 128GB + 512GB OCZ Agility 4 + 2TB WD20EARS // WDC Black 500GB
Optical Drive:	SATA DVD-RW // IDE CD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell/Alienware AW2310 + 19" HDTV // 19" HDTV
Case:	Antec SOHO 1030B // some really old white case... but it's decent
Sound Card:	Creative X-Fi Fatality Professional // onboard (disabled)
PSU:	Antec NeoHe 550W // Corsair CX600w
Software:	Windows 7 Home Premium x64 // Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Benchmarks:	zunn zunnzunn zunn zunn

Aug 28, 2010, 08:56 PM	#3
johnspack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nelson B.C. Canada Posts: 3,750 (1.80/day) Thanks: 283 Thanked 754 Times in 519 Posts System Specs	That's another reason I got it. Dam thing is almost as fast as a velociraptor! At a third of the cost. __________________ Heatware: http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=73875 Clan !! The Fighting 24th !! http://fxxiv.forumotion.ca/ Buy the games you like! Boycott the garbage! Cruncher: P6T Xeon ES W3570 6Gbs Ram 1xgtx285 1xgtx260

Aug 28, 2010, 09:49 PM	#4
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,306 (5.13/day) Thanks: 1,210 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	the 640gb version of it aint bad either, I have it btw, directcanda sells the 1002faex for 80$, and in QC I only get 5% tax got my 640gb at 65$ from bewawa __________________ My Heatware

System Name:	Overkill? naaa, browsing TPU with this is extra special :)
Processor:	i7 3930k @ 4.5 Ghz
Motherboard:	AsRock Fatal1ty Pro
Cooling:	Corsair H80 Push-Pull Noctua fans
Memory:	16GB (4x4gb) 2133Mhz CL11 T1 Samsung UDIMM
Video Card:	7970 @ 1050 core
Hard Disk:	240GB Intel 520 SSD + 60GB Vertex 2 + (2+1)TB Seagate
Optical Drive:	Lite-On 24x DVD burner
CRT/LCD Model:	27" 2560x1440 [Korean] PCBANK
Case:	Lian-Li K62 + steelseries Sensei RAW or WoW Catalyst
Sound Card:	iBasso D10 + ATH-AD870 or Shure 750DJ
PSU:	Corsair HX850 + TT Meka G1 or Corsair K60 Mech Kbs
Software:	Windows 7 Professional X64

Aug 30, 2010, 02:47 AM	#5
johnspack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nelson B.C. Canada Posts: 3,750 (1.80/day) Thanks: 283 Thanked 754 Times in 519 Posts System Specs	Don't think there is a 640GB version, this drive uses 500GB platters. Another reason I got it! __________________ Heatware: http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=73875 Clan !! The Fighting 24th !! http://fxxiv.forumotion.ca/ Buy the games you like! Boycott the garbage! Cruncher: P6T Xeon ES W3570 6Gbs Ram 1xgtx285 1xgtx260

Aug 30, 2010, 03:04 AM	#6
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,306 (5.13/day) Thanks: 1,210 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	http://pccyber.com/?v=product&i=HD-WD6402AAEX the wd6402aaex uses 2x 320gb platters... back when I bought it, it was 65$ and the 1tb was 105$ or something, so I got this one __________________ My Heatware

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
WESTERN DIGITAL WD1002FAEX 1TB SATA 7200 RPM 64MB Buffer Hard Drive Bulk	willslick	Hot Deals	1	Apr 15, 2010 03:45 PM