I don’t know about you, but when I build a new PC I basically plan for an SSD for my operating system and then a second drive or more for my Steam and other files. This has been fairly consistent in my builds from the “Fridge” with its double SSD’s and double spinning drives all the way to the most recent “lunchbox 3” with its SSD and hard drive. I even do the same thing on my gaming laptop. Sadly, there are a lot of people who just can’t do this with their laptops do to only having one drive space. Western Digital surprised us late last week with a game changing drive that has that situation in mind without going with a hybrid setup. That drive is their new WD Black 2 Dual Drive, a single drive that houses a 120GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive.
Product Name: WD Black 2 Dual Drive
Review Sample Provided by: Western Digital
Written by: Wes
Picture by: Wes
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Specifications |
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Capacity |
120GB SSD and 1TB HDD |
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Model number |
WD1001X06XDTL |
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Interface |
SATA 6 Gb/s |
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Form factor |
2.5-inch |
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Advanced Format (AF) |
Yes |
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RoHS compliant |
Yes |
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Performance (SSD) |
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Data transfer rates Interface speed Internal transfer rate (read, max) Internal transfer rate (write, max) |
6 Gb/s 350 MB/s 140 MB/s |
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Reliability/Data Integrity |
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Load/unload cycles |
600,000 |
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Non-recoverable read errors per bits read |
<1 in 10 |
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Limited warranty (years) |
5 |
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Power Management |
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Average power requirements (W) Read/Write Idle Standby/Sleep |
1.8 0.9 0.9 |
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Environmental Specifications |
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Temperature (°C) Operating Non-operating |
0 to 60 -40 to 70 |
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Shock (Gs) Operating (2 ms, write) Operating (2 ms, read) Non-operating (2 ms) |
30 65 350 |
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Acoustics (dBA)6 Idle Seek (average) |
20 21 |
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Physical Dimensions |
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Height (in./mm, max) |
0.374/9.50 |
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Length (in./mm, max) |
3.95/100.30 |
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Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) |
2.75/69.85 |
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Weight (lb./kg, ± 10%) |
0.28/0.125 |
