Western Digital WD Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache HDD Review

Storage/HDD by stefan @ 2013-02-06

The Caviar Black 2TB 7200RPM drive from Western Digital is a speedy HDD, which is offered with no less than 5 years of warranty and can be recommended with ease for storage on high-end gaming machines.

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A Closer Look

The WD drive has been shipped in a bulk format, without any other accessories:

 

 

 

On the top side of the WD Caviar Black we can find a sticker with more information regarding the total drive capacity, the product code name, jumper mode specifications, serial number for warranty purposes, manufacturing date, power rating and more:

 

 

 

 

In the back we will find the pins for attaching a jumper in case we want to enable PUIS or limit the interface to 3Gbps, along with the SATA Data and Power ports:

 

 

 

Here are some extra views of the drive from the sides:

 

 

 

 

 

On the back we can see the small electric PCB with the cable that sends power to the motor:

 

 

 

 

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