Storage/HDD by stefan @ 2024-08-19
With the 5TB capacity, Armor A60 offers enough storage space for a lot of applications, while the supported military standards offer plenty of protection when used in rough environments. While not as fast as a portable SSD, the price is considerably lower. When writing smaller files, the caching will be in effect, maximizing the drive performance in this regard.
The test system did incorporate a AMD Ryzen 5 7900X 12-core CPU, an ANACOMDA Eryx Tataricus RGB 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHz memory kit, but also a Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus NVMe 4.0 2TB SSD; all these were connected to the BIOSTAR X670E VALKYRIE AM5 motherboard. As a power supply we have chosen a Cooler Master 850W non-modular and the system was running the latest Windows 11 OS build as well.
When powered on for the first time, we noted that the drive was already formatted NTFS:
With the help of AIDA64, we will be able to extract some more information about the drive, which is a Western Digital Caviar Blue WD50NPJZ, with a platter rotation speed of 4800RPM and is mainly marketed as an OEM drive:
On the drive we will find the manual in electronic PDF format, but also an utility which aids the registration procedure:
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