WD1003FZEX CAVIAR BLACK poor access time explained!

polanskiman wrote:

So what’s the final word on this? Do all WD1003FZEX CAVIAR BLACK (BLUE) produced by WD have an 16/17ms access time and are infact Blue rebrands?

Hi polanskiman,

WD Black is not a rebrand or the “base” for a WD Black. Some of the drive line was recently refreshed to include new technology and it hasn’t spread to other drive lines yet. GamersNexus has an article that describes it.

http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1741-wd-blue-vs-black-comparison-best-drive-for-gaming