Is my RE drive WD5003ABYZ original or fake?

WD Internal Drives Desktop & Mobile Drives
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Hi,

I bought HDD WD5003ABYZ-011FA0. I suspect that it is fake.

Here is info from CrystalDiskInfo5_0_5 

Model : WDC WD5003ABYZ-011FA0
Firmware : 01.01S03
Serial Number : WD-[Deleted]
Disk Size : 500,1 GB (8,4/137,4/500,1)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32

of Sectors : 976773168

Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ----
Transfer Mode : SATA/600
Power On Hours : 199 час
Power On Count : 38 раз
Temparature : 28 C (82 F)
Health Status : Хорошее
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : 0080h [ON]
AAM Level : ----

CrystalDiskInfo cant determine buffer size.

Is it original or fake?

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Hi Mark Smirnoff,

Serial numbers can’t be posted in the live forum. Can you PM me an image of the drive label and the serial?

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S/N is good according to WD site.

My doubt is inspired by this post

http://community.wd.com/t5/Desktop-Mobile-Drives/A-faked-wd2003FYYS/m-p/56320

Relatively many disks (new in package) appeared last time of this model (not another) in small online shops in my city with chipper price then majority of online shops offer. It’s strange.

I have 2 the same disks. I’m going to bye additional 2 disks of the same model. But hasitate. They have the similar behaviour. Above are results of HD Tune of both disks I have.

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The ATA standard does not provide any means for a drive to report a cache size of 32MB or greater. That’s why the drive reports a size of 0.

Detecting Buffer or Cache Size in ATA Hard Disk Drives:
http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/203631en