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The following hard drive is produced by Seagate. Seagate is an American data storage company that was started in 1978 formally known as Shurgart Technology, founded by Alan Shugart. Currently Incorporated in Dublin, Ireland. But has our executive office in Cupertino, California. Seagate is the global leader in data storage solutions, we develop amazing products that enable people around the world to preserve their most critical memories and business data.

 This particular hard drive is an excellent choice for any business or gamer PC.  The Seagate ST4000NM0033 Hard Drive is only $249.99 which is relativity cheap for a 4 Terabyte drive.

Specifications for drive:

• 3.5″ Drive
• 4 Terabytes of storage
• Rotational speed of 7200 RPM
• Access time of: 8.4 MS
• Read/Write (G’s): 70/40
• Transfer Rate of: 175 MB/s
• A 128 Buffer Speed
• Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF): 1.4 Million Hours
• 5-Year Warranty and a IRON EGG price guarantee (On Newegg)

An excellent hard rive for its speed and size that would compliment any Gaming or Business motherboard.  This would be a smart choice for any consumer looking for a good HDD Drive to last and meet the needs of any gamer. An amazing choice for any gaming motherboard that will fit any need for storage, and any gaming needs from a Hard drive.

Works Cited

“About Seagate.” | Seagate. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2015.

“Intel BOXDX79SR LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard.” Newegg.com. Newegg, n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2015.

Louliej, Abdelhamid, Younes Jabrane, Brahim Ait Es Said, and Abdellah Ait Ouahman. “Peak to Average Power Ratio Reduction in ECMA-368 Ultra Wideband Communication Systems Using Active Constellation Extension.”Wireless Personal Communications 70.2 (2013): 677-94. Web.

“Seagate Constellation ES.3 ST4000NM0033 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5″ Enterprise Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive Seagate Constellation ES.3 ST1000NM0033 1TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5″ Enterprise Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive Seagate Constellation ES.3 ST2000NM0033 2TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5″ Enterprise Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive Seagate Constellation ES.3 ST3000NM0033 3 TB 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive Seagate Constellation ES.3 ST4000NM0033 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5″ Enterprise Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive.”Seagate Constellation ES.3 ST4000NM0033 4 TB 3.5” Internal Hard Drive. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2015.

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This review is for both the Western Digital WD Green WD40EZRX and the Western Digital  Western Digital Black² WD1001X06XDTL. These Hard drives would best be used for business or gaming use. Game users would be perfectly content with how these hard drives perform.

Western Digital Corporation is one of the largest computer hard disk drive manufacturers in the world. Western Digital was founded in April, 1970 and its headquarters are in Irvine, California. They employ over 96,000 people and their annual revenue in 2013 was around US$ 15.40 billion. In 2003, Western Digital created the  first SATA drive that ran at 10,000 rpm (Western Digital).

The Hard drives we are reviewing are to be used with the GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 motherboard, which i have previously reviewed. I would recommend it being used predominately for gaming and professional use. This motherboard supports hard drives that have:

• Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
• 6 SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices

The WD Green WD40EZRX is a traditional internal hard drive that is manufactured by Western Digital. This Hard drive offers stunning capacity with 4TB of storage capacity. This drive also offers a great 64MB of cache. Users on Newegg described it as being “quiet” and having “silent operation”. This hard drive can be found on newegg for a price of $139^.99. Here are some specs for this Hard drive:

• Size– 4 TB
• Speed– Rotational Speed Intellipower
• Access Time-64MB
• Read/write speeds-350 MB/s
• Transfer Rate– Buffer to host: 6GB/s Max
• Buffer– 64 MB
• Mean Time Before Failure– 1,000,000 hours
• Warranty- 2 year limited.

Overall this Hard drive has a great bang for your buck. It offers amazing storage and capacity for the price of the hard drive.  Whether you use it as storage for your games or you’re looking for a fantastic drive to use for professional use, this is the one for you.

The Western Digital Black² WD1001X06XDTL is an SSD  hard drive also manufactured by Western Digital.  It is a revolutionary drive with 120 GB SSD. On Newegg users of the drive described it as being “Quiet” and “Painless to install.” This drive offers outstanding speeds with amazing storage. This Hard drive can be used to its full potential only on a gamer or professional PC. This hard drive can be found on Newegg at a price of $139^.99. Here are some specs for this Hard drive:

• Size-1TB HDD + 120GB SSD
• Speed- 5400 RPM
• Access Time or Latency- 140MB/s
• Read/write speeds-350MB/s
• Transfer Rate- 350 MB/s
• Buffer-6 GB/s Max
• Mean Time Before Failure- 1,000,000 hours
• Warranty- 5 year

Overall this drive offers great speeds and capacity for the price it is listed at. Many users have been pleased with the efficiency and use of this drive. If you are looking for an amazing Solid State Drive (SSD) at a great price then this may be the one for you.
I would recommend both of these drives, as they are relatively affordable and fast. They should accomplish most any task a gamer or professional user would need them to as they are quality drives.

Works Cited

“For PC.” WD Black² Dual Drive – Solid State Drive + HDD Laptop Upgrade. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. <http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1190#Tab3>.
“For PC.” WD Green. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. <http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=780&utm_source=WD+Red+redirect&utm_medium=collateral&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=product>.
“GIGABYTE – Motherboard – Socket 1150 – GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0).” GIGABYTE – Motherboard – Socket 1150 – GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0). N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. <http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4959#sp>.
“WD Black² Dual Drive 2.5″ 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD Kit WD1001X06XDTL WD Black² Dual Drive 2.5″ 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD Kit WD1001X06XDTL.” Western Digital WD Black2 WD1001X06XDTL Dual Drive 2.5 Inch, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB HDD Kit. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236642>.
“WD Green WD40EZRX 4TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive – Bulk Bare Drive Western Digital WD Green WD10EZRX 1TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5” Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive – N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236604>.
 

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