Testseek.com have collected 159 expert reviews of the Western Digital Black 2 SATA600 WD-XDTL / WD-X06X Series and the average rating is 76%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital Black 2 SATA600 WD-XDTL / WD-X06X Series.
December 2013
(76%)
159 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(100%)
1 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Offers both speed and capacity
2.5inch form factor
Easy to set up
Decent performance from SSD
Fiveyear warranty
The WD Black 2 Dual Drive offers fast SSDbased performance while providing 1.2TB of total storage space. The drive can be used with both laptops and desktops and includes a generous fiveyear warranty
Useful software
And a handy USBtoSATA connector.
The editors didn't like
Expensive compared to standard drives
Magnetic drive is very slow
Ties you into a dual drive
Requires drivers for full functionality
You can get faster or bigger for the money
There's no support for RAID
And you can't blend the two included drives into one single partition
Compared with highend SSDs
The performance is a little disappointing. At the time of the review
Abstract: The Western Digital Black² Dual Drive is truly a unique and innovative drive. It is not a hybrid drive, but a combo drive - a combination of a solid state drive and a hard disk drive in one package. In the past, laptop users would have to choose b...
Delivers some of the benefits of an SSD, Provides 1.1TB of storage
Very slow SSD write performance, Driver required to access hard drive, 9mm drive height won't fit in every laptop
The WD Black2 is faster than a mechanical hard drive, but it's not nearly as fast as a comparably priced 500- to 512GB SSD. Its SSD write speed is particularly disappointing....
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Published: 2014-01-30, Author: Kristian , review by: anandtech.com
There are two conditions in which the Black2 makes sense:1) You have a laptop with a single 2.5" hard drive bay and no mSATA slot2) You need more capacity than 480/512GB and/or aren't willing to pay for a 500GB class SSD.If your answer to both questions i...
Dual drive with 120GB SSD and 1TB hard drive, Single SATA 6Gb/s interface, MLC NAND flash, Good HDD performance, Includes Acronis True Image cloning software, Includes USB to SATA transfer cable, Easy installation and setup, 5 year warranty
Pricey, Mediocre SSD performance, Performance drops when SSD and hard drive are accessed at the same time, Windows only
Pairing an SSD with a hard drive isn't exactly a new concept. For years, enthusiasts have been using SSDs to improve their boot and application load times while storing infrequently accessed files on inexpensive hard drives. With the Black², Western D...
Published: 2014-01-28, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
nice aspect, performance, accessories
price
The WD Black2 Dual Drive is a masterpiece as in that small enclosure it fits both a 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. The performance is excellent, and so is the power consumption. The only drawback is the price which competes with that of a 512GB SSD. PROsCONs - ...
2 drives in one, Outperforms specifications, Sleek design, SATA to USB 3.0 adapter & Acronis TrueImage software included
SSD performance is below what is currently available, Drive unlock software not included (needs to be downloaded), Price is a little high given the performance
So what can we say about the Western Digital Black2 Dual Hard drive? First you have to understand what Western Digital's goal was. They wanted to give you the ability to fit two drives in a single drive bay and give you a performance boost over a traditi...
Western Digital has a fairly unique product with the Black 2 Dual Drive. Yes, it is overpriced. Yes, it underperforms. But it can be a great solution to give an old laptop some new oomph. There is another consideration to the price issue. If you are not c...
IN a new approach, Western Digital creates the Black2 Dual Drive taking advantage of both the performance of the SSD and capacity of the HDD. They then tap on a 5 year warranty for a promising product....
Published: 2013-12-27, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
We actually have two looks at capacities for the Black² drive as the SSD and HDD are reported separately. The HDD portion of the drive yields 931GB addressable by the user and the SSD offers up 111GB. Each is the expected capacity when moving from the rep...
