WD_BLACK 6TB Gaming SATA HDD, 3.5" Internal Hard Drive HDD, 7200 RPM, 256MB Cache - WD6004FZBX

Ordered The WD Black 2TB as a replacement drive in a 3 year old Dell XPS 9100. Install was a breeze, however there are no mounting screws with the drive, so if you plan to use it as a second drive, find your own screws. Used the Acronis True Image software from WD, The transfer took about 20 minutes, and I was up and running with a new hard drive. So far no issues.

Name Brand with a good reputation and warranty.

Got 2 of them before the ram crisis that drove up the price of all Ram, SSDs and HDDs. They work beautifully for mass storage and backups. Not much else I can add to that.

5 year warranty from an established company for a rather fast, physically solid, 5TB HD that is Not more expensive than Seagate but has a Much better warranty,, is a GREAT buy. I now have two of these, purchased this year. They are great for backup drives and those backups are Much faster than cloud backups.

I purchased the WD Black 2TB drive to replace a corrupted drive in my desktop. It was a snap to install. So far, it's working great. In addition, I've had good luck in the past with the reliability of WD drives. WalMart delivered the drive as promised in two days. Amazon required four weeks (?) to deliver the same drive.

It is the capacity I was looking for at a good price. I have used WD and Western Digital Drive for years. Never had a bad one yet, the only reason for buying new drives was storage capacities.

I've had this installed in my PC for only about a week, and the install process was easy. I'm using this as addational storage, so no OS install was required. The only thing I had to do was format the drive using Disk Management (under Windows Tools/Computer Management). I've never had a problem with WD bare internal drives and expect this one to be no different. So far, so good.

It makes a lot of noise. Even when I not working or saving data, all of a sudden start to make this loud cracking noise like. I even turn it off, so I can work on other stuffs. I gues the trade off is that, it is reliable; according to other reviews. I have been using it for a month.

I bought this hdd because it has been rated as the least noise maker. While actively accessing the drive, the noises are reasonable. However, the frequent spins to keep the platters lubricated, are a killer for this user who has the pc right next to the bed. My solution is to place the drive into an external enclosure that can be powered off when not in use. Since this drive is basically for storage, I expect it to accommodate my needs.

This is not compatible with windows 11. Don't waste your money, it doesn't say that when you buy it.