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Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB WD1001FALS and Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB are both hard disk drives with the same Capacity (1000 GB), RPM (7200) and Form Factor (3.5"). The main differences are in Cache and Interface.
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Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 32 MB Cache 7200 RPM SATA II WD1001FALS
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB WD1001FALS
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3 7200RPM 64MB Cache WD10EZEX
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
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$21.24
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$85.00
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$99.99
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Brand
Western Digital
Brand
Western Digital
Model
WD1001FALS
Model
WD10EZEX
Release Date
📅 January 2009
Release Date
📅 August 2012
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews
User reviews
★★★★★
(111 reviews)
Performance (Charts)
n/a
Performance (Charts)
42nd / 637
Effective Value
-
Effective Value
3rd / 161
Price history
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Price/GB
$0.02
Price/GB
$0.04
GB/$1
47.08
GB/$1
25.01
Capacity
1000 GB
Capacity
1000 GB
Cache
32MB
Cache
64MB
RPM
7200
RPM
7200
Interface
SATA 3 Gb/s
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor
3.5"
Form Factor
3.5"

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB WD1001FALS:

  • 75% cheaper, you can save $63.76

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Reasons to buy the Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB:

  • Newer Product, it was released around 4 years later
  • More Internal Cache (+32 MB available)

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