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bobni
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WD 1TB.CAVIER BLACK , THAILAND VS. MALAYSIA MODELS

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‎06-19-2012 05:15 PM - edited ‎06-19-2012 06:24 PM

Recently purchased two WD Cavier black 1TB.  drives from different online merchants. One has the model # WD1002FAEX-007BA0  , Malaysia  Feb. 9, 2012.  The second  is WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0, Thailand May 14 2012.  The top plates and  amp ratings are different and  so they are not clones. From a performance standpoint are there differences between these two drives? 

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Re: WD 1TB.CAVIER BLACK , THAILAND VS. MALAYSIA MODELS

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‎06-20-2012 01:59 PM

nope

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Re: WD 1TB.CAVIER BLACK , THAILAND VS. MALAYSIA MODELS

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‎06-20-2012 02:20 PM

Hi, they have the same exact specs, check the link below so you can see.

 

http://support.wdc.com/product/install.asp?groupid=613&lang=en

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Re: WD 1TB.CAVIER BLACK , THAILAND VS. MALAYSIA MODELS

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‎06-20-2012 05:33 PM

One difference I have found is that "Caviar Black drives that have a model number of WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 use the SATA 3.0 Gb/s pin layout - setting Jumpers 5 & 6 on these model drives will enable OPT1 which will set your drive to 1.5 Gb/s". For other versions, the same jumper sets a speed of 3Gbps ("PHY enabled").

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/search/1/a_id/5387#jumper

Otherwise I would suggest a HD Tune read benchmark for a definitive performance comparison.

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