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Western Digital hard drive performance increase of up to 6TB capacity

Western Digital (WD) dated August 19, yesterday announced the expansion of WD Black hard drives up to a capacity of 6 TB (terabyte). With a huge capacity, this hard drive can be a solution to gamers and professionals who require high-performance desktop systems and workstations.

WD Black-use interface SATA 6 GB per second and an integrated dual processor. In addition, the hard drive is faster up to 29 percent compared to the previous version of the WD Black 4 TB.

"Combining maximum system performance with a large capacity, increasing capacity to 6 TB WD Black allows gamers, enthusiasts and creative workers to push the limits of personalization without compromise," said Cindi Grace, senior vice president of WD storage technology group.

Not only WD Black, Western Digital also launched WD Red Pro with the same capacity with the WD Black.

The developer improve reliability and help reduce the effects of vibration caused by the system from other components. DRAM cache also increased to reduce congestion and improve overall performance.

Using a dual-core processor, WD Black 6 TB maximizes drive performance 2 times faster than single-core processors. Not only that, users also do not have to worry if the hard drive is problematic, because Western Digital gives a 5 year warranty.