Review on 💾 WD 2TB Black Performance Internal Hard Drive HDD - 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD2003FZEX by Alex Tellekson

A little over a month after installation, the hard drive began to vibrate excessively in standby and made an annoying spinning noise. It takes place in a relaxed, friendly environment. Western Digital will replace RMA discs with refurbished ones. Customer is responsible for shipping to a Western Digital RMA center. The quality of Western Digital hard drives has dropped significantly. There's a reason they've reduced the warranty period on most of their consumer drives. I receive an RMA of approximately 50% for Western Digital drives purchased and used daily within the last 7 years. I paid a premium for a black disc hoping to maintain reliability while avoiding the obvious Western Digital junk. steel discs. I wonder if Western Digital's consumer drive lines are at the minimum life support level required to keep devices running long enough for SSDs to reach an acceptable price point for the average consumer. In any case, my experience with Western Digital drives is that any Western Digital drive, SSD or otherwise, has been put on my don't buy list. Update December 2nd, 2019: A replacement drive has arrived from Western Digital. The replacement disk has the same problem as the original disk. Bow.