WD Black

I recently bought a m2 wd black sn850x 4tb ssd and a ugreen enclosure. My intent was to clone my internal m2 ssd I tried to clone it using arconis true image software. I installed the SSD in the enclosure and cloned the internal drive. I swapped it to inside my laptop however it failed to boot...

Having a serious and consistent problem now with my PC On Idle, with no youtube etc... PC can go to sleep and not wake up unless I manual restart. Alternatively, it will just freeze the screen and need a hard reset to be usable again. When gaming, it can disconnect random USB ports and create...

I recently bought a WD BLACK AN1500 2TB NVMe SSD with the intent on using it as a new boot drive. This is my first time using a PCIE slot type of storage so I expected some things to go weird but there's still two issues I haven't been able to solve. For context, I cloned my original boot...

Hello, I've got quite a problem at my hands, I've got a WD Black SN770 500GB SSD to upgrade my computer, the specs are: -> i3 8100 ( running with the iGPU) -> 16GB DDR4 @ 2400MHz -> MSI H310 Gaming Plus -> SATA SSD 240GB -> Wi-Fi PCIe x1 Card, form china -> XFX TS 600W 80+ Bronze The issues...

I'm looking to replace my Toshiba 8TB large storage drive. It contains media & backup files, no programs. I see that WD's Ultrastar is better priced than the Black. I have to assume it's built for better longevity, possibly lower performance even though it's still 7200RPM. I know it's WD now...

Hi there! My old WD Black internal harddrive from 2013 just went toast and I need to replace it. I'm considering replacing it with and SSD, but I have to check compability with my motherboard first. In the meantime I'm wondering which HDD's are the fastets and most reliable on the market today...

Just got a WD Black 4tb and they have this fancy look in all the pics on every retailer site. See: https://www.newegg.com/black-wd4005fzbx-4tb/p/234-000G-000W6 Mine definitely just looks like a plain old HDD. Not that it matters what it looks like but I want to be sure I wasn't sent an old...

hi, some say it is and some say its got super slow write speeds etc, so i have no idea lol as i thought black drives were made for gaming in mind so it cant be that bad! was going to buy 2, 1 for my xbox1 console and another for my pc as my steam gaming drive or would it be better having...

My System recognizes all sorts of HDD's and SSD's, but won't recognize either the WD Black/WD Gold (4TB) HDD's. I tried all SATA-Cables and i dont know any further... When starting my PC Intel Rapid Storage recognizes the HDD, but when i'm checking my Storage in BIOS, all drives except the 4TB...

Good evening. I'm looking to add a new storage drive to my PC, an M.2 SSD preferably (mostly to transfer my games to, from my primary drive). I've just been having a bit of trouble choosing which drive to pick. My motherboard is an ASRock B450 Pro4 (not the B450M version that a lot of the other...

I've built new Mini-ITX PC. I thought that CPU came with stock cooler but it didn't came with stock cooler. Now i'm only have 70$ for the cooler and it probably be 120mm Liquid Cooling one. I can't use my new PC right now. There's too many coolers in market so i don't know which one is the best...

I recently (a week or so ago) bought a 2TB WD HDD Black. I did some searching and apparently the WD HDD Black is supposed to make some clicking noises. It has been doing so regularly and consistently, without any kind of issues whatsoever. I also read about some drive heads doing lubricant...

Hi folks I have a WD Black Laptop Hard drive which has suddenly failed. Its a Alienware OEM drive hence warranty doesn't applies any more. The device gets detected in Bios, in device manager. I could earlier see all the partitions as well with correct size and free space (My Computer in Windows...

I'm not sure which HDD i should buy. WD Black 500 GB expensive than WD Blue 1 TB in my country. If Black worth to buy it i would get Black. I really need a fast drive. 500 GB storage is enough for me. I don't know how much read and write speed difference that 2 drives. Thanks. Sorry for my...

Do you always need to format your existing SSD when you just want to move it to another location on the same pc? I want to install a PCIE SSD card that fits a 2.5" ssd and would like to move my boot drive to the PCIE card instead of the SATAIII drive, on the same PC. I want to do this because...

So i am going crazy about now, somehow a setting from my laptop came to my pc which someone in my family changed to... when i click on any folder or in a file in a folder it double click when i single click. and yes i checked alot of times, it is only 1 click... i checked online and nothing...

ADATA 4GB DDR3L RAM 1600Mhz... Is it compatible dell n5040 or not?

Hello, Currently I have on my Desktop an GT 740 GPU. I friend of mine looking to upgrade made me an offer to sell his GTX 1050 really cheap. But my question is, can I simply remove my GT 740 and replace for the GTX 1050? Does it require an connection from the Power Supply like some cards...

Hi, I just received all my component for my new pc. I have these for my main components: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/4fphRG When I open my pc, the red light next to the cpu problem lights up. I have read a lot of people saying theres some compatibility problems with some ram. Do I have...

So i've been using the intel i7 6700k for a while now, but never really monitored temperatures until i decided to upgrade my case to make my system look more flashy. But since 3 days ago, after doing some cable management and giving monitoring a go, i've noticed in CAM (nzxt software) that...

Hello, I built my PC a couple years ago and it ran perfectly, but after I came back from college for Thanksgiving break the CPU started to run really hot(screenshots below). I tried to reapplying thermal paste and reseating the cpu cooler, but nothing seems to work. Any help is appreciated...

Ok so, I have my PC up and running but I need to partition my HDD in order to use it. So i went onto the Disk Management thing and right clicked on the 1TB and I've got up to the bit where I need to select an Allocation Unit Size. I have no idea what this is. Just incase you need to know I am...

in building a new pc to stream games. basically every popular game. I'll be using an i7-4790k, and was wondering if a gtx 970 would be sufficient to stream games, or if it would benefit me to upgrade to a 980/980 ti

Dear most excellent THW community, What is the most cost effective way to upgrade a GTX670*2 SLI? These are 2GB vram cards. I game at 1440p with an i5 3570K. But I'm also interested in CUDA for scientific distributed computing, such as through BOINC. I'm not looking at upgrading immediately...

can i install Kingston HyperX FURY Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) Memory Module 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL10 Memory on a ASUS P7P55D-E PRO mobo? or do i need 2x4GB kit? because it has 4 slots but only support upto 16GB. my specs are i7 870 and GTX750Ti, Kingston 4GB 1333 DDR3 with Corsair GS500 PSU if...

So first of all, information about my laptop: Model: QOSMIO X775-Q7380 (Qosmio X775-Q7380 Support | Toshiba) Specs: (more can be found here: Toshiba Qosmio X775-Q7380 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop - Fusion X2 Finish in Red Horizon by Toshiba at Amazon.com) Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 RAM 6 GB...