Technology is changing continuously with new devices and the latest developments to improve the performance and speed of your notebook.
However, budget conscious individuals are not always able to upgrade to the latest notebook when a new feature or newer technology is introduced.
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) together with WD allow users to boost their existing notebooks with additional power, speed and capacity with their range of Black hard drives.
Says Michael Watts, business unit manager at DCC, “Improving speed and performance and leveraging new technological developments does not always require a complete replacement or upgrade. By upgrading your notebook’s existing hard drive, you can take advantage of new and improved technology as well as performance enhancements for a fraction of the price.”
Investing in a completely new device, with all of the cost and hassle this involves, is often not the most economical answer. In addition, given the rate that technology is evolving, it is simply not practical in the majority of cases to replace your notebook every six months, not to mention the additional environmental impact involved. Upgrading your notebook’s hard drive can help to solve a number of performance-related issues, and is a quick, relatively inexpensive and simple fix. A new hard drive can also add masses of storage capacity, perfect for storing videos, music, movies, photographs and more.
Watts adds, “Next generation WD Black and WD Black2 hard drives are the ideal solution to the upgrade dilemma. These high-performance drives help to maximise system performance, heightening the PC experience, and the WD Black2 is the world’s first 2,5-inch dual drive storage solution, featuring a fully accessible Solid-State Drive (SSD) for your Operating System (OS) and a generous capacity hard drive for personal data and large files.”
With a spin speed of 7200 Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) and a 16 Megabytes (MB) cache, WD Black drives offer incredible performance, and with capacities of up to 750 Gigabytes (GB), they deliver enough storage space for even the most dedicated digital junkie. WD Black drives feature a dual core processor for twice the processing power, maximising drive performance, and WD’s Dynamic Cache Technology increases performance by improving caching algorithms in real time and optimising the cache allocation between reads and writes.
“This results in the drive automatically allocating more cache for read data, which reduces data congestion and increases overall performance,” says Watts. “They also incorporate NoTouch Ramp Load technology, which means the recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit. With Acronis True Image, available as a download on the WD Support website, upgrading is easy. This software enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don’t have to reinstall your OS to get all the benefits of a new drive.”
WD Black drives are also equipped with WD’s unique StableTrac Technology, which secures the motor shaft inside the drive at both ends to help reduce additional system-induced vibrations. StableTrac stabilises the platters inside the hard drive for more accurate tracking in a particular sector during read and write operations, delivering increased performance capability. The drives also feature an industry-leading five-year limited warranty, a result of strenuous and aggressive testing that guarantees a robust, high performance drive that will turbo charge any notebook.
The WD Black2 hard drive delivers the ultimate PC experience, solving storage limitations with generous 1TB hard drive capacity and upgrading performance with the benefits of SSD in a 120GB drive. By installing the OS on the SSD, users can boot up almost instantly, and by moving content onto the hard disk drive storage, the SSD will never experience degraded performance as a result of lack of space. This also extends the life of the SSD. Shift_Technology offers enhanced firmware and improved algorithms for faster performance and data management, as well as cooler operating temperatures. The WD Black² dual drive is compatible with most 9,5 mm 2,5-inch drive bays and features an industry-leading five year warranty, making it the perfect upgrade for any notebook.
Watts concludes, “The technology landscape is constantly changing, and keeping up with its evolution can be a daunting, not to mention expensive, task. Without upgrades, performance is often negatively impacted. In addition, as more and more of our lives move into the digital realm, storage has become crucial. Upgrading your notebook’s hard drive not only delivers masses of additional capacity, it is also an easy way to leverage improvements in performance and speed, extending the life of your investment and delaying the need to replace your existing notebook with a newer model.”