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WD Black² Hybrid SSHD Drive - where to buy

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The Black Squared SSHD hybrid hard drive & solid state (SSD) drive is WD's unique approach to the age-old problem of being forced to choose between lightning fast performance with limited storage or slower performance with tons of storage. It's TWO drives in one!

 

 

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If it was $50 less I would consider but I think it costs too much for what it is

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Awesome

 

Don't know if it's worth the $300 though, I could buy a WD black and 128GB SSD cheaper.

Would be great for a small form factor build though, would make cable management easier.

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Loving the wink at the end.

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Awesome

 

Don't know if it's worth the $300 though, I could buy a WD black and 128GB SSD cheaper.

its a one of a kind product whebn competition comes around it will easily be $200

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$300 ouch rather have 512gb ADATA XPG SX900 SSD for $289.99 off amazon right now.

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Looks really cool. Too bad it doesn't fit in my laptop.

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Would be great for a small form factor build though, would make cable management easier.

And think about single-drive notebooks.

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I'd rather have 6" (3.5 + 2.5) of storage than a 9 mm drive that costs $299...

But try that in a laptop.

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Awesome

 

Don't know if it's worth the $300 though, I could buy a WD black and 128GB SSD cheaper.

The Idea is that you have both in one.

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Had a question 45 seconds into this video. Is the product RAID 10 compatible? If I buy 4 of these devices, can I create two arrays 1 array for SSD's, and the other array for the other 4 1TB mechnical hard drives?

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  • 4 weeks later...

This product is great for people that use software like Serato or Traktor, where all the DJ library is on the laptop controlled by say the Traktor S4.
specially if you're using highest quality format for music, eg like the wav, like most good DJ's are. specially when hard disk buffering come into play.
 just a shame about the price :( but if you're pro and playing live, it's a good option :)

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The Idea is that you have both in one.

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