Western Digital WD2003FZEX

Advantages: Very high quality screw in all respects. I will not list them, because more important is one shortcoming, described in the shortcomings section.

Disadvantages: Does not restart when soft (without power off) restart. The screw simply does not appear. I have a motherboard Asus Prime z270 plus, Win10Pro 1709.
Here a huge number of owners are pulling WD to solve the problem:
https://community.wd.com/t/wd-black-not-detected-on-reboot/184343/59

Comment: The model is cool, and quiet and nimble and reliable, but whether paired with my mother. board on the Z270 (Z170 also write).
or something else, but the screw is not seen when it is warm (without powering off the restart). Turn off the power gets.
The rest is beyond praise. I will find a solution to the problem, accomplish your goal here.
And by the way, he worked perfectly for 3 months with an old mater. board, Asus P5QL-EM.

Advantages: Normal brand = hope for quality / reliability, fast

Disadvantages: Updated a review a year later.
1. The main drawback - very loudly groans-noise under load and occasionally grunts, the closed case does not save, for a year you get tired of its noise, if the system man is quiet, there are no screaming turbines and other things, better think about another hard).
2. Long spills fixed: forbidden to fall asleep.
3. Dear, the price is too high (I bought for 0.5 of the current price of the store)

Comment: Most importantly, because of what I am prepared to endure his awakenings and noise - the hope of a reliable disk.
In the case the basket with ssd and hdd is blown by the fan, the temperature is <30 * in idle time

Advantages: fast and hopefully reliable

Disadvantages: I hear it perfectly, the most sound-producing in my silent system, periodically, some kind of tapping, rustling and rustling, especially under load. Noisy, noisy and once again noisy !!! keep this in mind when buying and be morally prepared for this))) ... I do not understand those who write, quiet ... if after the sound in the subway? ... then yes, it is absolutely silent!)))

Comment: So in general, it suits, reliability was a priority, and noise output was in second place.

Advantages: Quiet enough for the black version.

Disadvantages: WDshki more expensive)

Comment: Screw in work for several days. Quiet, the only more vibrations than the wd2001fass, which gives a characteristic hum, if the systemist is on the table. The 5 "sled should be decided. Colder several degrees and test faster than wd2001fass.
CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64
Sequential Read: 152.056 MB / s
Sequential Write: 148.188 MB / s
Random Read 512KB: 55.956 MB / s
Random Write 512KB: 97.163 MB / s
Random Read 4KB (QD = 1): 0.708 MB / s [173.0 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD = 1): 1.944 MB / s [474.6 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD = 32): 2.010 MB / s [490.8 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD = 32): 1.970 MB / s [481.0 IOPS]
Test: 1000 MB

Advantages: The advantages here have already been described before me, so I will not repeat.

Disadvantages: Not seen.

Comment: But as for noise, I can say one thing; it all depends on how you are going to use it and how to connect it accordingly.
If I stand on the distribution, then the temperature can reach 37, and so 32 on average.
But I connected so.
1_SSD PCI Express 3.0 (System).
2_SATA 6Gb (Data) (Western Digital WD2003FZEX).
(In the case of 1 x 140x140 mm, 3 x 200x200 mm) at minimum speed.
And I have it (Western Digital WD2003FZEX) in general is not HIGH!
The screws are not noisy!

Advantages: FZ-new technology. Improved information reading controller, since the algorithm for reading information from the heads increased in speed by 10-15 percent. The WD FZEX has become less noisy when compared to the FA or AA series. Two way motor shaft mount!
In general, I was pleased with a good HDD.

Disadvantages: They are not. Time will tell.

Comment: StableTrac technology, which reduces the parasitic vibrations of the plates due to the hard two-way mounting of the motor shaft. This innovation also increased the performance and reliability, as it increased the accuracy of the positioning of the head unit.
Took over 4880 tr.