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Western Digital Suffix

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8bitG33k

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Has anyone ever wondered what the Suffixes stand for on WD Hard drives and gotten an answer? If so, can you pls give me a pointer as to where I can find out more?

I've been looking to buy some hard drives but said suffixes confuse me, ie WD3000HLFS or WDBACN3000ENC. As far as I can tell they seem to be the same, save for the $40 price difference. There are other examples, like the WD740ADFS and the WD740HLFS.
 
I don't know exactly what they mean, but

WD indicated Western Digital (duh)
3000 means 300gb
The suffices can indicate things like platter size, number of platters, cache, formatting, etc.

Like, back in the day, a WD800BB was a 80gb 7200rpm drive with 2mb cache, and a WD800JB was a 80gb 7200rpm drive with 8mb cache. I currently have a WD5000AAKS and a WD5000AAVS. One is 5400rpm and the other is 7200rpm.

There doesn't seem to be an obvious difference between the specs, so it likely has to do with formatting or number of platters or something along those lines.
 
Actually I was able to find some info on their website, it's not easy to find but it's there. The differences are present but very subtle and I can imagine quite a few people reading review on one model and then ending up with the wrong one.

Anyway, if you go to WD's Support website one can view the PDF for any "line" which includes the various models.
 
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