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Плазмонавт-1VZXW
31.07.2010
10/10
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Western Digital has always given me great service so when I saw the great price I went for it. It took me a few minutes to figure out the Windows 7 install process but in a few minutes it was up and running. I used this as a second drive for media recordings and it works great.... I did have trouble with shipping when the drive showed up in a box with no protection from shock and was just thrown in a box and shipped..... I called Amazon and two days later I had a new drive in the mail shipped the right way... I was so pleased to see the way Amazon handled this problem I would rate Amazon off the charts for the service they give to their customers.... Thank You Amazon for this great deal on a great product from Western Digital!!!!!
Пандорец-9VDKH
18.07.2010
10/10
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Well the only hard drive brand not to fail on me is Western Digital. This is replacing a Maxtor 250gb hard drive that started making loud squeaking noises until it died.This hard drive is much lighter and quieter. I can't hear it at all running next to my WD RAPTOR 74 gb from ~2004 which is still running strong. I would recommend this hard drive for anyone replacing a broken hard drive like me or upgrading to a bigger hard drive because you are still using drives from 5+ years ago which where not 3.0 gb/s. Easy install.Note: You need to provide your own sata cable (come with motherboard) and mounting screws which usually (come with the computer case) so if you built your own computer or are planning to build your own computer you should have these things.
Гиперион-7QYWQ
12.01.2011
10/10
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Bought this drive to replace a Seagate Barracuda 200MB SATA drive that crashed. The new drive was a drop in replacement. No problems at all.
Нейрон-7EKYO
07.01.2011
2/10
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Purchased this drive as a boot drive for my 8TB HTPC/SERVER and the drive failed in 3 days. Registering 4 sections of S.M.A.R.T. failure. Unacceptable.
Эксопилот-5MBZT
30.08.2010
10/10
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Bought this to replace a 360GB disk in my wife's laptop that died. Since there is only 1 SATA port in the computer, I had to bring this disk up as the one and only disk. I plugged it in, installed the Recovery CD that was made with the computer (when it was at Windows XP SP1) and crossed my fingers. The recovery program recognized the disk, formatted it, and reloaded the entire system on the disk with no issues and problems. I was really glad that I didn't need to go find drivers, or software programs to format, etc. Everything worked just fine and the disk remains stable and error free.
Кронос-6CDSC
03.01.2011
4/10
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Died on me, not for sure if it was from a virus and whiped out sectors, Norton did find some junk the day before it died, but said it got rid of it all....
ИнфраГость-1DXZM
18.01.2011
10/10
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Quiet; installed fine. The cache is so fast I load movies to it rather than play from my DVD player.
Гиперион-9RIRS
17.09.2010
4/10
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when i get the hdd i installed in to a brand new mobo, install windows 7 ultimate 32 bits version.with the os installed, i turn on the system and get a blue screen of dead, the error code for the bsod was related to the hdd.once i was able to have the system up and running, i try to install office proffessional edition, but durind the installation process the system crash again.i'm very dissapointed for this product, i have a seagate hdd i test that one on the same system and that one works just fine.
Дроид-6BNPT
13.11.2010
2/10
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Windows 7 started popping up error messages the first time I copied data to this drive. SeaGate SeaTools tested it and determined it would die soon.If you are like me and count 1 star reviews to try to determine how likely the drive is to be a dud, here is one more to throw into the pile.
НеоВояжер-9ZNZL
19.08.2010
2/10
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I ordered over a week ago and it still says "shipping soon." i could have learned how to solder one from scratch by now. how hard is it to put stuff in a box? i would cancel the order if i could and just one at best buy or something if i hadnt already made this grave error. ordered other products on newegg the same day and already received them. my $500 worth of other components that were delivered are USELESS until amazon gets its act together. will in the future incur the few extra dollars cost to avoid the inconvenience. by "super saver" they definitely don't mean time.
Спектроник-6ICJM
29.08.2010
10/10
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At around $45 delivered, this is a good bargain. I am using it in an external case for backup, but wish I had room in my PC to use it internally as its performance is wasted with a USB interface. One comment-- the box it came in, OEM, was not even taped shut-- never had tape on it. It made it here with no problem--honest delivery guys, I guess, because the item description was right there on the label for all to see. There was, however, no packing list. Have always had good luck and performance with WD and expect the same...
НаноРейдер-1UHDH
20.12.2010
10/10
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I shoved this drive into and external eSATA enclosure and connected it to my DirectTV DVR. No issues after one month.
Дроид-0VSXT
07.01.2010
8/10
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Keep in mind, this replaces the WD5000KS which had some errors (I hear).I got this drive as a gift & it's great.Installing this drive either as an external drive or your main drive was as easy as replacing any other drive. Do keep in mind this isn't a "retail boxed" drive. It's just the drive (this is where the "savings" come in).Mostly because of my OS (I am using XPSP-2), I had to install this as an IDE, but I'm not ready to go to 64 bit processing as yet. Only because of the plethora of games & software that I like to use.No problems with this drive. I have been using WD drives exclusively for many, many years. They are a bit more in price, but are made solid. This isn't to say they won't go south like every company seems to have. I have drive over 10 years old that work fine. Which is a nice investment.You can scour the internet & find may deals on many drives. The features to look at are: RPM, Cache & size. Give up any for whatever you deem important. WD uses three levels on their drives currently. Green, blue & black. This one is blue, so it's fast & spins down quickly to save energy.If you have the computer to handle it, this drive will run games very quickly via USB. Not all drives do, nor do all computers have the power to let them. This one didn't even blink.Hope you have fun with it.
НеоВояжер-0IIPK
15.07.2009
6/10
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First, I will start with the Bad, so that the Good and the Ugly will have the necessary background. The Bad is that within a few months, this hard drive failed. I used the WD utility to check it and the utility could not complete and report. I am no expert, but I think the controller on this drive was bad.The Good, is that WD replaced the drive with the only cost to me the postage of returning the bad drive (although I could argue that they should have sent a postage paid return container, I find their approach acceptable). There was little wait time on the technical support line (<5 min) and there was little hassle in requesting an RMA#. The most difficult part of the return was determining whether to use their normal return, where I send the bad drive back first, or their advanced return, where they take my credit card number, send out a drive and I send the bad drive back within 30 days to ensure my credit card is not charged. I went with the advanced return to get the working drive quicker. The process was flawless.The Ugly is that while I backed up my most important data and did not lose any of these files, I still lost about 250Mb of data that while not important, I would really rather not lose. In general, I count on a drive lasting at least three years. After that, I get really fanatical about backing up everything. By then, that capacity drive is dirt cheap and buying a duplicate/replacement is easily affordable. Sure, accidents can happen anytime, so I back everything up that is important all the time, but to have a drive last just a few months seems a little ridiculus.WD was my manufacturer of choice for several years. I think their tech support is outstanding; however, this is the second WD drive I have had that had problems resulting in the loss of data. I am going to be looking a little more critically at my next purchases before I dive into another WD drive.
Пульсар-2YSFT
01.10.2010
8/10
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I just got this so i cant say anything about it's durability. I did format it and install windows and it works fine. But the packaging is keeping this from a 5 star item. Box wasnt taped up, and only thing keeping it from shaking in the box is a few cardboard like grooves. I was concerned it might be broken.Hopefully it doesnt brake down on me like other reviewers say.
Кварковец-8RNGD
12.09.2009
10/10
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I originally received one of these drives as an RMA replacement for a 500gb hard drive that I had fail, and I really liked it. It's quick and has ample storage. Amazon then had a sale on the same model hard drive, and I got it into my head to buy another identical drive in the pursuit of an eventual RAID setup. Until I get more hard drives to fill out a RAID5, this new drive I purchased from Amazon has held up well as a standard backup drive. I have had zero issues with it for the month or so it has been running.What I DID have issues with was Amazon's packing job. Hard drives are sensitive items, and I was severely disappointed with the condition my package arrived in. First of all, the box arrived badly damaged. This is of course not Amazon's fault, but it was not a good start to my product unpacking experience. Once I got it open I found a smaller box poorly padded with one piece of inflatable package padding, which protected only three sides of the smaller inside box (one side was flat on the bottom of the bigger box). Inside that resided my poor hard drive which was in an anti-static bag surrounded by deflated padding bubbles. It had been rattling around, almost entirely unpadded. I understand this is an OEM drive and does not come with the full retail packaging, but when shipping sensitive materials I consider it a minimum of decency to at least ship it in packaging that will prevent it from potential damage. Amazon utterly failed in this regard, and also failed to respond to my complaints concerning the packaging after I received it. 5 stars on the product, 1 star on Amazon. It made me remember why I do most of my computer hardware purchases at Newegg.
Эксопилот-3OWML
15.12.2010
10/10
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great hard drive, very fast. i think its a better value than the caviar blacks personally. WD is the way to go!
Вояджер-3WTMC
11.09.2010
10/10
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This drive is a bang for the buck! I just plugged it into my computer and the motherboard detected it immedately.Install Windows 7 on this hardrive was a breeze.I would reccommend this drive to everyone.*hint* This is an oem drive,so be expected to not get a included sata cable and screws.The other thing that i didnt like about was how my hardrive was packed.Their was one airbag in their in a cardboard box, but it worked fine.
ХроноГость-8MEWG
25.09.2010
10/10
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I have a total of 5 of these drives: 2 in a RAID 0 configuration and 3 in a RAID 5 configuration. While I have not run bench mark tests, I can tell you that using Resource Monitor on Windows 7 the Disk Queue very seldom is > 1. I have had the disks for @3+ months and am very pleased with my purchase. If set up any more RAID arrays these will be the first drives I consider.
Вектрон-7UTMW
22.09.2010
10/10
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My Western Digital MyBook World Network Attacked Storage suffered a disk failure on its RAID. I ordered the replacement drive from Amazon on Sunday, and received the part Monday. I had expected delivery Tuesday or Wednesday. The MBWE NAS was repaired and back up and running later that day. I am delighted with the turnaround on this order as I was down for parts only 30 hours.
Нейрон-5VLBF
03.09.2010
4/10
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The plastic packaging inside the box was cracked, and the drive was sliding across the box freely when i opened it. The drive seems fine, though i am nervous it might fail soon due to damage, i would return it but don't want the trouble. All my previous amazon items purchase have been perfect with no trouble. I don't want to be fussy either, but the delivery promised 3 days, i just want to note it took 10 days for delivery.
Гравитон-4VQNH
07.06.2010
2/10
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We purchased this drive May 2010, and we can't say anything good about it.First, we tried to format it on Windows XP - no deal, Windows kepttelling us "This drive cannot be formatted".So we tried Windows Vista, SP2. Nothing.Windows 7. Nothing again.We can't say it was DOA, because the drive showed upon the system and was spinning.Western Digital is moving away from Windows XP, and developingdrives that work exclusively with Windows 7. We can't saythat this drive was one of these "special" 4k size drives(There was no specifications on the website on this model sayingso).We no longer sell Western Digital hard drives here at ourfirm. We'll stick with Hitachi, Seagate and Samsung.Daniel James Tyler (Danxo) TheWJ Group.
Туманник-7LTGN
29.07.2010
10/10
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If you get a "Hardware Initiate Failed!" comment with this HDD, your computer is only SATA 1.0 compatible and you must jumper pins 5 and 6 to revert the HDD to 1.0(second pair of pins from the SATA connector). Since this is an 'OEM' item devoid of instructions and the like, I had no way to know this and thought it was DOA. So, I ordered a replacement. When the second one also came DOA, I knew it couldn't be the HDD's. The possibility of getting 2 DOA Western Digital HDD's is pretty much 0. Once I figured everything out, I decided to keep both.
Туманник-0IQWP
13.11.2010
10/10
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wow!!GOT IT, INSTALLED IT INTO MY IMAC G5, AND IT WORKS GREAT.It was also a great upgrade from my 160 gb Hd. Quite, Easily installable, and easy to format.Thanks Amaz0n
Кварковец-6REMO
18.08.2010
10/10
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I have a in home recording studio, I needed a reliable hard drive that kept up with my system,after installing this drive into the PC, it was a breeze to setup, Vista recognized it immeadiatly. Setup a breeze. When I ran the pc and accesed the hard drive, i could not hear it at all, I had to put my ear up to it to hear anything. "Whisper Quiet" as WD calls it is right on. smooth running drive, and at a great price.. accesses everything i need quickly.
Альфа-Юнит-7WDWZ
08.09.2010
10/10
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Easy install. Works great. Very fast. Using with Ubuntu 10.04(64-bit). I had no problems loading everything onto it, and it runs really well. Also, this drive is super-quiet! This machine is both my everyday computer and is part of my home theater. I can watch movies on it and not even hear the drive. Average read rate showing as 105.1Mb/s in Disk Utility benchmark test.
НоваГость-5NPDT
15.03.2010
2/10
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Cons: This is the second WD Hard Drive to die after just one month of operation. It cost us $155 to have a Tech shop interpret the error codes from the "Blue Screen of Death," to determine that the problem was a defective one month old Western Digital Hard Drive. Model: WD Caviar BlueWe had to pay WD are own shipping charges to return WD's defective Hard Drive + the $155 Tech shop repair bill for their analysis of the Hard Drive error codes that came up on the Blue Screen of Death Screen.Other Thoughts: We realize that no Hard Drive company's product is perfect. But, after this second bad experience with this model of Western Digital Hard Drive, we are going to try our luck with a different manufacturer's Hard Drive.Since the Western Digital Hard Drive is defective, we should not have to pay WD to return their defective product. WD should have a policy to compensate all shipping charges, once they are able to verify that their Hard Drive is indeed defective.
Нейрон-7RQDT
15.09.2010
10/10
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This drive works great in my iMac. Installing anything in the iMac is quite a painful process due to the amount of work needed to get to the drive. I would recommend having a 2nd set of hands to help with lifting the LCD and such if you're doing any sort of replacement for the iMac.
НеоВояжер-0CPYM
29.10.2010
2/10
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Only used about one month and it was broken. I had to back up data, reinstall OS and exchange the item with WD.
Сириус-7AIFJ
13.10.2010
10/10
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WD has been my favorite HDD for many many years. This one is no exception. Easy install and worked properly.
Спектроник-6DMZM
19.08.2010
10/10
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This is a basic hard drive with no extras that came along with it. I've used it exclusively to back up the hard drive in my desktop computer. The price at $50 was the lowest I found anywhere else, so that was the main attraction of this item.
Туманник-4NHJW
18.03.2010
10/10
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At 500GB this is a reasonably large capacity drive by today's standards, yet very low-priced, about 10 cents/GB including shipping. Though they're always 500GB with a 16MB cache there have been several generations of the WD5000AAKS originally with more platters. Recently the WD5000AAKS drives I've received are single-platter which lowers the weight, noise, heat and power consumption slightly. Sustained sequential read throughput now seems to be upwards of 120MB/sec (maybe 10-15% higher than the last two-platter version) and is basically the same as the Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB drive. As it should though, the Caviar Black outperforms the Blue on random access. These are so cheap now that it's easy to justify running extra drives so that you have a backup.
Эксопилот-9GRPY
28.09.2009
8/10
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I am running Windows Vista with this as the master drive, and my old Hitachi Deskstar being demoted to slave drive. According to HDD Tune this thing is a 40% increase across the board (read, write, seek, and burst transfer), and thats compared to the SATA-300 Hitachi that outperforms a WD ATA 133 by 50% or so.According to the onlike specs (backed up by other reviews I found) the Cavair blue is only slightly behind the $20 or so more Cavair Black, which is only 1.0 ms seek time slower than the $300 velociraptor.The only complaint I have is the reason I bought the 250 gig was to partition into an 80, and a 170, then RAID 0 the partition and my Hitachi. Unfortunatly, my RAID controller (750i South Bridge with media sheild) dosen't recognise partitions as HDDs like Windows, so all I would get is a 160G RAID 0, and I suspect the Hitachi may be getting old, so I wouldn't trust my personal data to it, just my game installations (in Vista game saves are automatically move to the "My saved games" folder).On a foot note, the drive is "bulk," so no cables. Also the legacy connector has been removed so you'll need a real SATA power connector.My system 28SEPT09ASUS P5N-DPentium D 950 (for sale on Amazon $145) moving to C2Q Q8200Crucial PC2-6400 (2X1024)Corsair TX750No GPU at this time, waiting to see what games are bundled with the GTX260 next mo.
ОмниКод-5ULBV
24.08.2010
10/10
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Purchased two Western Digital WD6400AAKS WD Caviar Internal Hard Drive, 640 GB in Dec 2008 for my D-Link DNS321 NAS. Work great so far. I have them in a mirrored / RAID array. Good read / write speeds. Very happy.
Спектр-4OHEL
20.07.2010
4/10
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I bought this disk in January 2009. It sat in the box until June 2009. It got very light use for three months and then sat unused until June 2010. After one week the system wouldn't boot. I am now running CheckDisk. The file check routine has had to repair hundreds of files. Luckily, the files are all backed up.
КиберНаблюдатель-0HGHY
25.08.2010
10/10
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Didn't come with a cable but got a cable and tray from TXcess Surplus. Installed the HD, fired up the computer, formatted and away she went. Very happy with it.
Дроид-8ZFUA
14.08.2010
10/10
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I`M FROM VENEZUELA I`M REALLY HAPPY WHIT MY HDD IT WORK FINE 5 STARSSOY DE VENEZUELA LLEGO MUY BIEN EN PERFECTAS CONDICIONES LO RECOMIENDO SIEMPRE COMPREM A AMAZOM COMO VENDEDOR ALTA CALIDAD
Синтрон-6CAOK
29.08.2010
10/10
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I'm happy with the drive it's quick, quiet and what I expected.Amazon provided a good price and quick delivery.
Астероид-5AJCL
22.03.2010
2/10
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Box arrived without tape. Opened to reveal the hard drive in ESD bag loosely jammed into a small cardboard box. I can only imagine how well this thing traveled, the ESD shows visible signs of impact from the logic board.I've never received a HDD in this kind poor packaging. Usually a layer of something shock absorbent is standard, like bubble wrap or urethane, styrofoam... This is unacceptable.I plan on doing some diagnostics on the disk and won't be surprised if anything appears dysfunctional.The most disturbing thing was that it was shipped and placed in my mail completely unsecured and it's contents could have been pilfered by anyone along it's way.
Астрономад-8FZPI
06.04.2010
6/10
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Плохо
These are decent drives, but google 'TLER and RAID' to see that WD has disabled a function required for dependable RAID on all of its Black, Blue and Green drives. This means you can setup a RAID array using these drives, but they will fail under heavy use and cause the RAID array to break.WD would like you to pay 60% more for the RE3 version drive for RAID arrays. In my view, this is a blatant cash grab. After 10 years of buying only WD drives, I will not buy another as long as they do this. Seagate has done the same, so it's only Hitachi and Samsungs for cheap RAID arrays these days.
Странник-6WNAD
11.09.2009
10/10
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Yes I got on on the REALLY good deal here for the drive for just under $40.00 shipped (super-saver). I won't bore you fellow enthusiasts with details that 90% of you already know. Enthusiasts are the ones that usually buy white-box OEM drives and they (and i) already know what the drive is capable of and it's specifications.It came in a small box and was delivered in a reasonable time-frame (about 6 business days) and was in a very small box, BUT it had very thin bubble wrap and the drive would slide from one end to the other inside of the box. Not good. Not good at all, but stunningly the drive was fine and tested out great. Running in SATA II mode just fine with great read/write speedsThe deal that was offered with this drive was a stunner price wise was and was quickly sold out at that price, and i'm not sure I have ever seen an HDD deal this good before for the price/capacity shipped. I'm glad I got in on it and I hope Amazon and other merchants (you know like the "other place" that computer enthusiasts/builders usually shop at) would occasionally do the same from time to time. Certainly it would bring a lof of needed traffic to the site and it's good for the economy. Even if you didn't get in on the fabulous deal it's still a fantastic SATA drive for the price.
ТехноНаблюдатель-7PRLG
03.08.2009
10/10
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First of all I want to mention that this drive, Western Digital Caviar Blue 640 GB, is the EXACT SAME MODEL that ships pre-installed with 2009 Mac Pro's. Trust me, i opened mine up and checked the model number on the drive in Bay 1. If you ever need an extra hard drive and just want the same one for your Mac Pro, DO NOT buy the "Apple Hard Drive Kit" from the Apple Store. It is the same exact one you can get here on Amazon, and for about a third of the price. You can install it yourself VERY easily (it took me 3 minutes and one small phillips head screwdriver). Its about as easy as inserting a Nintendo game cartridge into an NES game system. Actually it is easier, because you don't need to sit there and blow on it for 5 minutes.That said, onto the review:I swear by WD hard drives and have never been failed by them. They are fast, efficient and rugged. My only complaint is that it could be sometimes a bit loud to hear the drive spinning inside the aluminum Mac Pro housing. But nothing too distracting.Do yourself a favor, if you need to expand your HD space in your Mac Pro get yourself a WD drive. I have 3 of them installed (one Caviar Blue 640 and two Caviar Black 1TB). You won't regret it.I know some people have had nightmare situations with Amazon shipping drives carelessly packed, but the ones I have gotten from Amazon have all been shipped DOUBLE boxed and with plenty of cushioning.
Гравитон-3PWQK
18.07.2010
10/10
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Have owned lots of hard drives and for the last 5 years or so WD is my drive of choice. They have been very reliable. Years ago I was exclusively Maxtor until they were bought out by Seagate.
ТехноНаблюдатель-4WZKO
19.04.2010
10/10
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Ive never had one issue with Western digital caviar drives, and I used them the last 10 or more years, since I never shut my machiens off they rn 24/7 and the WD caviar drives just run perfectly.I bought 2 of these caviar blue drives, now a 3rd one, the first 2 came in a nice little box with instruction manual not a little piece of paper, and mounting screws, it was well packaged and it just looked great, you definitely felt and could see its a quality drive.
Квантум-2IVLY
01.07.2010
10/10
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We are thrilled with this drive. It was exactly what we needed to get my IMac up and running again. Very fast delivery, excellent price, and I will definitely buy again if I need further products such as this.
НаноРейдер-5CSFT
12.02.2009
10/10
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We chose to buy from Amazon instead of Newegg. The methods of storing/handling and packaging these raw, OEM drives causes a lot of DOA units.Newegg (as of 8 months ago from this posting) still has problems with DOA units. I think Newegg may stack these and stress surface mount components, etc. No such problems with the amazon.com drives so we buy 100% of our drives from Amazon.Pros- Quiet- Bulletproof (the AAKS) We have 20+ (now 30+) of these in Dell T3400 Precision workstations and put 3 in each machine.NOTE: We have not had even ONE problem in 2+ years of NORMAL use - see 01/05/2010 update - (oldest 12/30 drive units are 2+ years old, others are 1+ years).Cons- None that I know of so far.Did a lot of research on the platters they use on these drives and the technology. The AAKS seems to be the sweet spot in the line. AACS and AAJS were a bit different but not much. The WD5000CSRTL model seemed to have the most problems.The environment these drives run are lab servers that are "ON" 24/7 so we don't get the same ON/OFF cycles that a home system would have.Checking the hard driveRun the "WD diagnostics" that come with the disk or you can download the utility from the Western Digital site to find bad sectors just in case you get a bad one (we never have).This utility will run on *ANY* disk (not just WD). It may take a few hours for a "full scan" but it's time well spent.01/05/2010 Update: Finally lost one of these 500GB drives due to a move to a new building. The drive was near 2+ years old. The head didn't crash and the drive spun up but Windows XP wouldn't recognize it so it needs some specialized software kung-fu to re-mount the drive. (it was a secondary drive -no OS). The data will probably be recovered into a 2nd drive. I expect one of the movers dropped this particular machine in the move (Hey, it's not a soccer ball, it's a hard drive, what do you expect?) Still a great drive for under $60.
Капеллан-0KSYI
31.12.2009
2/10
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Ужасно
I used this drive as an external backup inside a Star Tech USB enclosure. After backing up files, installing UBUNTU (just in case my main drive failed I could boot this one up and have access to my files) and after spending a long time organizing those files, I set it aside. I should say it lasted less than three weeks because I barely used it at all after doing the backups. Three weeks later I went to do some more backups and the drive was no longer recognized. I tried plugging it into a different computer - no luck. I put different hard drives into the enclosure and they read just fine. At one point it did read for about 2 minutes and then went dead again. This is the second 500gig drive that died on me this year (the other was a Seagate). I'm awaiting a new drive, but I don't have very high hopes.
Вектрон-6EADX
11.06.2010
10/10
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Великолепно
I needed a cheap drive for my new gaming rig, and this worked out quite well. This is a nice drive, is reasonably fast, and has enough storage space for normal use.
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