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| Brand: | Western Digital |
| Item Height : | 25 millimetres |
| Item Width: | 10.2 centimetres |
| Processor | |
| Processor Count: | 1 |
| Memory | |
| Computer Memory Type: | DRAM |
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| Wattage: | 8.77 watts |
Product Features
- SATA hard drives provide increased airflow and less clutter and in the computer system compared to EIDE drives
- WD continues to develop new and innovative ways to keep drives cool while they are operating
- WhisperDrive technology minimises noise to levels near the threshold of human hearing
- NoTouch ramp load technology - the recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear
- IntelliSeek calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration
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Product Description
Product Description
WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with either SATA or PATA interface in a variety of cache sizes with a multitude of available features to deliver rock solid performance and ultra-cool and quiet operation perfect for family and business computing.
Manufacturer's Description
WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with either SATA or PATA interface in a variety of cache sizes with a multitude of available features to deliver rock solid performance and ultra-cool and quiet operation perfect for family and business computing.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Hi
At 10 pence per gigabyte you can't really complain!
I have an existing Seagate drive that is beginning to make unnerving rattling sounds and so I have installed this Caviar drive and activated the backup software that comes free within the Vista control panel to do a daily update copy of all my files.
When the Seagate does finally fall of its perch I will set up a pair of 500GB drives in a Raid 1 configuration but the thought of doing this now and having to re-install all my software before I really have to is just too much!
The Caviar drive installed easily, runs quietly and, so far, "does exactly what it says on the tin." Time will tell!
At 10 pence per gigabyte you can't really complain!
I have an existing Seagate drive that is beginning to make unnerving rattling sounds and so I have installed this Caviar drive and activated the backup software that comes free within the Vista control panel to do a daily update copy of all my files.
When the Seagate does finally fall of its perch I will set up a pair of 500GB drives in a Raid 1 configuration but the thought of doing this now and having to re-install all my software before I really have to is just too much!
The Caviar drive installed easily, runs quietly and, so far, "does exactly what it says on the tin." Time will tell!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Read good reviews about this so I bought it this year from Amazon.
Western Digital have an excellent reputation for building great hard drives, giving good customer care and service and unike Samsung, Western Digital allow you to send the drives directly back to them for repair or replacement if they go wrong with in the warranty period.
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Its perfect, fast, extremely reliable, very low noise.
Its one of these fit and forget hard drives, it works first time every time with no worries.
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Next time I need a new hard drive I will buy one of these again as its a joy to use.
Western Digital have an excellent reputation for building great hard drives, giving good customer care and service and unike Samsung, Western Digital allow you to send the drives directly back to them for repair or replacement if they go wrong with in the warranty period.
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Good points
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Its perfect, fast, extremely reliable, very low noise.
Its one of these fit and forget hard drives, it works first time every time with no worries.
Bad points
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None
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Conclusion
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Next time I need a new hard drive I will buy one of these again as its a joy to use.
32 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Swapped out an 80GB Seagate Barracuda for this Western Digital 500GB baby.
Easy enough to install: Acronis True Image, straight swap, restore the disk image and resize the disk partitions (using EASEUS Home Partition Manager - a free utility).
I don't think it's quite as quiet as the one its replaced but it's not quite Whisper Quiet. That said it's nothing like as bad as a Maxtor I had in a Dell which sounded like someone rattling a bag of marbles.
Being OEM you just get the drive, no cables, no jumpers, no instructions (though you can find them on the WD website itself under Support). It doesn't have a "legacy power connector" something which worried me but turned out to be OK as the power comes via the SATA connection.
Longevity? Reliability? Dunno. Only been in my PC 3 hours so far. But a previous WD Caviar lasted just under 10 years so I'll be optimistic on that one.
Easy enough to install: Acronis True Image, straight swap, restore the disk image and resize the disk partitions (using EASEUS Home Partition Manager - a free utility).
I don't think it's quite as quiet as the one its replaced but it's not quite Whisper Quiet. That said it's nothing like as bad as a Maxtor I had in a Dell which sounded like someone rattling a bag of marbles.
Being OEM you just get the drive, no cables, no jumpers, no instructions (though you can find them on the WD website itself under Support). It doesn't have a "legacy power connector" something which worried me but turned out to be OK as the power comes via the SATA connection.
Longevity? Reliability? Dunno. Only been in my PC 3 hours so far. But a previous WD Caviar lasted just under 10 years so I'll be optimistic on that one.
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I prefer the Blue version to the Green, as I have heard mixed reports about the Green.
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thankyou.
thankyou.
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