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Western Digital Caviar Blue  500GB SATAII  16MB Cache 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive OEM
 
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Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATAII 16MB Cache 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive OEM

by Western Digital
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews) More about this product
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Technical Details

  • 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 Dimensions: 14.7 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm ; 631 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 908 g
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  • Item model number: WD5000AAKS
  • ASIN: B000Q82PIQ
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 29 May 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
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Manufacturer's Description

With SATA and EIDE interfaces, cache sizes ranging from 2 MB to 16 MB, WD Caviar Blue drives offer a full range of performance features. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Caviar Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability.

Data Lifeguard is an exclusive set of data protection features, including shock protection, an environmental protection system and real-time embedded error detection and repair. WD's Data Lifeguard technology automatically finds, isolates, and repairs problems that may develop over the life of a hard drive.

Data Lifeguard Tools are software utilities designed for WD hard drives that work with the embedded Data Lifeguard features to make hard drive installation,diagnostics and repair both simple and worry-free. (Download Data Lifeguard Tools)

ShockGuard instantaneously protects the hard drive against damage from bumps and vibrations while it is running. This technology enables WD Caviar drives to achieve industry-leading shock specifications.

Up to 142,800 digital photos Up to 125,000 songs (MP3);Up to 12,500 songs (uncompressed CD quality) Up to 38 hours of Digital Video (DV) Up to 220 hours of DVD quality video Up to 60 hours of HD video


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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Seems OK, 13 Oct 2008
By rowantree (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent value for money!!, 21 Feb 2009
By V. D. Burgess "vince" (kent,uk) - See all my reviews
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Got this 2 add to my other 160gb hard drive as i run 2 operating systems on one pc. Great hard drive for the money! great value! and big 500g also i normaly always buy weston digital drives as they are very reliable and quiet. Top buy for the money and i would recommend this to anyone after a new drive.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATAII 16MB Cache 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive OEM, 23 Feb 2009
By J. K. Groves (Banbury UK) - See all my reviews
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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!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars Unacceptable packaging !!!!!
Can't say how reliable this disk will be. The hard disk inside its anti static bag was put into a small cardboard envelope and sent through the post - no protection whatsoever (if... Read more
Published 3 days ago by Mr. Michael Thomson

4.0 out of 5 stars wd hdd
massive storage quiet ih use.no instructions how to set it up .well packed im pleased.
Published 5 days ago by Mr. T. J. Cripps

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and whisper quiet
I bought this to replace an old 20GB HDD which was performing painfully slow.

Installation of the drive was as straightforward as these always are these days... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Casdon

4.0 out of 5 stars Just What I Needed
The 500GB Western Digital Hard Drive was just what I needed as a back-up drive.

Arrived as stated and works once formatted. Read more
Published 16 days ago by C. Heath

5.0 out of 5 stars Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATAII Hard Drive
Fast delivery, easy to set up, from delivery to working as backup hard drive took less than 30 mins
Published 20 days ago by E. Ramsay

4.0 out of 5 stars No problems
On the downside, this was not packaged well at all - only a thin layer of foam to protect the drive while in transit; not even a "fragile" marking on the packaging... Read more
Published 29 days ago by David Oxley

5.0 out of 5 stars Good standard disk
Bought to replace a faulty C: drive (also WD and failed after 18months, thus confidence not high but does exactly what I need). Read more
Published 1 month ago by Pascal

4.0 out of 5 stars Great hard drive
Mine arrived extremely well packaged, protective foam everywhere, external box stuffed with extra paper to stop it moving around. Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. Halstead

1.0 out of 5 stars Upgrade to 500GB drives - had problems
I got 5 of these drives to upgrade capacity on overnight backups. One of the drives failed on it's first backup and I can't do anything with it in Windows Disk Management. Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. C. Labels Clouston

5.0 out of 5 stars 500gb harddrive
I put this hard drive in a sky hd box it runs quiet and cool with no probs yet
Published 2 months ago by chily

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