Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD5000AAKS

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD5000AAKS

 
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WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with either SATA or EIDE interface in a variety of cache sizes with a multitude of available features to deliver rock solid performance and ultra-cool and quiet operation. 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. With capacities ranging from 40 GB to 640 GB, these drives are the perfect solution for family and business computing.
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  • Feature:
  • WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with either SATA or EIDE interface in a variety of cache sizes with a multitude of available features to deliver performance and reliability perfect for everyday computing.
  • WhisperDrive technology minimizes noise to levels near the threshold of human hearing.
  • IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration.
  • 500 GB capacity holds up to 100,000 digital photos, 125,000 MP3 files, and 60 hours of HD video.
  • BatteriesIncluded: 0
  • Binding: Electronics
  • Brand: Western Digital
  • EAN: 0854441001016
  • FormFactor: 3.5" x 1/3H
  • HardDiskInterface: Serial ATA
  • HardwarePlatform: PC
  • IsAutographed: 0
  • IsMemorabilia: 0
  • Label: Western Digital
  • Manufacturer: Western Digital
  • Model: WD5000AAKS
  • MPN: WD5000AAKS
  • PackageQuantity: 1
  • ProductGroup: CE
  • ProductTypeName: COMPUTER_DRIVE_OR_STORAGE
  • Publisher: Western Digital
  • Size: 500 GB
  • SpecialFeatures: nv:Drive Type^Internal|Capacity^500 GB|Interface^Serial ATA-300|Interface Type^SATA|Spindle Speed (RPM)^7200|Buffer Memory^16MB|Average Seek (msec)^8.9|Average Latency (msec)^4.2|Data Transfer Rate on Serial ATA^Up to 3000 Mb/sec|Form Factor^3.5"|Temperature, Operating (°C)^5 to 55|Temperature, Nonoperating (°C)^-40 to 65
  • Studio: Western Digital
  • UPC: 854441001016
  • Warranty: 3 years warranty

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Great value on the latest tech2010-03-18
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.
Beast2010-03-18
This hard-drive works so fast! I'm am very pleased in buying it. Works fine so far, no problems, and I have been using it for 1 month now. If you need more space but decently fast this is the hard drive to get. For you gamers, works fine with all my games (team fortress 2, Borderlands, Dawn of war 2, Street fighter, everything).
so far, so good2010-03-16
Installed the HD and it works so far. Not really too much more to say unless it crashes
Dead after just one month!2010-03-15
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 Blue

We 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.
Sata II is a sales gimmick2010-03-14
Yes sata II has a transfer rate of 6 gb/sec however unless you have an ssd hard drive it wont transfer faster than 1gb/sec and original sata is 3gb/sec. so dont think it will make a difference on a mechanical hard drive
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