Hard Drives

Low power with high storage Drive

Advantages: Low power, Less heat, big storage
Disadvantages: Low RPM (Speed)

...other types, for comparision, The WD Caviar Green is about 25% slower than other performance drive. Just remember that this drive only for those who would like to save more energy yet get more spaces. Its Cool ! No, Really.. literally this drive is cooler in terms of heat. Since this drive is about 5 watts less and this drive runs most in 5400 rpm. So this drive is cooler. I can even touch it and its slightly warm. Hence, this will also reduce ...
...points I gave above, This WD Caviar Green Power (For some people prefer the term 'GP') Will be perfect for External Drive. You can purchase any external enclosure without cooling fans and mount this HDD inside without the worry of being overheated. Conclusion So I would very recommend this HDD for average desktop users, very good for normal use, HTPC. Not recommended for hardcore gaming rigs though. Oh yes, I forgot to mention the value, this ...

sibibip 01.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of WD Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500 GB

Great product that had a more subtle effect then expected

Advantages: Fast, nice capactiy for an SSD, good value for an SSD, noticeable speed up.
Disadvantages: Still expensive compared to a conventional hard drive, does not provide instant loading of apps

I bought the generation 2 model (model number SSDSA2MH160G2C1) from www.pconestopshop.co.uk Its a really great product, I have installed windows a couple of times due to setup changes, tried out vista and windows 7 on it. It is very fast, but it did not quite have the speed up I was expecting! That said I am impressed, and the speeds were as expected. I have installed grand theft auto onto the computer, and the loading times are reasonable, it still ...
...load up saved games. I was personally expecting a far more noticeable speed up. That said, there was a speed up. I was going from 2x640gb HDDs in raid 0, which were short stroked (HD Tune/Tach showed transfer of around 160mb/s and seek was around 7 seconds). My advice would be that you should align the drive, and when installing windows 7 make sure its in AHCI mode as it gets quite a nice speed advantage over the standard IDE mode. To compare against ...

sayerhilton 03.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Intel X25-M Mainstream Solid State Drive - 34nm Product Line 160 GB

Quality comes at a price....a low one.

Advantages: Cheap, good capacity, excellent performance
Disadvantages: Not found any yet

I purchased a WD Scorpio Blue 320gb drive as an upgrade when the drive in my Samsung NC10 packed in after less than a year (I prefered to upgrade than try to get a replacement drive under warranty). I was surprised when I cracked open the NC10 to find it had a 160gb version of the WD Scorpion Blue drive I'd just purchased. This didn't fill me with confidence, although it did mean switching over the drives was a piece of cake. The WD 320gb drive ...
...the 160gb drive was fairly quiet.... now all I have is the eerie sound of the CPU fan occasionally kicking in, with absolutely no noticeable disk drive sound. The drive definately performs well getting the best out of small netbook like the NC10. It was also very easy partitioning the drive, so now I have dual boot with Ubuntu as well as Windows. Its been about 5 months since I fitted this drive and its performed faultlessly, I would definately ...

Brianmini 01.02.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT 320 GB

Sturdy, but outdated

Advantages: Low power consumption, nice size
Disadvantages: Pathetic cache, outdated SATA I

...is a solid option. WD offer a fantastic warranty on this product, which is usually not needed, as ther build quality is extrodinary. These disks have a good, stable platter and this helps protect from bump damage. Speed wise, the spindle speed is average for a laptop drive, as is 150mps, but its the tiny cache that gets on my nerves with these drives. I would check out Samsung's Spinpoint range, and pick up a 250Gb 7200Rpm 16mb cache SATA II disk ...

Olski 14.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of WD Scorpio Blue WD1600BEVS 160 GB

Very good, does its job well + 5 year warranty

Advantages: Fast, many models available, 5 year warranty, NCQ, 16MB buffer, perpendicular recording
Disadvantages: None as I'm aware

...fashion. Seagate also provides a 5 year warranty whereas the competition doesn't. Seagate support is very good, they replaced one with a snapped SATA connector (physical damage) even though they claim do not replace units with mechanical damage. Overall you can't go wrong with this drive. ...

AdamHonek 05.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB