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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

It's not hard to drive in the west

Advantages: good space, great price and works a charm
Disadvantages: not quite the full 320GB stated but hey....

...was from a company called Western Digital, who I had dealt with before and felt quite confident about. ** Brief description… (technical stuff coming up) * 2.5” internal hard drive * 320GB hard drive * Serial ATA * 300 Mbps transfer rate * 5400 rpm spindle speed * 8 MB buffer zone * Works with all Windows (not sure about 7) * Shockgaurd technology protects the drive from shocks * Whisperdrive technology gives a quiet performance ...
...service, testing the claims that Western Digital made. They claim that it is one of the quietest internal drives on the market and it does sound quite quiet as it searches for what it’s been asked of, although you can still hear it working. They also claim that it is optimised so as to improve battery life, well, I have put it to the test several times and can definitely say that the claims are quite true indeed as I have noticed a vast improvement ...

blissman70 10.11.2009 · 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Sturdy, but outdated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

Nothing to be seen!

Advantages: quick, very large, efficient internal hard drive
Disadvantages: opening up the pc tower - urgh!

I really do love Western Digital hard drives as they deliver great performance and storage at very reasonable prices. This is no exception. This is a very cool and compact metal-cased storage device that works as well as you would expect from Western Digital, which means phenomenal performance at a great price. Design Its presented in a big box, and I was very relieved (and also surprised) to see how small it actually is! At 8cm in width, by 1.5 ...
...take up much space in your pc tower. Its a miniscule 105 gs which means i can hold it in one palm quite easily. The stainless steel enclosure case is attractive and i hardly notice the sounds it makes when transferring files, thats how quiet this metal box is! Instructions Opening up and setting the hard drive in was the biggest time-consumer but it can be done within 20 minutes and then its a simple case of the software being recognised and it ...

thewhitewolf 18.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of WD Caviar Blue WD5000AAKB 500 GB

Barracuda 7200.11 AVOID at all costs

Advantages: low noise
Disadvantages: no reliability what so ever, will definitely break unless you update firmware

The Seagate 7200.11 is probably is worst hard disk there is. I have only had it for 9 months and it's broken. I will keep myself to be subjective when writing this review though - so there's no need to worry! = the BASICS The Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 was released in 2008. It was the 11th generation of the Barracuda line of hard drives. It comes in 160Gb, 320Gb, 500Gb (mine), 640Gb, 750Gb, 1TB and 1.5TB. It runs on 3 disk platters and can be subjected ...
...because of a firmware problem. Seagate has apparently released a fix for it but who ever (except system administrators of course) updates their hard drive firmware? Once the hard drive breaks down there is no way of updating the firmware, so I am now stuck with a bricked drive. Apparently there is a fix for it - requiring soldering and many hocus pocus which I am not at all comfortable with so the data on the drive is gone! Lucky the drive isn't ...

ecolier 01.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500 GB