Western Digital 500 GB Caviar Green SATA 3 Gb/s Intellipower 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD5000AADS by Western Digital
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Digital camera reviews of Western Digital 500 GB Caviar Green SATA 3 Gb/s Intellipower 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD5000AADS
Digital camera Review: Good performer for old systems.
Summary: 5 Stars
The drive is large for an older (Windows XP) OS and is fast and quiet. I tested it extensively because I lost 2 WD drives that had very close serial numbers bought at the same store and BOTH failed. It took the torture well.
It's the older PATA interface so be sure you're getting the right one. Most systems from the last 4 years use the newer "SATA" interface standard.
I've only used the drive for about a month but so far, so good as the saying goes. It's large for pre-Vista Operating Systems so it should serve you well.
Digital camera Review: Got 2 of them...working great!
Summary: 5 Stars
Purchased two of these to use as a mirrored external backup drive. Performance, while nice, isn't critical to me (since it's all going through a USB2 interface anyway), but the noise level and power consumption is. After my Seagate drive died (they're not even worthy of a link to their product. Point is: don't buy SeaGate as their firmware likely is still riddled with bugs that they'll release an update for...after you've lost all your data.)
At any rate, after formatting these drives and doing a series of tests for integrity, these seem to be up to the standard of all the other Western Digital drives I've purchased in the past. They run on low power, cool, and very quiet - the fan in the external enclosure is far louder than both these drives combined. Copying data to and from the drive was flawless, and, while not as fast as many other drives on the market, if you're looking to save power and/or it's going into an external enclosure anyway (and speed doesn't matter much), then these really drives can't be beat.
Would highly recommend. The only "problem" with Western Digital drives are they last TOO long. As I write this, I have 4 WD drives next to my desk: 3gig (from August 1997), 8gig (March 1999), 13gig (March 2000), and 80gig (June 2004). Yes, WD stamps the date on their drives...and they all work as flawlessly as the day they were purchased. It's just difficult to justify using 5volts to gain so little space.
Digital camera Review: Great product
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent deal and fast shipping. I have personally used Western Digital hard drives for years on many DIY builds and have only had to return one, after 3 years of use. The customer service was great and the RMA went through easily. Highly recommended!Digital camera Review: Great Drive!
Summary: 5 Stars
Installed this hard drive as a secondary drive... works great! Backing up important photos with no problem at all!!!Digital camera Review: Great Hard Drive For The Money
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently built a new Windows 7 Core i7 system with some new parts and some old ones from my prior system. Since my last computer had hard drives with a couples years under their belt, I opted for two new 500GB 7200RPM Western Digital SATA Green drives. The investment in my data's security was well worth the outlay. I couldn't be happier. They are silent in my CPU's case (seriously, I can't even feel them if I rest my toes against the case during read/write operations) and speedier than any hard drive I've owned before. The plan is to keep these until the price point of solid state disk drives falls to around traditional hard drive prices. I figure that time will be around when the world ends in 2012... if you believe in that nonsense. ;p