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: WD
Summary: 5 Stars
Western Digital hard drives have been the best on the market. From my first computer as a wee tyke to my slogging work horse of today, I've always selected WD drives and have never been disapointed.Digital camera Review: WD HD from Price Pros
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a review of the buying process from Price Pros through Amazon. Worst time ever! They advertise "Pack of 20" which leads everyone to believe that there are 20 hard drives. They shipped one. Well, of course, you say...don't expect 20! YES I DO. That is what they describe! So they offer to take it back and reimburse price. So Amazon is worthless to go through their "A to Z Guarantee" and won't support customers at all. So I did a charge back and filed a complaint with the state's Attorney General. Don't buy through these people.Digital camera Review: Watch out for Amazon's Frustration Free Packaging!
Summary: 5 Stars
This product is awesome. However, Amazon sent one to me with literally no protective packaging except a cardboard layer, as though it were a book. The hard drive was of course dead. Beware!Digital camera Review: good hard drive
Summary: 4 Stars
This hard drive itself is a great hard drive if you are not looking for performance, no noise and has a pretty fast read rate. Keep in mind this will not be compatible with any raid system, and is fairly slow in comparison with other performance hard drives. Then caviar green was designed with someone who just wants to replace a noise old hard drive and is not really looking for an upgrade in performance.Digital camera Review: great balanced hard disk
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this hard disk as a main disk for a general purpose server. I've ran game servers, voice servers, and a couple different chat servers on it for personal use. My main desktop computer was built with large, slow fans that would be as silent as possible, so I was trying to keep the server (also kept under my desk) quiet as well.
The variable speed speed seems to work pretty well. I haven't noticed any I/O bottle necks, and after the initial spin up I hardly hear the hard disk at all.
There's really not a lot to say about a working hard disk. Make sure you realize this is OEM and doesn't come with cables or screws or anything. Knowing this ahead of time, this drive fit all of my needs.