Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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Nuria Rating: Review Date: 11/27/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: SATA 6., 500gb at a decent cost. It's pretty fast. None so far. I received three of these, All worked with no errors proper out of the box. I am using two of them in a RAID 1 setup and am going to order three additional for a RAID five setup.
Tomasso Rating: Review Date: 11/01/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: Fast and dependable. I boot up in about 15-20 seconds. (Not Windows) I have had no issues with the HD. I could go on about what it isn't, SSD, 3TB, but you know what you are buying, and it is that. No complaints. I want to get a different, but if you have the few additional bucks, get the 1TB version with 64MB cache. Can't take of eggs for what it isn't. Every little thing it claims is accurate and exceeds expectations, so five eggs. ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX MotherboardAMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban three.2GHz Six-Core Desktop ProcessorCORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W SAPPHIRE Active DisplayPort Adapter 100924 DisplayPort to DVI InterfaceSAPPHIRE 100283-3L Radeon HD 5770 Video CardMushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB ƒ x 4GB) DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 MemoryWestern Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Challenging DriveTRENDnet TEW-423PI IEEE 802.11b/g 32bit PCI2.two Wireless AdapterCOOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Laptop Case3 X Acer S211HLbd 21.5'' 5ms LED-Backlight LCD Monitor Slim Style
Keon Rating: Review Date: 10/31/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: Having owned quite a few WD black's, all I have to say is: Doesn't the name speak for itself? None. I've had a best track record with these.
Tenen Rating: Review Date: 10/29/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: Nice quiet and sata 6gb non
Gabriel Rating: Review Date: 10/27/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: Great drive all about didnt notice a large improvement more than its 3Gb counterpart but it is quiet and works well. I replaced out some older drives that store only game data. none
Claudia Rating: Review Date: 10/26/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: fast, but lol JK. there fast have two in raid-. 340mbs. none however becoming great too me. Thermaltake Element G Case w/ 850W Modular Power SupplyHanns•G 25" 2ms 1080P Widescreen LCD MonitorLogitech Cordless Laser Desktop MX 3200MSI P67A-C43 MotherboardPalit GeForce GTX 460 SE (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5Intel Core i7-2600KCORSAIR Vengeance 8GB ƒ x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800Ɯ Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200 SATA 6.0Gb/s in raid
Moon Rating: Review Date: 10/22/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: really rapidly bootup for a hdd. none
Mathieu_L@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 10/19/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:Wasn't on sale when I bought it. Pros:Price/Performance Ratio. Comment: Bought this for an OS drive and can't be happier for price/performance ratio. Already using a couple 1tb blacks for storage so wanted to opt for a smaller capacity OS drive. If you can't afford an SSD then this is the way to go.
Melanion Rating: Review Date: 10/14/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: Works correct out of the box, I applied this for my first pc built and i was happy i did. none
Zaide Rating: Review Date: 10/07/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: This drive is pretty quiet. I'd heard that the 1TB and larger drives have too several platters and make noise. I just got a mobo with SATA 3 capability Ɩ. gb/s), but I really don't think that receiving a HDD with the same spec is worth it. 32 MB cache is sufficient, and games load up a lot speedy. I'm happy with the read/write functioning and low noise level. Challenging drives can't read/transfer information practically as rapidly as SATA 2 Ɠ. gb/s) already delivers, so the SATA 3 Ɩ. gb/s) is just a perk.
Rosalba Rating: Review Date: 10/05/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: Dose the job genuine good. Nothing.
Vea Rating: Review Date: 09/24/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: Drive is fast.Sata 6.0Gb/s ฮ additional I could of got 1TB and a larger cache. Not substantially else to say.
Ashleigh Rating: Review Date: 09/22/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: None None It's a drive and does what a drive need to do. I purchased this to install an upgrade to Windows 7 on. I can't say if it's any quicker than the Caviar Blue drives I've bought and run XP on. I haven't had any problems with the WD drives I've bought.
GrahamCrackers@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 09/03/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:none i can think of Pros:cheapits wdcomes with 5ry warranty Comment: there's no real point of getting this HDD since the other 2tb / 3tb versions are getting cheaper and cheaper
mark_h@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 09/01/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:nothing Pros:Cheap, quiet fast seek Comment: very well built drive for the price and has a 5yr parts and labour.Picked this up for a workstation , think ill get one for myself on my personal rig for stage and use ssd for the boot drive. and does SATA 6 GIG lol awesome. Must buy !
Marius Rating: Review Date: 08/28/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: very good nothing
Maree Rating: Review Date: 08/28/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: FastPlenty of Space Price could have been a bit lower Extremely Happy with the item. Would advise.
Kamran Rating: Review Date: 08/28/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: Installed quickly, the superior 1 appears to function fine. I purchased two originally and 1 was DOA. From what I hear thats about the proper ratio for WD. My 1st build and ordered by way of Newegg. Their return system worked fantastic. Sent the poor one back (had to pay for shipping) and they promptly sent a replacement. I haven't installed it however so I hope its a superior one.
Julien_F@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 08/25/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:none so far Pros:More reliable than WD caviar blue drives Comment: This drive is definitely worth the few extra $$$ over a WD caviar blue drive. It comes with a 5 year warranty instead of 3 and so far, haven't seen one break. If you have budget restrictions and can't afford a Velociraptor drive or SSD drive, use this to run your operating system and another drive like a WD green 2tb (wd20ears) for your documents folder.
Jordan_P@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 08/25/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:- None Pros:- SATA3- Price Comment: I have had 1 for about 2 months now, and wow cant argue. Highly recommended.
Virgil Rating: Review Date: 08/15/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: both drives I received work none genuinely type of pointless, in my opinion to have sata three on a mechanical tough drive simply because those speeds are fairly much unobtainable, but still a excellent drive.
Tarn_K@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 08/14/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:None Pros:Fast, reliable, quiet Comment: Very nice unit, gets the job done, very high read and write speeds, loads up windows 7 64-bit Ultimate within seconds. When another unit is on sale I'm going to run it in raid 0!
Dan_F@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 08/07/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:I don't know, wasn't free? Pros:runs quite and cool enough Comment: For the time I've had it, it works great, windows loads up fast so the SATA3 seems to be working out fine.
Johann_B@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 08/04/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:None Pros:Good size, good price, good performance, reliable. Comment: I've only had this drive for a few days now but it's doing it's just very well. It is deffenitly an all around good drive for a very reasonable price. Deffenitly a drive I'd recomend for any budget PC.
Questa Rating: Review Date: 08/03/11	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: 6Gbps, 32MB Cache, Caviar Black - sounds like you couldn't go wrong with this 1, correct? Wrong. Ran into a funny issue whilst making use of this as my only challenging drive with an ASUS Sabertooth X58 motherboard, and installing Windows Server 2008 (Vista kernel) x86. The Windows installation environment could partition the drive, but not format it nor install to it. Another ƓGbps) drive in the exact same SATA port, with the exact same SATA cable, worked fine. Funny sufficient, installing Windows Server 2008 R2 (Windows 7 kernel) worked fine with this drive. Thinking I'd perhaps got a bad drive, I swapped it for one more of the very same model - similar issue. Jumping pins 5 and 6 on the drive, which caps the drive at 3Gbps mode, allowed me to install Windows Server 2008 with out any troubles, but now my drive isn't a 6Gbps drive. When I have time, I'll attempt removing the jumper, on the theory that the problem only occurs throughout installation - we'll see what occurs. Either way, I'm disappointed that I had to do this a lot thinking and troubleshooting just to do some thing as uncomplicated as install an operating system on a difficult drive.

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