Western Digital 250 GB Caviar Blue SATA 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD2500AAKS [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]
Product Description
WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with either SATA or EIDE interface in a variety of cache sizes with a multitude of available features to deliver rock solid performance and ultra-cool and quiet operation. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Caviar Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability. With capacities ranging from 40 GB to 640 GB, these drives are the perfect solution for family and business computing.
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Feature
- Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
- WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with either SATA or EIDE interface in a variety of cache sizes with a multitude of available features to deliver performance and reliability perfect for everyday computing.
- WhisperDrive technology minimizes noise to levels near the threshold of human hearing.
- IntelliSeek – Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration.
- 250 GB capacity holds up to 50,000 digital photos, 62,000 MP3 files, and up to 30 hours of HD video; 3 year limited warranty
CustomerReviews
Died after 3 weeks
I used this drive as an external backup inside a Star Tech USB enclosure. After backing up files, installing UBUNTU (just in case my main drive failed I could boot this one up and have access to my files) and after spending a long time organizing those files, I set it aside. I should say it lasted less than three weeks because I barely used it at all after doing the backups. Three weeks later I went to do some more backups and the drive was no longer recognized. I tried plugging it into a different computer – no luck. I put different hard drives into the enclosure and they read just fine. At one point it did read for about 2 minutes and then went dead again. This is the second 500gig drive that died on me this year (the other was a Seagate). I’m awaiting a new drive, but I don’t have very high hopes.
WD all the way
I have had many drives, but wd is for me the most reliable.
Quiet, not as fast as my other drives, but there is a lot more storeage
capability at 1/3rd the price of the other drives.
Great OEM Hard Drive!
As is usual with Western Digital products, this is an excellent hard drive. I use this in my D-Link NAS-323 backup device, and it works great.
It’s a no frills drive, but is fast and would be a great purchase for anyone looking for a new SATA hard drive.
Be sure to register the drive at Western Digital’s website, so you can take advantage of the warranty and software options(you can download utilities and backup software from their site, for free).
Puts first generation Raptors to shame!
This drive is very quick. Windows 7 boots very quickly and tasks are executed promptly. This stomps my old first generation raptor to the ground. Read and Write speeds average around 100MBps, with peaks in the 130’s.
320GB per platter means faster than 250GB platter drives because of higher density. More data is squeezed into the same space therefore the heads don’t have to travel as far when seeking and accessing.
These 320GB per platter Western Digital drives and the new 500GB per platter Samsung F3 series are the only drives I’d buy at the moment.
Good stuff. For any moderate to high demanding system though I’d always recommend at least two drives. The operating systems needs a dedicated drive all to itself, and your files need their own drive or drives. Working in this way makes leaps and bounds in performance difference even if it’s just using two standalone HDD’s without any kind of raid. This matters mostly of course if you have very many files, (pics, videos, music, etc.)
Great quality and A+ for western digital.
Great drive
Never buy Maxtor which fails quite a bit. Western Digital has been very reliable. I use this one at work in my file server for ghost imaging. great product. highly recommended.