WD Caviar SE16 7200 RPM next-generation SATA hard drives feature up to 500 GB of storage and a 16 MB cache for lightning-fast performance.
500GB is the Sweet Spot
Rating
Written By nad_masters
Date Written Dec 29 2007
Summary
With 500GB hard drives still the sweet spot for the best price/size ratio, it's been a very long time since hard drive prices had any dramatic changes in price. So with that, I went ahead and did a quick search around and decided to purchase from a...
Strength
Pretty quick, cheap price
Weakness
Can get a bit hot, failed once (the one inside my external drive)
Bottom Line
500GB for the right price, and good performance to boot.
Western Digital WD5000AAKS *Caviar 500GB SATA Hard Drive – *Must be Beluga!
Rating
Written By mongomad1
Date Written May 08 2008
Summary
Once upon a time, a man nicknamed Mongo had an 80GB SATA internal hard drive that came stock in his trusty, antique <
b>Dell
Dimension 4700 PC Desktop . Not so quickly, it became full to the point where virtual...
Strength
Inexpensive way to get a fast, reliable hard drive to supplement or be primary storage.
Weakness
You need to be or become SATA or SATA II compatible.
Bottom Line
This is a keeper and a very rare 5 star from me. It answered the issues I had at a relatively nominal cost.
