Western Digital 500GB SATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive 16MB IntelliPower 3.5IN Caviar Green

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  • Fast (1)
  • Highly compatible (1)
  • Quiet (1)
  • Reliable (1)
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  • Network backup (1)
 
 
 

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As hard drive capacities increase, the power required to run those drives increases as well. WD Caviar GP makes it possible for energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.

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Last update: Jun 29, 2009

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★★★★★
5.0
Quiet and fast

"I bought 2 of these hard drives to use in a D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure configured with Raid 1. The drives work great, run very quietly, and are fast enough to handle my network at full throttle...." Read Full Review »

May 04, 2009 by Brett

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Can't recommend. 3 ...

"Can't recommend. 3 identical WD 500gb drives in my server. Within 4 months 2 of the 3 have died. They were all made on the same prod line. Perhaps the problem lies there...." Read Full Review »

Apr 22, 2009 by Santa

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Quiet and fast

★★★★★
5.0

    Pros

  • Easy To Install
  • Fast
  • Highly Compatible
  • Quiet
  • Reliable

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Network backup
 

"I bought 2 of these hard drives to use in a D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure configured with Raid 1. The drives work great, run very quietly, and are fast enough to handle my network at full throttle. "

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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May 4 2009
Brett
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Western Digital 500GB SATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive 16MB IntelliPower 3.5IN Caviar Green Review

Purchased this drive to ...

★★★★★
5.0

"Purchased this drive to use as an external back-up drive. Plugged it into a hard drive dock, after doing a quick format, started transferring files, could not hear anything coming from the drive, the only way I could tell the drive was running was the activity light on the dock. There was virtually …"  Read Full Review »

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I have owned mostly WD ...

★★★★★
5.0

"I have owned mostly WD hard drives since my first computer. This is the best one. 500 gbs is plenty of room for me. This thing multitasking never gets hotter than the case. It runs so cool you realy can't feel the difference between them. The performance is great. It really does speed up my computer …"  Read Full Review »

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Apr 23 2009
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well when you see western ...

★★★★★
5.0

"well when you see western digital name on any product you know its quality to the max the Western Digital Caviar GreenPower 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, SATA-300 Drive Is fast and reliable Great for any of your storage needs. I bought this and used it as a secondary drive I must say i am very plea …"  Read Full Review »

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Apr 19 2009
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The drive runs very quiet ...

★★★★★
5.0

"The drive runs very quiet and I've had no problems with it since purchase. My bios recognized it right away and had no problems setting it up through Vista. Per the norm with any hard drive, the full hard-drive space is not allocated so the actual size is 465GB. "

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