Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500 GB Internal SATA Hard Drive

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pcmag.com Professional Review.

Western Digital's Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS

by Loyd Case

Comments:
Western Digital has avoided jumping into the desktop hard drive capacity game. It makes some sense, since many users never fill up even 250GB hard drives. But as digital photography, amateur video editing, and the massive storage requirements of modern PC...

Review Verdict:
Western Digital finally moves to PMR with its Caviar SE16 line of drives. Western Digital's Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS offers a good performance in a 7200RPM drive, the price is also right. ...

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QuickTake:

Pros: Fast. Lower power usage. Tech built in to increase reliability. Good price.

Cons: Not the largest capacity drive available.

alaTest.co.uk Professional Review.

Review summary of Western Digital WDG1NC5000E MyBook World 500GB

by alaTest

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alaTest has collected and analysed 241 reviews of Western Digital WDG1NC5000E MyBook World 500GB from international magazines and websites....

Review Verdict:
Experts rate this product 75/100 and users 82/100. Comparing these reviews to 23250 other Hard Drives reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 92/100 = Excellent. ...

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amazon.co.uk Professional Review.

Western Digital My Book 500GB Essential USB2.0 External Hard Drive

by Online Shopper

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Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug it in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies....

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tweaktown.com Professional Review.

REVIEWS: Western Digital Caviar RE2 ? Tweaked RAID 0 storage (30th June 2006)

by Cameron Johnson

Comments:
On the agenda today is Western Digital's Caviar RE2 hard disk drive which offers great performance when setup in RAID 0....

Review Verdict:
It is clear that HDD technology has taken a turn for the better ...

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QuickTake:

Pros: b>, Great performance when in RAID 0, Up to 500GB models available, 16MB cache, SATA 150MB/s or 300MB/s options, Molex power connector for older PSU's, RAID Optimised (RAID 0 is your friend with these drives), Reasonable pricing, roughly on par with Se

Cons: b>, Single drive mode performance struggles a little at times

techgage.com Professional Review.

Western Digital 500GB RE2

by Rob Williams

Comments:
Are you looking for huge storage that won't hurt the pocketbook? Easily done, since the 500GB RE2 drive we are looking at today retails for around $250. Does it have the performance you are looking for?...

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QuickTake:

Pros: Proven faster than the Seagate 500GB, Priced very well on select websites, Includes sturdy S-ATA cable., Perfect for RAID

Cons: Need to use Molex connector if you use included SATA cable.

ubergizmo.com Professional Review.

Western Digital Caviar SE16 Ships

by Online Shopper

Comments:
Western Digital's latest hard drive, the Caviar SE16 has begun to ship. You will get up to 640GB of storage space thanks to 320GB-per-platter technology used inside. This new Caviar SE16 drive is versatile as it is equally at home in the office or enterpr...

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zdnet.com.au Professional Review.

Western Digital WD RE2-GP & WD Caviar GP

by Michael Palamountain

Comments:
Western digital has released a range of hard drives purporting to save up to 40 percent in power consumption over comparable drives. We found the drives not only lived up to promised efficiency, but also were competitively priced....

Review Verdict:
Great performance and impressive energy savings at a very reasonable price. ...

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