|
Works great out of the box!
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Good quality HDD, quiet. Great size for a RAID setup or a standalone SATA drive.
Cons: None.
Other Thoughts: Make sure you don't plug the drive into a motherboard's SATA RAID connectors if you wish to use this drive for a standalone; Windows will not recognize it! Make sure your BIOS is set t...
[Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB - SATA, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200RPM - Internal Hard Drive - OEM/Bare (WD800JD) review by Sysboxbuilder can be read at Newegg.com]
|
|
Reviewed by:
|
Sysboxbuilder
|
|
Review Date:
|
02/16/2007
|
|
User Location:
|
|
|
Review From:
|
User Review
|
|
|
100%
(20 of 20) Users Found This Review Helpful
|
|
|
|
Outstanding drive but...
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: I bought this drive to replace a 5-6 year old ide drive. Re-installing XP Pro was a snap after setting the jumper across 5 & 6. I hope to get all of my software reinstalled and run some more tests.
Cons: Motherboard wouldn't recognize the drive until I set the jumper across 5 & 6. I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't...
[Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB - SATA, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200RPM - Internal Hard Drive - OEM/Bare (WD800JD) review by Ghost68 can be read at Newegg.com]
|
|
Reviewed by:
|
Ghost68
|
|
Review Date:
|
02/06/2007
|
|
User Location:
|
|
|
Review From:
|
User Review
|
|
|
|
100%
(15 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful
|
|
|
|
Take Note
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Quiet
Cons: may not be recognized at first
Other Thoughts: This is just a preliminary review because I have only had the drive a day, but I want to point out a couple of things. I'm not the first to note these, but this should be repeated often, I think.
If your drive is not recognized, try jumping p...
[Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB - SATA, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200RPM - Internal Hard Drive - OEM/Bare (WD800JD) review by Andy Axnot can be read at Newegg.com]
|
|
Reviewed by:
|
Andy Axnot
|
|
Review Date:
|
12/05/2005
|
|
User Location:
|
|
|
Review From:
|
User Review
|
|
|
|
93%
(74 of 79) Users Found This Review Helpful
|
|
|
|
Because jumpers are a good thing
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: I ordered this spur of the moment b/c of the great price (woot Newegg) - w/o realizing it is SATA II - the older system board I tried to use it with could not recognize it and I thought it was dead. Replaced with another brand, same problem. Discovered the jumpers on the WD. Jumpered DOWN to SATA 150, works like a dream and will allow future speed increase with board upgrade. The other mod...
[Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB - SATA, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200RPM - Internal Hard Drive - OEM/Bare (WD800JD) review by Eden can be read at Newegg.com]
|
|
Reviewed by:
|
Eden
|
|
Review Date:
|
07/21/2006
|
|
User Location:
|
|
|
Review From:
|
User Review
|
|
|
|
88%
(53 of 60) Users Found This Review Helpful
|
|
|
|
GOOD DRIVE READ THIS!!!!
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Good driver great price!
Cons: Maybe notice a problem with drive not being recognize BUT before you go tryin to RMA it...
Other Thoughts: SET THE JUMPER ON THE 5 AND 6 PIN!!!!!!!!!! DO THIS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DRIVE IS RECOGNIZE!!! AMAZING!!&#...
[Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB - SATA, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200RPM - Internal Hard Drive - OEM/Bare (WD800JD) review by jay can be read at Newegg.com]
|
|
Reviewed by:
|
jay
|
|
Review Date:
|
12/01/2005
|
|
User Location:
|
|
|
Review From:
|
User Review
|
|
|
|
86%
(13 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful
|
|
|
|
UPS 3 Day Delivery takes 5-6 Days!?
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: This drive is the best and most reliable for an extremely low cost. If you edit video get the Raptor. I own one of those and they are even faster. NEWEGG is the place to shop but they need to deal with shippers; see other thoughts please and please let Newegg know if you agree.
Cons: NONE
Other Thoughts: ...
[Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB - SATA, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200RPM - Internal Hard Drive - OEM/Bare (WD800JD) review by Villi Norton can be read at Newegg.com]
|
|
Reviewed by:
|
Villi Norton
|
|
Review Date:
|
11/29/2005
|
|
User Location:
|
|
|
Review From:
|
User Review
|
|
|
|
81%
(13 of 16) Users Found This Review Helpful
|
|
|
|
BEWARE Not suitable for RAID!!
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: Used separately, these drives deserve five stars, they are flawless as standalone units.
Cons: WD's website, and its advertising as used by NewEgg and other vendors, says nothing, but WD's tech support team says that these (and, in fact, NO drive they have made in the past three years except for their "special RAID drives," whatever that means) is suitable for use ...
[Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB - SATA, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200RPM - Internal Hard Drive - OEM/Bare (WD800JD) review by acemoab can be read at Newegg.com]
|
|
Reviewed by:
|
acemoab
|
|
Review Date:
|
04/24/2006
|
|
User Location:
|
|
|
Review From:
|
User Review
|
|
|
|
76%
(16 of 21) Users Found This Review Helpful
|
|
|
|
5 stars? No Way! GET REAL
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Absolutely None Nada Zip Jack-Diddly. Can't even re-sell this garbage in good faith. I wouldn't risk my reputation on it!
Cons: Not Faster at all. Everyone who says it's so much faster just probably reformatted and eliminated whatever program(s) were slowing them down. I have had to pay for sending 5 of these back, on...
[Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB - SATA, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200RPM - Internal Hard Drive - OEM/Bare (WD800JD) review by The Painful Truth can be read at Newegg.com]
|
|
Reviewed by:
|
The Painful Truth
|
|
Review Date:
|
09/19/2007
|
|
User Location:
|
|
|
Review From:
|
User Review
|
|
|
|
30%
(3 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful
|
|
|
|
.
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: none
Cons: will not boot winxp even though drivers were installed
drive tends to randomly unhook itself then even the bios dosn't recognize it
after 6 months it gets constatn errors
[Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB - SATA, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200RPM - Internal Hard Drive - OEM/Bare (WD800JD) review by N/A can be read at Newegg.com]
|
|
Reviewed by:
|
N/A
|
|
Review Date:
|
01/11/2006
|
|
User Location:
|
|
|
Review From:
|
User Review
|
|
|
|
18%
(2 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful
|
|
|
|
Great drives for the price.
These drives now run at a 300 mb transfer rate so a jumper on pins 5 & 6 are needed for SATA 150 users. Other than that they run great and are quiet.
[Western Digital Caviar Blue 80GB - SATA, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200RPM - Internal Hard Drive - OEM/Bare (WD800JD) review can be read at Amazon.com]
|
|
Reviewed by:
|
|
|
Review Date:
|
01/25/2006
|
|
User Location:
|
|
|
Review From:
|
User Review
|
|
|
|
100%
(9 of 9) Users Found This Review Helpful
|