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Fast drive, tons of storage
This review is from: Western Digital 750 GB Caviar Black SATA 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD7501AALS (Electronics) The Caviar Black model of drives differ in three ways from Blue in three major ways:
1) 32MB buffer vs 16MB. This means the drive is overall faster because it can store more data in memory local to the drive. So if you access the same data frequently there is little or no drive access to get at the data.
2) Dual proces...
[Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB WD Caviar Black SATA II Internal Hard Drive review can be read at Amazon.com]
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02/25/2009
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fast, quiet and big
This review is from: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD1001FALS (Electronics) I have three of them now and they are fast, quiet and big. So far no reliability problem. Easy to get going. Shock resistant. Price good too. WD id good to deal with in the event of a problem too.
[Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB WD Caviar Black SATA II Internal Hard Drive review can be read at Amazon.com]
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12/05/2008
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No packing material on a hard drive??
This review is from: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD1001FALS (Electronics) In all fairness this isn't a problem with the WD (although I did have two WD fail on me within one month), it's a problem with Amazon's shipping. Haven't had a problem with items that Amazon has shipped (but I have with external vendors) but this package was ridiculous. The drive arrived with two deflated strips of plastic. Even if they w...
[Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB WD Caviar Black SATA II Internal Hard Drive review can be read at Amazon.com]
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07/14/2009
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New arrival running fine
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD1001FALS (Electronics) I have been evaluating 1TB hard drives to replace a failed RAID array. I had just bought a WD Green 1TB drive, but it was DOA. I returned it to Amazon without problems. Then I started reading a lot of reviews online.
[Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB WD Caviar Black SATA II Internal Hard Drive review can be read at Amazon.com]
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06/23/2009
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1TB of Raging, Blinding Speed! Absolutely Terrible Packing 50% of the Time Though...
This review is from: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD1001FALS (Electronics) I have been waiting to review my six (6) WD Black 1TB 32MB Cache SATA 2 HD's because I wanted to establish a track record with them, a baseline, since I am using them in two distinctly different RAID mediums. In any case, the SATA HD's are working fantastic in RAID 5 and RAID 0 for me and my newest PC build. Let me digress a little and I'...
[Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB WD Caviar Black SATA II Internal Hard Drive review can be read at Amazon.com]
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07/26/2009
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Very satisfied with this drive.
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Perfect complement to the 37 GB Raptor I use up front for my Windows XP 32-bit system drive (C: D: E:).
Caviar Black holds my paging drive and data archives (F: G: H:).
Cons: None.
Other Thoughts: Used HD Tune to test Caviar Black against my Raptor.
Raptor
Avg. T...
[Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB WD Caviar Black SATA II Internal Hard Drive review by amongthemissing can be read at Newegg.com]
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11/25/2008
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Faster than a velociraptor and over six times the size!
This review is from: Western Digital 2 TB Caviar Black SATA 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD2001FASS (Electronics) I have been waiting ages for a large capacity hard drive that runs at 7,200rpm and this Caviar black has most definitely answered my call.
Lets look at the technical specs first... As Borat would say, They're very nice! (bet you didn't expect a lame Borat reference did you?)
It features: Two Processors, Four 500GB platters, 64MB...
[Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB WD Caviar Black SATA II Internal Hard Drive review can be read at Amazon.com]
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10/23/2009
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Beginner's guide to adding a second hard drive
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD1001FALS (Electronics) This is for people (like me) who've never done this before... I use Windows Vista and an HP desktop computer.
1. Ordered this drive, which arrived promptly. Drive was well packed with foam. As expected, it didn't c...
[Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB WD Caviar Black SATA II Internal Hard Drive review can be read at Amazon.com]
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05/03/2009
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1TB of space, 32MB cache *PLUS* SATA2? Absurd. Buy now
This review is from: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD1001FALS (Electronics) I bought two of these. Just an insane price. Thanks, Amazon. The drives are bulk/OEM which means they come with nothing. Just the drives and the anti-static bags. Do your homework. If you want software to hold your hand through a hard drive install, do not buy this drive. If you need screws, rails, or cables, do not buy this drive....
[Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB WD Caviar Black SATA II Internal Hard Drive review can be read at Amazon.com]
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01/20/2009
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Faster, slightly more "clatter"
This review is from: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD1001FALS (Electronics) I bought this drive for my Mac Pro (Mac Pros, at least when I bought mine 3 years ago came from Apple with WD 250 GB hard drives). I have installed about 10 WD drives, upgrading this time form the WD 500GB drives, and this drive with its 32MB cache is indeed a bit faster (10-20 percent) than the 500GB. The ONLY downside at all to this d...
[Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB WD Caviar Black SATA II Internal Hard Drive review can be read at Amazon.com]
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02/04/2009
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