Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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fast cheap came a small dinged up but functions fine I purchased 2 for raid hd tune pro Benches them at 180mb/s. 215mb/s quick stroke 40 GB

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I do not have this Exact drive, but i do have a number of Blacks in service. My advice to these of you who have but to lose a drive is to make backups. I do it with acronis, which tends to make a 100% full-on copy of your main drive and keeps it on a secondary drive. If you crash, obtaining it all back is just a matter of a few keystrokes. acronis is cheap insurance coverage at about 30 one-time bucks. I back-up 3 instances a week. I have lost a number of drives in the final five years. None-- if it's a Black. They don't last forever, but what does? Newegg is my very first stop when I shop...

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I always use Blacks when SSD isn't an selection and (knock on wood) I haven't had a single fail me however. Got this as a deal โ, 595 usable space, make confident you go to WD.com and get the availble downloads... Acronis, Disk Format / Maint Check, etc. None except my typical complaint of the price tag. Yes I'm a low-cost bast....!

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Strong overall performance for a "cheap" mechanical drive. WD Black series are great!Great packaging by Newegg! Looking for is somewhat noisy, based on what you're employed to. I have a number of fans in my case and the really hard drive has a very audible presence when it's becoming accessed. Practically bought a Seagate lol.

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No issues with this HDD at all. Operates as it must none Applied this in my very first construct so I didn't have significantly knowledge with standard HDD noises. The noises produced in the course of study/write struck me as odd bc I am so applied to my laptop HDD noises. It was a quite low pitched noise...I don't actually know if it was bc of my case (Silverstone RV-two) or the actual drive but regardless, it has held up therefore far. Even following being removed twice for installation of further drives into the drive cage of my case.

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Really like Western Digital...Rapidly when they worked Ran 2 in raid ...1 failed got hot , lagged , then crashed ...ate the loss, then reformat to 1 drive , it fails each within 3 months. two key data loses in three months on primary computer system in the middle of semester... lost yet another WD green drive in my RAID five in server two weeks prior to this...All drives described less than 1 year old. Very disappointed with Western Digital as of late...Submitted RMA on WD's internet site returning both this week. Appears genuinely poor for them when I have a stack of lightly utilised still new looking drives on my desk waiting to be shipped. I am a long time buyer but i will be searching for other selections come drive time... These drives have some sketchy critiques HEED THEM, obtain a distinct model number if you are on the fence like I was. Seems to be a motor issue, drive draws abnormal amps sad to see a single of my favorite hardware corporations sacrifice top quality for units sold...they make great drives just not all the time...sub par batches make it via. just a matter of time till you get hit, if you are developing a big RAID stagger purchases over time.

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-Fast-Relatively affordable -32mb cache I meant to get the 64mb cache model but accidentally bought this one particular. First a single was DOA but newegg was very excellent with the return procedure. Quick drive, quiet but runs a small hot. Great high functionality drive. Useful for speed freaks or these who want a quick OS drive, although i would recommend a smaller sized size drive for that objective

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Couldn't uncover out. Drive was DOA. Nevertheless awaiting replacement.

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Dose what the add says it shuold. I have fantastic air flow in my cooler master storm scout case and the temps are fine on this drive. none in about a year of use. You can spend much more for more quickly drives, but just playing my games and acquiring on line this has been a fantastic drive.

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Reputable, I've been using this in an htpc for a little of a year with no difficulty. It doesn't make considerably noise. Access occasions feel rapidly. none

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Excellent drives, running in raid . Quite rapid None but New technique runs quickly!Windows 7 64bit home premiumIntel Core i7-875K (cpu)ASUS P7P55D-E Pro (motherboard)ZOTAC ZT-40202-10P GTX 470 (video)Patriot G series ‘Sector 5’ 2x4GBCORSAIR XMS DDR3 1600 2x4GBOCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G (primary drive)WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (X2 raid )SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400LG Black 10X Blu-ray BurnerSAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVDAntec EarthWatts EA750 750WRosewill CHALLENGER case

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Very rapidly shipping, installed rather very easily. Setting it up was a cinch although I am nonetheless not certain about the size of my partitions, that will stay to be observed. five minutes soon after installing I have beginning my initially backup so I can get my secondary O/S installed. The ticking and clicking is there as with all drives but there appears to be a hard knocking or some sort of unusual noise. Will not be sure for a whilst of course. Was packed rather improperly with nothing at all at the best of the shipping box. Was wrapped in bubble wrap so hopefully that was capable to take the brunt of the bouncing, knocking, and throwing of the package (we all know nobody in the shipping company lightly picks up and puts down packages regardless of their label or warnings!). I suppose I will update later on but that knocking has me worried currently. Have yet to go by way of a drive making such a noise. If this drive does function out and tends to make it beyond a few months then I will probably switch it to my key drive and install the main OS and grab a second WD 1 TB drive for my backup and media drive. Want a RAID setup but just can not justify it at the moment as my desires for storage are school and media. I retain a couple of 8 gig flash drives to maintain all school work backed up just in case. Cheers!

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so far functioning wonderful none but

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Reasonably rapid seek times when operating Created noises from the beginning, then stopped operating right after a year and a half. Typically Western Digital is a reputable business, but these drives are not too long ago identified for obtaining a lot of poor concerns. I am going to get in touch with WD for a replacement.

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No jumpers to set, just set up it, format it, and use it. It is installed in a SATA I technique with four partitions on it. Perhaps 10% faster than the drive it replaced.5 year warranty indicated WD thinks it will final.... Too considerably hype about "Advanced Format" on the anti-static sack in came in and on the WD website. It is not Sophisticated Format and that makes installation easier in older computers. At present sophisticated format appears reserved for the reduced good quality drives ??? Excellent packing and shipping by the New Jersey distribution center!!

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Wonderful drive: rapid and quiet. No complaints. If this child lasts (see Cons, beneath) it prices six stars. I'm undertaking quite typical backups. Newegg shipped this drive loose in a huge 'ol box devoid of a shred of packing material. It was bouncing around inside when UPS delivered it. Heaven knows how many gees it took. WD tends to make 'em difficult, but this certain pushed the envelope.

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The quietest tough disk drive I've ever owned. It in no way spun up mainly because it was DOA. I've purchased more than a dozen Western Digital and Seagate drives over the years. This was my initially Dead On Arrival drive; I was bound to get one particular sometime. BTW, Newegg did a terrific job of packing this bare drive... some sellers don't. For instance, a single seller place a drive in only its antistatic pouch straight on the bottom of the shipping carton ahead of adding crumpled paper to fill the carton.

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reads 5.9 in windows 7 encounteroperating raid five.9 out of 7.9 is the highest score for mechanical hd drives.to my know-how.silenti personal four that i don`t own far more currentlythey don`t set up them selves yet i actually like these drives ,i attempt to upload a video soon once more

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Works years later nonetheless running good. Not quite quick. My brothers 1TB caviar black runs faster.

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It has been working incredibly well. No errors or problems with computer software set up. Disk verify had not detected any poor sectors or difficulty. Value was some what a decision on selection. Price for this drive was much better that average. Apparent hit or miss with fantastic difficult drives (See beneath). I have never ever had concerns with any really hard drive I have purchased, but reading evaluations makes one really feel lucky, or on the list to get the next undesirable a single. I build systems for clients and do not want the headache of RMA's and client dissatification. I have to wonder how the exact same firm (whether this a single or any other creating really hard drives) has such large disparity in quality manage; even inside every single series of drives. I researched for many days prior to making this choice. I had been searching to locate reasonable 1 TB drive, but was really discouraged by testimonials. Even larger priced drives were a danger. Went with comfort element and not size. Hey, can often add more (GOOD) drive when this one particular fills up.

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Greatest challenging-drive on the market. Western Digital has fantastic reliability, safety, dependable, and speed. None

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Quite rapidly. Higher capacity. It was a good price tag when it was on sale. It is loud evaluate to my other WD Black 500 GB hard drive.

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It does precisely what I require it to do, which is hold information. I'll let you know when it has some.

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I've been operating four of these drives in RAID for over a year, and have had no difficulties. Out of the 4, one particular was DOA, but Newegg happily replaced it. I just ordered a 5th so I can move to RAID5 (from ) and retain the same space. Newegg was operating a deal on them, and I got it for ็. Good price for this high performing drive. None. Western Digital rocks!

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Wonderful storage per $ and higher speed for a mass storage drive. Nonetheless got these darned moving parts. =P