Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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Lance W@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 02/12/11 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
Never goes on sale
Pros: FastQuietLow vibration |
Jono \@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 01/19/11 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
None!
Pros: QuietFastCheap Comment:
These are excellent drives, nearly as good as the blacks for $30 less. I would recommended these to anyone building a system on a budget. I've got two in RAID1 and love them. |
Liang_X@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 12/11/10 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
None
Pros: ReliabilityFast Comment:
Almost as reliable as the black drivesAlmost as cheap as the green drivesSpace is big enough, and the speed is fast enoughHighly Recommended |
felix789@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 10/28/10 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
None
Pros: Excellent reliability, quality, and price Comment:
Almost as fast as the Black version for $30 less. It only has 32 MB cache compared to the 64 MB that the Black has, but the difference has very little impact on real-life performance. Quiet, cool, and reliable. |
Walden_H@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 10/13/10 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
only 3 year warranty
Pros: lots of space, Very fast, runs cool and quiet Comment:
This drive is awesome, It's actually 3 mbps faster then the 1TB WD Black(111 mbp/s vs 108 mbp/s) and with two of them in RAID0 I get 196 mbp/s! the only difference I can see between this blue drive and the black is that the black has longer warranty. These drives run very quietly, they are quieter then my previous 5400 rpm drives and they run cooler, at only about 31C. |
007JB@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 10/09/10 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
None
Pros: BrandPrice Comment:
Very nice product, partitioned some for operating system and the rest for data, plenty of space left. It runs cool and quiet. Nothing bad to say about this drive! |
TOAOnet@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 10/03/10 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
None
Pros: Quiet32MB BufferOEM Comment:
The Western Digital Blue drives are a great compromise between the cost of the Black drives and the performance of the Green drives. This is my first WD drive after using Seagates for many years (this one was on sale) and so far I am very pleased with this drive. |
Yvonsky@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 10/01/10 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
None
Pros: Great price/performance ratioWestern Digital Comment:
It's pretty fast for a HDD. With 1TB, you have a lot of space. It runs cool and it's quiet. |
Graham_W@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 09/11/10 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
None
Pros: QuietFastPrice Comment:
I have a pair of these in Raid 0 (mirror) within a new build on a Marvell controller through Asus P6X58D-E mobo in an Antec Solo case. Very quick. Cannot hear them. Do not know about heat, but don't think this will be a problem (more so with the black). These drives are totally under-rated. Highly recommended. |
XG.XG@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 08/08/10 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
none
Pros: Reliable Western Digital Product Comment:
Another quality drive from Western Digital.I partition this and used 500gb as the primary drive and am quite satisfy with it. |
Francis_M@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/24/10 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
-none that i can see
Pros: -2 platters, doesn't create much vibrations-32mb of cache, the only Blue model to have that much cache.-1Tb is a lot of space! Comment:
This is a great hard disk with tons of space. Doesn't vibrate much, but on the other side, you can hear the hard disk spinning (due to the motor or the platters inside?), so it's not totally silent, but you just have to bear with it, it's a 7200rpm Blue hard disk with 32mb of cache, and since it's Western Digital, you get to have AAM feature which is nice when you turn it on to Silent mode (more silent seek noise) |
Rahzel@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/05/10 |
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Cons:
None
Pros: FastRuns fairly coolGot it for a good priceQuality brand Comment:
I've heard that this is almost as fast as the Black drives, but I haven't compared them myself. I do know the Blue drives are usually pretty fast, run fairly cool and are fairly quiet.Highly recommended. Western Digital makes the best hard drives in my opinion. Have yet to have a problem with a WD HDD. |
This is very nice drive. Very fast (2-platter). Goes up to 130MB/s according to HD Tach. It's also very quiet, at least when idle, a little louder when seeking. Vibration level is low. My only complaint is the Hitachi 7K1000.C goes on sale for $50 all the time, but never this one.