Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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Alma Rating: Review Date: 09/09/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: It came in a shiny bag. When powered on it began to make a tinny rattle sound. Immediately after 10 seconds it began to smoke in the location of the drives. At 15 seconds I couldn't breathe. I will check to see what the problem is and total the assessment. It could be the rattle and smoke are unrelated.
ata_t@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 09/07/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:none.size/price i guess Pros:-no problems so far, -speed as advertised Comment: I made a mistake of not looking around abit more for a harddrives when i build my system. I wish I had gotten a F3 for 5$ more at their prices back then (F3 was on a bigger special), I recommand getting whatever that has good reviews (not just user reviews) and is on the biggest special.
Lyn Rating: Review Date: 09/06/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: cheap ? just purchase it, and found out lot of found and poor sectors-cant format and install window to it
Luther Rating: Review Date: 09/02/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: paying 39.99$ for 500gb are ok. not quite rapidly but not slow ether, you can't complain for what you pay. simple to instal and use. suggested for home builders comps, im mean each and every day use, even play hd video or play some games, but not for high performance. zero cons
Debby Rating: Review Date: 09/01/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: Price is great 1 out of 3 drives was working less than 14 days following being received.
Don_B@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 08/31/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:None to date Pros:Price match to 39.97Speed Sata 3.0 Comment: Boot seems to be improved and read times are down. Very satisified so far. I am going to use as a test for the Sata 3.0.Everything looks good so far. Figure this could be a substitute for SSD. Will find out soon enough.
Gabriel_G@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 08/16/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:its an entry level drive so its not very fast Pros:7200 rotations per minute Comment: Good performing drive for the price. It's WD so no worries about reliability.
Basement_Lurker@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 08/13/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:-none Pros:-proven reliable 7200rpm drive-price-sata connection Comment: These blue drives are the standard 7200rmp drives that have been in use for years, and used to be the standard for gaming builds before black/ssd drives came out. Personally I use black drives for the added speed and reliability, but these blue drives are still solid choices for budget/basic use.
WaOnFiRe@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 08/09/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:None Pros:Cheap and pretty quiest Comment: For the price I didn't expect this to feel as fast as my Black drive from the same manufacturer. It's pretty quiet too compared. I would buy again for a budget build.
dandelioneater@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 08/02/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:-Its not an SSD :( Pros:-cheap-solid HDD performance Comment: Works as advertised, quiet, stores all my older steam game backups.
Trung Rating: Review Date: 07/31/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Comment: Top quality WD tough drive. No problems and works great! None that I have discovered
Karma Police@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/25/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:none Pros:good storagequiet Comment: got this for storage with my SSD, does the job well no problems!
Sherlock@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/24/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:so far none Pros:Price-Quality relation Comment: great hd, the price is great and the speed of it can surprise you(in a positive way)
Xilocient@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/23/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:None Pros:Cheap, Reliable, Quiet Comment: Not much to say about these mainstream hard drives. They're cheap, they work, and they're backed up by WD's warranty.
Ted_K@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/14/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:none Pros:Inexpensive, quiet, good performance Comment: Bought this for a budget new build that does not require large amount of storage, as I have an inventory of networked external drives already. It certainly does the job for a small outlay. Drive is surprisingly quiet and offers reasonable performance for a mechanical drive. WD has always given me confidence and I am expecting no less for this new drive. Highly recommended for a budget build.
Lord Justin@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/13/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:Doesn't make for the greatest main drive. Pros:Amazingly cheap at both sale and regular prices. WD Quality.5 stars for price & quality. Comment: Bought recently for a budget PC build for a customer. Not the greatest for a main drive, but it does the job in a budget system.Test system specs:Mobo: MSI 785GM-P45 785GCPU: AMD Phenom II X4 925RAM: Corsair Vengeance Lowprofile 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GBVid Card: FX Radeon HD 6870 900MHZ 1GB 4.2GHZ GDDR5PSU: Visiontek 900346 500W ATX Power SupplyCase: Logisys CS308RD RED/BLACK ATX Tower Case
Matt_M@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/12/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:none Pros:Its Western Digital, fast doesnt heat up much Comment: pretty queit and never realy had any problems with it , cheap to and its a western Digital so you know its 1 of the best
yucereal@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/12/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:None Pros:Cheap, and large HD Comment: Not the fastest but it gets the job done.
Rahzel@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/11/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:none Pros:Great brandDecent speedGreat priceRuns quiet and cool Comment: I've bought a few of these and they all run quiet and cool. Have yet to have an issue with a WD hard drive. The size is sufficient for a basic computer. This review was modfied by poster @ 07-11-11 04:00 PM
RamenNoodle@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/09/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:low cache (16mb) Pros:great for a budget build Comment: it's great for a budget pc, nothing outstanding but Western Digital always provided me great HDD, never had any issues with any of them. Would definitly purchase again at this price (35$)
Dario_P@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 07/06/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:Failed First Format (See Notes Below) Pros:Super quiet: no clicks, whirrs, or squeals.Good PerformancePassed Second Format (See Notes Below) Comment: I usually fill every new hard drive I get with zeros (full format not quick). This is the best indicator to know if a drive is faulty. I did the first format under Windows 7 Disk Manager. It got to around 30% and said format failed. I then tried it one more time with Windows Explorer (under My Computer) and it passed. I'm going to not RMA but I am going to be weary about it. I'm going to do another test and use HD Tune Pro to do a full check for bad sectors.
Bambell@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 06/26/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons:Lesser performance than Blacks, obviously. Pros:Great performance:price ratio.Fairly silent. Realiable.Cheap as hell. Comment: I've managed to price match this down to $34.99 which is, frankly, quite a steal. I've owned several Caviar Black hard drives (the newest 6 Gbps model) and I'm pleasantly surprised about this Blue. The Blacks are awfully loud; this one is fairly silent. While there is an obvious difference of few seconds in the time taken to load Windows or maps in a game, this hard drive provides a great value for the money ina budget build. I would choose Western Digital over any other brand for their proven realiability. This is my 8th WD drive and all are still alive except of a very old Raptor one. I've owned about 4 Seagate drives and two out of them show signs of fatigue.
vitesse@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 05/18/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons: not the fastest HDD Pros: price, brand, size Comment: This is a verry good value for money HDD. You can't go wrong with Western Digital Hard Drive. My computer still use the Raptor74gb 8-9 years later and my computer is 24/7The hard drive is inaudible and is faster that I would have think.
mooju@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 05/16/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons: Not a fan of WD but figured I'd try them. Pros: Quick enough for me Comment: Intalled win7 no issues, no drama.
Terrik24@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 05/11/11	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Cons: none Pros: Great drive and great price. Comment: Need a new OS drive and for the price you couldn't beat it. Much quieter and faster then my old 250 WD drive from 5 years ago.

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