Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD1001FALS
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Customer Review: Great drive but a little noisy
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this drive to replace my 250G drive that came with my Dell Dimension. The dell drive was ultra-quiet and that made this one sound like a bulldozer. Sometimes it would sound like a pot of water boiling. I must admit though, that either it got quieter as the weeks went by or I got used to the sound. I am a power user doing a lot of gaming so Caviar Black was my first choice. If you do not necessarily need the extra performance I would suggest getting the 1 TB Caviar Green. Nonetheless, this is a really excellent drive with a lot of storage space and you won't be disappointed.
One thing though, if your drive is mounted sideways, that is, not in the same direction as your CD drive you may have a space issue with connecting a cable. If that is the case make sure you get a cable with a right angled connection. I ran into this problem and the case was a little hard to close.... not sure if i will have shorting issues with the cable in the future. Check the case you are using and see if the drives in there are using right angled cables and get one for this.
Customer Review: Great value for performance and size
Summary: 5 Stars
The WD Caviar Black is a large 1TB drive that compares quite superiorly to other drives according to SandraLite. It even came in closely behind my 300GB VelociRaptor, which seems to be the top desktop drive out through spring 2009. I searched the egg, but found that Amazon had the best prices around. My HDD addition has not disappointed to date with storing and using movie backups, music and programs. I wanted to go larger at first, but other brands at 1.5TB and above were rumored to spontaneously freeze for minutes at a time during movie and music playback...that is not the case for any 1TB Caviar to my knowledge, and it certainly is not the case for my drive either.
The only oddity that I have noticed for this drive is at its intial spinup when booting the PC: the HDD's initialization is marked by several very high-pitched whines that are almost bell-like in nature. But, with WD's warranty to fall back on in the event of trouble, I'm not as worried about my purchase as I could be. I just hope that I never have to use the warranty!
Overall: no real complaints~it's a great drive with superior performace at the best price+shipping around!
Customer Review: EXCELLENT high performance hard drive
Summary: 5 Stars
I needed to replace the 640 GB Western Digital Caviar Blue drive that originally came in my pc with something larger, so off I went looking for the ideal replacement. After browsing hard drive review sites I decided that it should definitely be another WD drive because of their reliability, quality, and performance, but which version should I go for? Green drives could be bought at 1.5 TB for around $125 when I was shopping around, compared to this 1 TB Black drive that was around $90 (and there was no Black 1.5 TB drive).
I wondered if the speed difference between the Green and Black would be worth going with the smaller capacity. The answer is HECK YES!! This Black drive was SO worth switching to, it's not even funny. After mirroring my Blue drive contents to my new Black drive and installing it, my pc was noticeably much faster. If I saw this much difference between a Blue and Black drive I can't imagine how disappointed I would have been if I had used a Green drive as my primary drive. I'm sure they're great for data vaults but not worth it for the OS and programs. I HIGHLY recommend Black drives for use as primary drives!
Customer Review: Smokin A..
Summary: 5 Stars
A hard drive of this caliber for $100 was well worth it for me. Your getting a 7200 rpm, 32mb cache, 1TB (the one that I got), and it's SATA 2. Well worth the price tag indeed. This IS the bulk version, so it means it just comes with the hard drive, plastic covering, and plastic side cases to hold it into place in the shipping box. I was sort of disappointed with the light packaging. I seriously thought something like this would have more protection, but the hard drive worked fine. If you guys, don't know how to install an internal hard drive into your comp, then you might want to do your homework by googling this up, or read some of the other reviews. Depending on your computer you might or might now hear the hard drive loading. I have it connected in a hard drive dock that sits on top of my computer, and I can hear it when ever I access data off of it after a while. It's not super load or anything, and probably your internal cooling fans would probably mask it. Another product that I would recommend people getting. I probably would be getting the 2TB version sometime later, so I can put more of my digital media on.Customer Review: Great Drive
Summary: 5 Stars
in answer to amazon's attributes,ease of use anyone can install this drive.2.look at some of the competition's prices for a comparable item. 5 stars 3.)Came factory sealed in antistatic bag held immobile by two plastic trays. 5 stars 4.)portability, i'll take this op to tell you about the two separate discs inside the drive,it's balance, speed and dependability. don't believe me WD has a 5 year warranty on this silky smooth one. and i've always dealt withWD For about 12years and never had one go bad .5 more stars 5.)I just got off the phone with Amazon's cust svc. dept. on another matter 5 stars. 6)Says it all, 5 more freakin' stars. 7)This drive is super fast, whisper quiet, with plenty of storage space for movies, music and games. did i say it was fast? alas(feeling redundant 5 stars. 7.)a FIVE YEAR warranty. Ican't get that on my houehold appliances, or mostof them anyway.You could say that the warranty is cause most of them go bad so they need the warranty.On the other hand imho they all last that long,for the most part and I am hard on my machines. ***** there they are count em folks 5 again and ByeNow. CRD