Western Digital Caviar Blue 640 GB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD6400AAKS
by Western Digital
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Customer Review: Fast Drive at a Great Price
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a personal fan of Western Digital drives and this one doesn't disappoint.
The drive is very fast and very quiet. It worked perfectly with its twin in a RAID configuration. The price was great. Unless you absolutely need more storage this is a great drive to get.
Just be aware that this is just a bare drive, you get no cables, no mounting screws, nothing except the drive itself.
Customer Review: Very fast, cool, quiet - Perfect
Summary: 5 Stars
The 640 2 platter WD HDD is great. I stroked the drive by partitioning off the first 100GB. I was able to attain an average read speed of 120MB/s on this partition. There is no simple way I have of checking access time on this partition, but it is definitely quick.
The average over the whole drive is right around 100MB/s read speed.
With these numbers, it competes with the raptor series.
Customer Review: Good replacement hard drive
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this as a exact replacement for a failed drive in a relative's desktop. The original drive had failed because the desktop had been knocked over on it's side. The installation was very easy and the reload of Windows 7 went well. Prior to reloading Windows, I ran the CD-ROM based hard drive diagnostic that had shown multiple block errors on the original drive and this new drive ran error free.Customer Review: WD Caviar Blue 640s/ 7200rpm
Summary: 5 Stars
Inserted two of these into a Rosewill USB enclosure for backup purposes - not RAID, but JBOD.
I still have 400+ gb on each drive to use up, so there is plenty of room to grow. Fast and quiet and so far so good. They don't run hot, but I have to credit the Rosewill enclosure for that.
WD is the way to go for drives. Pretty sure every drive I have in every machine is a WD at this point.
Customer Review: a quality product
Summary: 5 Stars
this is the largest 2-platter WD drive (important to me for reduced heat etc)...works great so far
Amazon beat the price of the major online computer seller i usually use, and also had superior packaging for shipment in my opinion
I ordered it on a Friday, and it was at my door on Monday...in the first week of december no less...great job!