A failed drive does not constitute a one egg rating. However, given that I have two identical failed drives in a short period of time gives me pause. Does Western Digital even exercise quality control? The noise created by the replacement drive I was sent in a warranty exchange should have caused someone at WD to reject the drive. Now it goes back ... again at my expense for WD's shortcomings. Läs mer Översätt till svenska
This review is moreso about the way Amazon shipped me this OEM drive as opposed to a review on the drive itself. Amazon quite literally threw this drive into a cardboard box and mailed it to me. No joke. No protective padding, nothing. This is an OEM drive so it does not have a retail box of its own. The drive is wrapped in a plastic bag and that's it. Läs mer Översätt till svenska
Great drive, runs cool & quiet. Performance Specifications Rotational Speed 7,200 RPM (nominal) Buffer Size 32 MB Average Latency 4.20 ms (nominal) Load/unload Cycles 300,000 minimum Transfer Rates Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 6 Gb/s (Max) Physical Specifications Formatted Capacity 500,107 MB Capacity 500 GB Interface SATA 6 Gb/s User Sectors Per Drive 976,773,168 Physical Dimensions English Height 1.028 Inches Depth 5.787 Inches Width 4.00 Inches Weight 1.66 Pounds... Läs mer Översätt till svenska
Use it for my main OS HDD, Everything loads up pretty fast not as fast as the WD6401AALS, I plan on replacing it with a WD6401AALS then buying another WD5001AALS to raid it with my current HDD, for storage. I find it very dependable, no hdd failures at all. Solid HDD. Läs mer Översätt till svenska
largest buffer available Läs mer Översätt till svenska