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Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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Western Digital Caviar RE 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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  • Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 5 years
  • Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 5 years

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  • Return for refund within: 30 days
  • Return for replacement within: 30 days
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Total Reviews: 186

A little sad

white Reviewed By: Danny on 12/23/2008
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Drives are working well. did a throughput test using Passmark performance test 6.1 Seq Read= 185 Mbyte/s Seq Writes = 177 Mbytes/s Rand Seek+RW = 14 Mbytes/s Composte 272 this is a great number for a $62 7200 rpm drive.
Cons: The little sad part, is that I had to return 3 of the drives for failure right out of the box. I'm not sure why box was in good shape and packed well. NewEgg as always was right there with an RMA. Shipped them back just waiting the return.
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3.OCZ Special Ops 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
4.POWERCOLOR AX4870 512MD5-RM Radeon HD 4870 512MB
5.Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB
6.ZALMAN ZM750-HP 750W Continuous @ 45°C (Maximum Continuous Peak:850W)
7.ZALMAN PROFESSIONAL GS-1000-BK Black Computer Case Aluminum
8. Vista Ultimate 64
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RAID0 Awesomtacular

white Reviewed By: nero on 11/27/2008
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Awesome. Benchmarks in RAID-0 basically double a single drive. About 120~140MBPS where single sata2 is gonna be about 50 to 70.

I keep a single sata2 drive for docs, music, websites backups if something happens.
Cons: none
Other Thoughts: I installed Vista HP x64 in 10 minutes, 15 to be fair. I was amazed. DFI Lanparty x48 board.

NOTE: Please do get actual sata2 cables, the thin red ones do not shield or carry data up to sata2 specs, seems manufacturers like to give them away though...I buy ones marked sata2 and think they could still be better.
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IT worked! at last!

white Reviewed By: suzaku on 11/27/2008
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: After 2 failed attempts with new Seagate drives out of the box, WD wins the prize this time!

I was able to install the drive, partition and format and start start restoring data within 10 min. this is something that the 2 Seagate drives failed to do...
Cons: none at this time..
Other Thoughts: I own 12 SG drives and this is my ist wd in a long time
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Model
Brand Western Digital
Series Caviar RE
Model WD2500YS
Packaging Bare Drive
Performance
Interface SATA 3.0Gb/s
Capacity 250GB
RPM 7200 RPM
Cache 16MB
Average Seek Time 8.7ms
Average Latency 4.2ms
Physical Spec
Form Factor 3.5"
Features
Features RAID-specific time limited error recovery - Improves error handling coordination with RAID adapters and prevents drive fallout caused by extended drive error-recovery processes.
Reliability in high duty cycle environments - Utilizing enterprise-class manufacturing processes, these drives are designed with enhanced reliability in a 24x7, high duty cycle environment.
Built to last - Made for years of high-performance operation around the clock. Reliability demonstration testing indicates a mean time between failure (MTBF) of one million hours.
Fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) motor - Improves hard drive reliability; reduces heat, vibration, and noise.
Improved power controller - Consumes less power and generates low heat.
FlexPower — connector technology that accepts power from either industry-standard or new SATA power supplies.
Hot plug support — allows swapping of hard drives without having to power down the system or reboot; promotes system design flexibility, data availability, and serviceability.
Backplane compatibility — uses the SATA industry standard connector which includes alignment ears and 3-stage electrical mating sequence designed specifically for backplanes and hot pluggability.
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts 5 years limited
Labor 5 years limited
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