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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 5 years
- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 5 years
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The Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB Hard Drive is top-of-the-line 7200 RPM high-capacity for your PC. Its dual processors and breakthrough 32 MB cache make this hard drive suitable for high-performance home and business computing, as it can handle high-end data-intensive and multimedia applications.
This hard drive incorporates WD’s Data Lifeguard, an exclusive set of data protection features, including shock protection, environmental protection, real-time embedded error detection and repair. Its mechanism ensures automatic discovery, isolation, and repair of problems which may develop in a hard drive.
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Very satisfied with this drive.
- Pros: Perfect complement to the 37 GB Raptor I use up front for my Windows XP 32-bit system drive (C: D: E:).
Caviar Black holds my paging drive and data archives (F: G: H:).
- Cons: None.
- Other Thoughts: Used HD Tune to test Caviar Black against my Raptor.
Raptor
Avg. Transfer Rate: 72.1 MB/Sec
Access Time: 8.1 ms
Burst Rate: 115.3 MB/Sec
Operating Temp: 107 degrees F
Caviar Black
Avg. Transfer Rate: 72.7 MB/Sec
Access Time: 12.5 ms
Burst Rate: 146.8 MB/Sec
Operating Temp: 87 degrees F
OK Drive if it works
- Pros: Better than average speed at 70-75MB/s average read (HDtune), reasonable price
- Cons: First one died the first day, second one was flaky (had problems creating and modifying partitions, had to use Windows OS disk to create a partition) and much slower than anticipated.
- Other Thoughts: The first drive I received was not DOA, but died in the first hour of use. System would not boot with drive connected after that, so RMA. The second one worked, but I had allot of trouble setting up partitions and had to use the Windows OS installation CD to delete a partition and create a new one. After that, I got 70-75MB/s read from HDtune, which is allot less than some testing I have seen from the WD Caviar Black series, which are supposed to be some of the fastest 7200 RPM drives out there. The 500GB version does not appear to live up to the performance seen in the 640 and 1TB versions., which have been reviewed and tested a great deal.
I am returning the drive for the 640GB version, which may have a more efficient platter design and I hope to be seeing some of those 95MB/s average read speeds I have been reading about. If the 640GB version does not live up, it may be time to find another brand.
| Model | WD5001AALS |
| Interface | SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Capacity | 500GB |
| RPM | 7200 RPM |
| Cache | 32MB |
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Awesome Hard Drive!
- Pros: Awesome drive, runs cool and quiet. no problems so far. great size for the price!
- Cons: none
- Other Thoughts: Vista had a hard time finding the drive, although that is an OS problem. A simple Google search remedied the problem
Vibrates like a mother
- Pros: Seems rocket fast. Win7 loads lickety split.
- Cons: The first time I turned on this new build I heard a horrid buzzing sound. Turned out to be this drive vibrating the case. This box has six fans and I can hear the drive vibrating over all of them.
- Other Thoughts: I should have stuck to my better judgment and stayed with Seagate.
Good So Far
- Pros: I have 3 of these. Two in my WHS. Easy to install. No issues so far.
Fast!
- Cons: None
- Other Thoughts: Does what a HD sould do.
| Model |
| Brand |
Western Digital |
| Series |
Caviar Black |
| Model |
WD5001AALS |
| Packaging |
Bare Drive |
| Performance |
| Interface |
SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Capacity |
500GB |
| RPM |
7200 RPM |
| Cache |
32MB |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
3.5" |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
5 years limited |
| Labor |
5 years limited |
Introduction
The Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB Hard Drive is top-of-the-line 7200 RPM high-capacity for your PC. Its dual processors and breakthrough 32 MB cache make this hard drive suitable for high-performance home and business computing, as it can handle high-end data-intensive and multimedia applications.
This hard drive incorporates WD’s Data Lifeguard, an exclusive set of data protection features, including shock protection, environmental protection, real-time embedded error detection and repair. Its mechanism ensures automatic discovery, isolation, and repair of problems which may develop in a hard drive.
Highlights
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High Performance Electronics Architecture
The Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS boasts dual processors and 32MB cache to deliver ultra fast read/write performance.
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SATA 3.0 Gb/s Interface
The Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS features the SATA II interface supporting up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rates, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and hot-pluggable point-to-point connections for optimum performance, efficiency, convenience and flexibility.
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WD Data Lifeguard Technology
Exclusive Data Lifeguard data protection features include shock protection, an environmental protection system and real-time embedded error detection and repair. WD's Data Lifeguard technology automatically finds, isolates and repairs problems that may develop over the life of a hard drive.
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WD ShockGuard Technology
ShockGuard technology instantaneously protects the hard drive against damage from bumps and vibrations during operation. This technology enables WD Caviar drives to achieve industry-leading shock specifications.
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Quick Specs
| Brand | Western Digital |
| Cache | 32MB |
| Capacity | 500GB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
| Interface | SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| RPM | 7200 RPM |
| Series | Caviar Black |
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Reviewed By: amongthemissing on 11/25/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
