Western Digital WD Blue WD10EALX 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Pros: The only Pro is New Egg they RMA it very very fast wtg New Egg your the Best.

Cons: well 1st off I should of gone with the Black but they was out of them and it was for a customer so 1st 1 DOA so luckly I have extra H/D around so I put that 1 in just to keep customer happy, RMA that one new egg had a fast turn around like 3 days maybe 4 real fast go to put it in and nothing DOA I have not ever had a bad H/D been building PC's Since 95 never so RMAed that 1 for Refund and that is the end of these trust me don't waste your time

Other Thoughts: Spend the extra money and get a Black been using W/D most of my time in building PC's and you can't go wrong just get the black

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the WD Blue, as this is not the typical experience with the product.
Our drives are rigorously tested to ensure they are in good working condition before they leave our warehouses, and for this reason it is unfortunate that you have received a dead on arrival (DOA) drive. We do stand behind our warranty and replacement policy and would appreciate the opportunity to replace your drive for you.
As a troubleshooting step, we recommend running either our WINDLG diagnostics software or Macs built-in Disk Utility to check your drives health.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/940
How to get an RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) or replace a defective product under warranty
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8
For information on proper handling and installation of your drives, please refer to the following link.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/981
We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve any further concerns you may have with the device and/or your experience. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/. Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: stores data

Cons: fails

Other Thoughts: I couldn't rate this with 0 eggs, so I gave it 1. The first one of these I bought failed in a bit over a year. The warrenty replacent failed the day I installed it. I installed it, copied some data, then started getting messages about backing up my data because the drive was failing. Now I am paying shipping costs for two warrenty replacements. Don't forget to factor that into the price....

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the Caviar Blue 1TB, as this is not the typical experience with the product.
We are very sorry to hear that your drives did not function so soon after they were delivered. Western Digital does rigorously test and verify all of our drives, prior to shipping, with burn-in and diagnostic tests. We will stand by our warranty policy and replace your drive for you. Follow the links below for more information.
How to get an RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) or replace a defective product under warranty http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8
For helpful information on the proper handling of your drives please visit the following link.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1486
We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve any further concerns you may have with the device and/or your experience. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/. Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: Got it for a decent price

Cons: Makes a lot of noise vs seagate drives
Worried that it is randomly going to fail and corrupt
Not really fast at all, bottlenecks my system

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the WD Caviar Blue 1TB, as this is not the typical experience with the product.
Each of our drives is rigorously tested before leaving our warehouses to ensure that they are in good working condition before leaving our warehouses. There are many variables that could amount to a drive emitting unusual sounds when powered on. To test our drives health, we have our Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows (WinDLG) utility, and Mac users can of course use Disk Utility and First Aid. For information on how to use the WinDLG utility, please view the information provided by the following link.
How to tell if the noise or sound the drive is making is normal
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/568
How to test a drive for problems using Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/940
How to access Disk Utility on a Mac computer
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1362
We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve any further concerns you may have with the device and/or your experience. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/. Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: OK NOT THE BEST

Cons: NONE

Pros: Quiet and fast.

Cons: None.

Pros: Very well priced drive for when I purchased it. Works great as a repository for my games. Loads any game I play quickly.

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: I've used WDs for years in my computers and PCs built for friends. Never had problems with them. I was slightly put off by some bad reviews of this drive, but it was easily the best priced 1TB drive when I bought it, and it has performed reliably since.

Pros: The usual stuff. It was a hdd, it stored data.

Cons: It failed and corrupted my files. Unrecoverable OS.

Other Thoughts: Second WD hdd to fail. First was laptop. Never again.

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the WD Blue drive, as this is not the typical experience with the product. We are very sorry to hear about your device failing in such a short period of time. We would like to assure you that what you have experienced is abnormal, and replace your device directly, at no further cost to you. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/. Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: Mine worked when I got it, have not had problems with it.

Cons: Only that I cannot test its download speed well because my internet and flash drives are much slower than my this hard drive.

Other Thoughts: Not DOA.

Pros: It works

Cons: It's very very loud.
This hard drive makes your pc audiable, I wanted the pc silent but this drive makes a LOT of noise compared to most drives.

Not sure why it's so loud, and it's always been like this.

It's not a failing kind of loud, it's just the sound of a loud hard drive. (This old computer)

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the WD Caviar Blue 1TB, as this is not the typical experience with the product.
Each of our drives is rigorously tested before leaving our warehouses to ensure that they are in good working condition before leaving our warehouses. There are many variables that could amount to a drive emitting unusual sounds when powered on. To test our drives health, we have our Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows (WinDLG) utility, and Mac users can of course use Disk Utility and First Aid. For information on how to use the WinDLG utility, please view the information provided by the following link.
How to tell if the noise or sound the drive is making is normal
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/568
How to test a drive for problems using Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/940
How to access Disk Utility on a Mac computer
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1362
We would appreciate the opportunity to further assist you, and resolve any further concerns you may have with the device and/or your experience. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/. Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.

Pros: Not Sure - certainly not price or quality.

Cons: Well 2 year warranties on blues is pretty pathetic for W/D's & 32Megs of RAM is downright poor for the price. Might as well use Seagates. I have used literally 00's of W/D's over the 15/20 years I have been building systems with drives lasting as little as 6 weeks and a couple lasting 7/10 years. I have NEVER had a DOA before. I know quality/availability is down - as well as prices drastically up - since the great flood(s) but I would strongly suggest paying the premium for the blacks whick have keep their 5 year warranties! Greens & Blues - keep 'em.

Other Thoughts: Heaven help me, am thinking of using Hitachi (IBM) and Samsungs again. W/D needs to GET IT TOGETHER.

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the WD Blue drive, as this is not the typical experience with the product. We are very sorry to hear about your device failing in such a short period of time. We would like to assure you that what you have experienced is abnormal, and replace your device directly, at no further cost to you, and if necessary, provide you with an alternative replacement. You may contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932, or via our support website at: http://support.wdc.com/rs/. Please indicate within the online case creation or with the first support agent you speak with, that you are responding to a Newegg review, so we route you and your information to the correct team members.