Western Digital WD AV-GP WD3200AUDX 320GB IntelliPower 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Pros: Picke up at a great price, used as a secondary drive until the primary failed and this one was moved in its place, decent amount of storage.

Incredibly quiet, you really cant hear this thing.

Cons: Slow! I know you sacrifice speed for quiet operation and power consumption but this drive really does take the crown for taking its time on read and writes

Pros: Seemed like a good deal at the time

Cons: Failed. I used this drive less than ten times as a storage drive for large files and it has barely been used and already had the click of death. Very disappointed. Unfortunately for me WD is getting a worse and worse view in my eyes, as my only drives to ever fail have all been WD. All others have been fine.

Pros: Good basic HDD

Cons: None

Pros: Good fast quiet drive

Cons: none noticed

Other Thoughts: Some other reviewers said this hard drive is much slower than the competitors. I don't know, may be that's true that the rotation speed never riches 7200RPM as on other drives because of the IntelliPower, who knows, but the tests I did shows the same performance as any other modern drive I deal with - about 120MB/s. And 32Mb cache is twice as big as the average for the price.
Don't forget to realign the partition by 4KB sectors if you install an old system like Windows XP!

Pros: Fast, quite drive. Everything's running smooth so far.

Cons: None at all!

Pros: This is a good storage drive but is not a good secondary drive to access games from. Read rates are reasonable but for a cheaper drive is not bad. At least I can use this drive for file storage but not as the secondary as intended.

Cons: I have an SSD and was using this to store games on because the read rate does not need to be as high as a solid state. If you are thinking about using this drive in this configuration I would not recommend it. Games run ok but when a new texture needs to be loaded the game will freeze for about 1-2 seconds and then be fine for another 2-3 min.

Pros: Fast. Cheap. Easy installation.

Cons: Slower (surprise) but still 5x cheaper than equivalent SSD. Hard disks fail often. This hasn't yet.

Other Thoughts: I have had good luck with WD so I stick with them. Others have not had such good luck.

Pros: Super easy to install

Cons: BIOS saw Drive but win 7 disk would not boot with out Boot file or previously installed OS to read Disk. OEM drive so I had to use Win XP Disk and format drive and install the basic Win XP OS. It would then read Win 7 disk and boot..

Pros: Cheap Price

Cons: Poor quality. I ordered 3 of these. The first was DOA out of the box. The second lasted about 1 month before total failure. The third has not been used yet as I do not trust them.

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.
We are very sorry to hear that your drive did not function so soon after it was 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 directly. 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/session
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: This drive is quiet and it runs cool. Used in a 24x7 always on security system which records and re-records constantly. After 3 months of continual use its still purring along without the first problem.

Cons: It costs a bit more than standard consumer grade drives but hopefully will make it worth while in the long run.