Western Digital Blue WD5000AAKB 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
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Fast for a PATA drive. Quiet and runs cool (just warm to the touch after a full format). WD reliability. And -- of course -- lots of space. I am very pleased with the performance of this HD.
Not much of a down side with this HD. Only gripe: I wish WD would offer a 5 year warranty on all their drives. 3 years is not bad, but 5 would be nice.
I was using a 400 gig seagt PATA 7200.9 for a year (mostly as a bulk storage / backup HD). I replaced it with this WD 500 gig drive for the same purpose (wanted a bit more space). And even though the drives were very close in specs (same size cache, spindle speed etc.), I have to say that I am much more satisfied with this WD. It runs much cooler (the seagt was VERY warm ~ hot to the touch after a format, unlike this WD). And, the WD is definitely faster in overall performance. I noticed faster file transfer and overall better performance. I thought maybe it was just my imagination. Luckily, I ran a few HD benches on the 400 gig before I disconnected it. After running the same tests on this WD (with the same amount of data on the drive), it scored higher overall.
If you need a fast, reliable, cool running & quiet PATA with 500 gigs of space, then this is the drive to get!
Bought five of these 500Gb drives for Raid 5 setup (4+spare). They work great for upgrading Buffalo Tera drives.
The drives arrived as agreed and well packaged.
Unfortunately two of the drives died within 48 hrs of boot-up. One got the "click of death" and the other was diagnosed by WD data lifeguard as full of corrupted sectors and beyond repair. I guess the WD Data lifeguard ran out of spare sectors while trying to salvage the drive...
WD Warranty department rocks. They had replacement drives at my doorstep three days after I called them.
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Features & Details
- 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
- IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6
- 3 years limited
Specifications
| Brand | Western Digital |
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| Series | Blue |
| Model | WD5000AAKB |
| Packaging | Bare Drive |
| Interface | IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 |
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| Capacity | 500GB |
| RPM | 7200 RPM |
| Cache | 16MB |
| Average Seek Time | 8.9ms |
| Average Write Time | 10.9ms |
| Average Latency | 4.2ms |
| Features | IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration. Ramp Load - Parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear, and improved non-operational shock tolerance. Preemptive Wear Leveling (PWL) - The drive arm frequently sweeps across the disk to reduce uneven wear on the drive surface. |
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| Form Factor | 3.5" |
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| First Listed on Newegg | June 12, 2021 |
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