WD Black 500GB Performance Laptop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache 2.5" - WD5000LPLX

Pros: Great performance for a 2.5" drive. 5 year warranty is very nice.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Some have complained about the warranty on this drive. I'm not sure why they are having a problem, but I always go to wdc.com and register my HDDs after I receive them, and it always reflects the proper warranty coverage from my order date. I order directly from Newegg not a 3rd party seller. I saw at least one person mention GoHardDrive, so maybe the 3rd party sellers are selling some other version of the drive?

Pros: You can always trust a WD Black drive you only get what you pay for and WD Black drives have never failed me. Running Linux Mint and the system boots much faster with this drive in it.

Cons: None

Overall Review: None

Pros: Fast, Quiet and so far very reliable.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I use this drive as a full time backup of my SSD boot drive, so far it has worked flawlessly.

Pros: Great drive super fast. Considered getting an SSD but the price point was a little too high for a secondary computer. This is perfect.

Cons: None

Overall Review: So far so good.

Pros: Quiet performer. It seemed to improve PC operation over the original drive.

Cons: Failed within 2 months of installing.

Overall Review: Gave only one egg due to short life.

Pros: Even though its thinner than the orig drive the bracket took care of that and it lined up exactly. Loaded windows 7 then the drivers and it works fast and no issues.

Cons: None yet....see below "other"

Overall Review: Now this is the "Other" how long will it last ? The orig was the same drive a WD Black and it lasted 4 years so not the best longevity but ok.

Pros: Except for lesser capacity, this drive is better than the earlier 750 GB WD7500BKPX model because this model has double the cache and, according to the spec sheets, has a lower audible (noise) level. This model has a single platter instead of two platters, which makes this run less warm and IMO is more reliable. Compared to the similar seagate model, this WD has 5 yr warranty instead of 3 yr warrenty and might be better built. My drive was made in Malaysia, not made in China (I've experienced great reliability with Malaysian-built electronics like those from Yamaha, Panasonic, etc, that work trouble-free for many years - they cost a little more but worth it).

Cons: Costs more per GB than other HDD drives. I wish it was available in larger size, but then it'd be multi-platter which is something I wish to avoid in a main/boot drive for a laptop (tho it might be acceptable to have multiple platter for data drives because those are used less - I have some).

Overall Review: This drive can fit into a 9 mm HDD bay if you have either a 7mm caddy or the original 9.5mm caddy. At least for thinkpads.

Pros: Fast, quiet, cool

Cons: none

Overall Review: Once installed, checked SMART data to verify newness, then ran speed tests. Tests showed 149 MB/s to 81 MB/s transfers depending on the area used, which averages out to 115 MB/s. On a SATA II interface the cache speed was over 332 MB/s. Let it warm up to room temperature before opening, in case it arrived cold, to avoid any water condensing on it.