Pros: BULLETPROOF. My experience has led me down ONLY one avenue - stick with what works. I am murder on HDD's and WD offers me fightclub results of standing my abuse (see other thoughts also)

Cons: The prices nowdays caused by devestation. NOTHING to take advantage of to make a buck - my opinion.

Overall Review: Ever wonder why you don't see Western Digital on sale or being given away at some crazy price? THAT is because they are worth every cent you will spend on them. QUALITY. I am VERY hard on HDD's - I mean VERY hard on them, and WD holds up to everything I throw at them.

Pros: HD Tune: AMD WD5002AALX 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 Benchmark (6.0Gb/s) Transfer Rate Minimum : 112.5 MB/sec Transfer Rate Maximum : 248.8 MB/sec Transfer Rate Average : 194.1 MB/sec Access Time : 15.3 ms Burst Rate : 178.0 MB/sec CPU Usage : -1.0% HD Tune: WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B Benchmark (3.0Gb/s) Transfer Rate Minimum : 52.7 MB/sec Transfer Rate Maximum : 107.7 MB/sec Transfer Rate Average : 85.8 MB/sec Access Time : 12.3 ms Burst Rate : 127.5 MB/sec CPU Usage : -1.0% 650 watt pwr 1090t x6 cpu 3.2ghz 4gb ram 1333 asrock 870 extreme3

Cons: why are there so many defective and dead drives?

Overall Review: ssd id still too high .. this setup is just fine and fat.

Pros: Works great

Cons: SATA 6.0 is a little misleading, as other reviews have stated. The HDD may well be capable of the speeds but the transfer medium is not.

Overall Review: Would definitely buy again, great performance and a great price.

Pros: Nice stable HDD. Quiet. Faster than the blue 500G HDD. As always fast delivery. No bad sectors. Well packed.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I was lucky enough to get this before the Thailand floods impacted prices. I will wait until after prices come down to buy another one or three.

Pros: Great transfer rates. Plenty of space. Easy to set up.. Hasn't failed.

Cons: Currently expensive.

Overall Review: Bad timing on purchase. Flooding in Thailand has made the price jump to $120 for this drive, apparently 200% more than it was previously judging by other reviews. Here's to hoping we don't see more speculators driving up prices, though I think prices will only continue to rise for the next few months. I might hold off on buying a new HDD and keeping an eye on Thailand for now.

Pros: This drive is pretty quiet. I'd heard that the 1TB and larger drives have too many platters and create noise. I just got a mobo with SATA 3 capability (6.0 gb/s), but I really don't think that getting a HDD with the same spec is worth it. 32 MB cache is adequate, and games load up plenty quick. I'm happy with the read/write functioning and low noise level.

Cons: Hard drives can't read/transfer data nearly as fast as SATA 2 (3.0 gb/s) already provides, so the SATA 3 (6.0 gb/s) is just a perk.

Pros: None

Cons: According to Western Digital: WD Caviar Black Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications. (RAID-0 / RAID-1)* They don't work in Raid 0 or 1 though because Western Digital removed the ability to enable Time-Limited Error Recovery in the drive's firmware. The drives randomly drop out of the array when the computer is booting. I have been using and recommending Western Digital consumer drives in RAID 0, 1, and stand-alone configurations for ten years and have never had a problem until now. Western Digital, you lost a loyal customer.

Pros: I got this drive when I build my computer about 2.5 years ago for I think it was $50. Performance is excellent for that price, adequate for it's current price. It's pretty quiet. Only occasionally would I be able to hear it above my fans.

Cons: Drive failed after 2.5 years (only half way into it's 5 year warranty; clicks of death).

Overall Review: I didn't buy it through Newegg and since I couldn't remember who I bought it from it had to be RMA'ed directly through WD. Fortunately they keep track of every drive they make thru S/Ns and their RMA process is easy and quick.