Western Digital AV RFHWD1600AVBS 160GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal AV Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Checked out good with Crystal disk and Seagate Seatools. Only 15 hours of use according to Crystal Disk. Has a date of 8/07.

Cons: None so far. Will run for awhile and cross my fingers.

Overall Review: Will probably get another one as a backup drive. Currently have a 320gb drive on my home PC that is experiencing a slow death.

Pros: Inexpensive

Cons: Died inside 2 months on one of my client's computers.

Overall Review: Normally I like recertified products, but now I'm a bit more leary...

Pros: Works and the price was right for the small system I built.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I will buy another when needed.

Pros: Iinexpensive (cheap, but well made) Well-known brand with decent track record Refurb sometimes better than new - they look at them harder

Cons: Slow drive-host transfer rate: ~6MB/sec vs +10MB/sec for a modern 1TB drive, using 512 byte block size

Overall Review: As with any drive I get I run HDD butterfly read tests almost continuously for several days before even considering installation. This includes quite a number of power on/off (spin up/down) cycles. Target is upgrade for fast P4 with current 40GB drive destined for multi-boot. I wouldn't install this as a primary drive in a video/gaming system ;-)

Pros: none

Cons: loaded lasted 10 days .bought 2 installed second 1 click of death junk

Overall Review: should have known better but 2 out of 2 junk not a good record

Pros: quality refurb for non mission critical system with plenty of cache and speed of sata 2

Cons: wasn't free

Overall Review: best deals are still on neweggg.....

Pros: The price is what got me. I have always been a fan of WD products, and have used them extensively throughout my "information technology" career. Unfortunately the saying goes... You get what you pay for and boy did I!

Cons: The dang thing plain DID NOT WORK. BIOS detected it, yet attempts to install an OS failed, multiple times...would not even take a basic LINUX kernel. I even tried installing Win98 just for kicks...no go. Drive diagnostics gave different "errors" every time. A low level "nuke" did nothing...(my blood pressure rises) Put the drive in another machine as a slave, but was unable to send files to it, unable to run scandisk, or any form of OS based diagnostics. Windows 7 freaked out, like it was the black plague or something.

Overall Review: The worst part is that I ordered the drive along with a slew of other components that sat (in their respective packaging) for a few weeks before the machine it was intended to go in was put together...due to me being over seas... When I do return and assemble the machine, discover the issue, and contact newegg... I amout of RMA window. Western Digital is as easy to contact as the freakin pope. Happy? Naw. Crying over $30 bucks? Yes. Because the down time created by me "going cheap" cost more than a brand new terabyte with gold inlays... I do not recommend this drive...

Pros: Great price, was not to sure about being a recertified HD, but at this price would not lose alot. Used it to replace a bad HD in my desktop and it worked from the get go. So far working great and it is very quiet!

Cons: None so far