Western Digital WD Caviar SE16 750 GB

• Reviewed by:

  Strengths: Extremely fast and quite

  Weaknesses: First one DOA

  Overall: This thing is fast. I upgraded from an old hitachi deskstar and I cannot beleive the performance. Vista HD rating went from 5.3 to 5.9 and you can't even hear it compared to the old one. Moving a 1.7gb file from a pair of Raptors in Raid-0, I got a peak of 85mbs write and about 65mbs read. This is an awesome HD, you cant go wrong with Western Digital!

• Reviewed by: cheapfrag

  Strengths: huge, fast, quiet

  Weaknesses: pricey

  Overall: I bought the Western Digital 750 GB Hard Drive (WD7500AAKS) for a new PC that I built in August 2007. I picked this model for it's huge capacity and based upon an article at Tom's Hardware that said it was fast. You definitely pay a premium for a single large hard drive versus 2 smaller hard drives, but I think it was worth it.After 5 months I haven't had a problem. Windows and other programs load quickly. I don't hear the drive when it's working and I don't have to worry about more space for a long time.I would definitely recommend this hard drive! (Note: I have read that other WD Hard Drives of smaller capacity in this model line don't use the same technology so don't assume that the things you hear about the 750 GB model would apply to a smaller capacity in the same model family.)

• Reviewed by: roberto1

  Strengths: Big capacity, SATA

  Weaknesses: price

  Overall: I bought this primarily for the big storage capacity. The reviews on this are very positive and it can be a contender for the WD Raptors. The price has come down on this but it is still on the high side.

• Reviewed by: wbyrum

  Strengths: Fast, good price, easy installation and configuration

  Weaknesses: None

  Overall: Unbeatable for capacity,speed and price. I had the drive up, running and configured in about 30 min. I would recommend the drive to anyone needing video storage capacity or for any storage applications.

• Reviewed by: NillaGoon

  Strengths: VERY quiet, fast, large capacity

  Weaknesses: None!

  Overall: It's a hard disk, what can I say? :-)As of December, 2007, the 750GB category seems to be the value sweet spot for new hard drives. I've used drives from all the major manufacturers over the years, and the Western Digital drives have proved to be a top choice for performance and reliability. So far (1 month), this drive has performed flawlessly. I'm using it in an external enclosure with eSATA.