Western Digital WD5000KSRTL/WD5000AAKS Caviar 500 GB SATA Hard Drive

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Product Features

3-year limited warranty
7200 RPM spin rate; 16 MB cache; 300 MB/s transfer rate
500 GB SATA 3.5-inch internal hard drive; advanced acoustics and cool operation for high-end computers, multimedia and gaming systems
Designed for low-power consumption
WhisperDrive technology minimizes noise; SoftSeek technology increases operational efficiencies; Data Lifeguard Tools protect data; ShockGuard protects hard drive during operation

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Customer Reviews

Failed Drive
Drive did not work right out of the box. Should have never used it since it caused trouble from the start and took a few tries to get it to work properly and be recognized by the hardware. More >>
Lesson Learned!

Wasn't As Easy As i Thought It Would Be
Many reviews said you just plug it in and it goes. This was not the case for me. I attached very easily. More >>
B. Armstrong

Easy to install, fast, quiet, and so far reliable
So far this hard drive is plenty reliable in my Power Mac G5 (Late 2005 edition). Very easy to install, very quiet, and fast. More >>
Joseph Brumleve

Very early drive failure
Have less than 1 year old HP desktop which came with two of these drives which I configured in a RAID1 array. Thank god for that! More >>
Michael Szeller

Not too happy
The hard drive was not packaged too well, just floating around in the outer box. Also it may not work. More >>
Ervin W. Schrader

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