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WD RE 7200 RPM hard drives are engineered to thrive in a high duty cycle RAID system while still offering traditional low cost-per-capacity desktop value. Designed and manufactured to server-class standards, WD RE drives provide RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER) to significantly reduce drive fallout caused by extended drive error-recovery processes and are tested to 1 million hours MTBF.
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- Product Description WD RE2 WD5000ABYS - hard drive - 500 GB - SATA-300 Type Hard drive - internalFor- Dimensions (WxDxH) 4 in x 5.8 in x 1 in Weight 1.3 lbs Capacity 500 GB - NOTE: THIS PRODUCT CANNOT BE SHIPPED TO MASSACHUSETTS OR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (WASHINGTON, D.C.)
- Interface Type Serial ATA-300 Data Transfer Rate 300 MBps Average Seek Time 8.9 ms
- Spindle Speed 7200 rpm Buffer Size 16 MB Manufacturer Warranty 5 years warranty
- WARNING: The solder used in this product contains lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm. Please wash hands after handling internal components and circuit boards and avoid inhalation of fumes if heating the solder.
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By Aaron S. Evans (Amarillo, TX USA)
Mine was a refurbished item. Works great though. Not much more I can say. I've always been very pleased with Western Digital hard drives. This particular line won't work with some VIA chipsets too well, but you can get a SATA PCI card for $20 that'll fix that problem.
By L. T. Brockway (California)
I feel really happy with this new Western Digital 500GB drive! I had to change my order from another drive due to the SATA II design required for my MacPro. The excellent vendor, Mega Micro Devices Inc., gave personal attention to my request for the right drive. I received the drive in two days! I opened my computer, unpacked the drive, slid it into the open bay, closed up and powered up. Less than 15 minutes! I partitioned and formatted the drive, loaded a huge collection of photos. Done! I ran a check on the disk and found no laws or errors.
By iouzero (Seattle, WA USA)
To date, after a month or so's useage, I haven't a hint of a problem. The drives worked right, and continue to work right, and I have confidence they will continue to work right. Good products at decent price.
Only slight quibble: I originally bought these drives to use in conjunction with a Cooldrives caddyless drive, but found that their tiny difference in thickness caused them to be unuseable in that drive, as they become stuck and require some fancy juggling to remove. I substituted a Thermaltake Docking Station for the Cooldrive, and things are now going like clockwork.
By C. Hill
I will update this review once I receive the HDD. This is to inform anyone who might purchase this that the shipping weight of 15lbs is incorrect. As of Jan 16th 08 the error has not been corrected. I contacted Electronics Direct, and after 15 mins of them telling me that I did something wrong, they conceded that a 1.7 pound HDD is probably not going to be shipped in a 15 pound container. They investigated and found out that they had sent the incorrect info to Amazon. They did refund the difference in shipping, but I doubt I will ever buy from them again, after getting hung up on twice.
By Bob Whitley (San luis obispo, CA)
When i decided to get a new version of Windows Vista i knew that i would need more hard drive space than my current drive had so i got this one.I use this Internal hard drive as my primary C dive and installed Vista Home Premium onto it,everything went smoothly.I like this drive a lot because it works without being noisy or over heating.Even when the drive is doing hard work it stays pretty quiet.This thing is fast,quiet and reliable.
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