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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years
The Western Digital Caviar Blue Hard Drive is a leader in the race for the peak of desktop drives. Its 640 GB runs at 7200 RPM, and its breakthrough 16MB cache makes this hard drive great for high-performance home and business computing. It can handle data-intensive and high-end multimedia applications. Reviews show that this hard drive can keep cool and quiet while operating.
This hard drive incorporates WD’s Data Lifeguard, an exclusive set of data protection features, including shock protection, environmental protection, real-time embedded error detection and repair. Its mechanism ensures automatic discovery, isolation, and repair of problems which may develop in a hard drive.
SATA 3.0 Gb/s Interface The next-generation SATA interface supports up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rates, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and hot-pluggable point-to-point connections to allow the Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS to deliver optimum performance, efficiency, convenience and flexibility.
WD WhisperDrive and SoftSeek Technology WhisperDrive technology minimizes noise to virtually below the threshold of human hearing. To cut seek noise, SoftSeek technology streamlines read/write seeking algorithms resulting in more efficient operation.
WD Data Lifeguard Technology Exclusive Data Lifeguard data protection features include shock protection, an environmental protection system and real-time embedded error detection and repair. WD's Data Lifeguard technology automatically finds isolates and repairs problems that may develop over the life of a hard drive.
WD ShockGuard Technology ShockGuard technology instantaneously protects the hard drive against damage from bumps and vibrations during operation. This technology enables WD Caviar drives to achieve industry-leading shock specifications.
Pros: This drive is reasonably fast for the price. I purchased one as my main drive and Win7 would boot from power up to desktop in less than a minute. File access and application load times were both very low. I never found myself annoyed "waiting" for a file to open or a program to load.
Cons: The drive can be quite chatty under load. Nothing too loud but I could definitely hear it over my 2x120mm intake fans (both running on low).
Other Thoughts: This was a great main drive. I recently removed it and replaced it with a 120GB OCZ Vertex2. The WD Blue will be moving (along with a newly purchased WD Blue) to a D-Link DNS-323 NAS enclosure.
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JI
8/29/2010 4:25:56 AM
Tech Level: 5/5
Ownership: 3/5
Rating: 5/5Best Shipping Ever
Pros: I'm a Western Digital fanboy- I won't buy from any other brand. All my drives that have been Western Digital have never failed me within normal operating conditions. I've recently upgraded to this awesome hard drive for $50 (thank you Newegg specials) and was... a little worried about how it would be shipped based off some of the reviews. Well, it was packaged great. It was in a antistatic bag. In bubble wrap. In a box. In packing peanuts. In a bigger box. Very secure packaging and shipping, and the box showed up in mint condition. I feel really bad for those who get their drives in ravaged or torn conditions because of the shipping, it really sucks, but my experience was exceptional. Will update review over time when I've had the drive longer. Very nice speeds so far.
Cons: None so far, drive worked perfectly out of the box.
Other Thoughts: Replaced a 80gb WD drive that still works and it's 8 years old. Go western digital.
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Eyal
8/28/2010 8:40:51 AM
Tech Level: 5/5
Ownership: 3/5
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Rating: 1/5Not For RAID?
Pros: None
Cons: Bought 3 of these for small RAID5 configuration. One by one they started to fail within a week. Called WD for RMS they shipped me another drive with different specs. Called again and the rep told me that none of the Green, Blue or Black series is for Raid and they will fail.
Other Thoughts: I tried to see anywhere where it says these drives are not for RAID and couldn't find such disclaimer. Nevertheless, with 2 out of 3 disks failing, I think I will no longer buy WD. Their quality assurance seem be second to none.
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The Echo
8/27/2010 6:48:34 PM
Tech Level: 4/5
Ownership: 2/5
Verified Owner
Rating: 4/5Works well
Pros: Worked as any HD should with no issues. Quiet and runs fairly cool in well ventilated case.
Cons: None so far
Other Thoughts: Give a 5.9 on the WEI.
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N/A
8/27/2010 12:20:15 PM
Tech Level: 3/5
Ownership: 2/5
Verified Owner
Rating: 5/5Great!
Pros: Got it for 50$ with rebate. More than enough space and performance for the average user.
Cons: No sata cable included
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PC builder
8/26/2010 8:51:18 AM
Tech Level: 5/5
Ownership: 2/5
Verified Owner
Rating: 1/5DOA
Pros: Fast shipping and delivery from new-egg
Cons: UPS man threw my package at my front door literally, thanx ups now my drive is dead, upon installation errors and will not boot into Winxp
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rwppd
8/26/2010 1:44:44 AM
Tech Level: 4/5
Ownership: 1/5
Verified Owner
Rating: 1/5
Pros: None, DOA
Cons: DOA
Other Thoughts: I am waiting for a replacement, so will shall see?
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N/A
8/25/2010 8:27:32 PM
Tech Level: 4/5
Ownership: 4/5
Verified Owner
Rating: 5/5Excellent Drive
Pros: Great price and fast.
Cons: None.
Other Thoughts: When I first bought these large HDs, I had used a splitter to connect several of them to a single power rail. I started getting HD problems. After I put one drive on each power rail, the problem went away.
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8/24/2010 7:50:20 AM
Tech Level: 4/5
Ownership: 2/5
Verified Owner
Rating: 5/5good basic drive
Pros: -easy install -quiet
Cons: not the fastest sucker
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raidzero
8/23/2010 7:18:42 AM
Tech Level: 5/5
Ownership: 2/5
Verified Owner
Rating: 5/5excellent
Pros: Great drive
Cons: None
Other Thoughts: I have two in a RAID 0, but plan to get more for a RAID level with redundancy
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SATA 3.0 Gb/s Interface The next-generation SATA interface supports up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rates, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and hot-pluggable point-to-point connections to allow the Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS to deliver optimum performance, efficiency, convenience and flexibility.
WD WhisperDrive and SoftSeek Technology WhisperDrive technology minimizes noise to virtually below the threshold of human hearing. To cut seek noise, SoftSeek technology streamlines read/write seeking algorithms resulting in more efficient operation.
WD Data Lifeguard Technology Exclusive Data Lifeguard data protection features include shock protection, an environmental protection system and real-time embedded error detection and repair. WD's Data Lifeguard technology automatically finds isolates and repairs problems that may develop over the life of a hard drive.
WD ShockGuard Technology ShockGuard technology instantaneously protects the hard drive against damage from bumps and vibrations during operation. This technology enables WD Caviar drives to achieve industry-leading shock specifications.
