Pros: Very good drives, I currently own 3 of them and use them for storing HD content and couldn't be happier. I used to use Seagate drives exclusively but have since migrated over to WD.

Cons: None so far but we'll see what happens in the near future.

Other Thoughts: You can't go wrong with the price and reliablility. Newegg is great as always!

Pros: Not sure yet. Read con's.

Cons: The drive is not a bootable drive because it is a dynamic disk. Newegg failed to mention that, and looking at the Tech-Spec's on Western Digital, they failed to mention that as well. I might have overlooked this point, but I don't think so. I am very conscientious when checking out spec's. After installation of the drive, I used my boot drive to boot the computer. On re-boot, the drive showed up as a system drive. I copied the boot drive using Norton Ghost, and then tried to reboot the computer with the WD drive. As said above, it didn't work. After, the computer would not boot with the original boot drive and I had to remove the SATA cable from the WD drive, and then the computer re-booted. Then i had to physically re-attach the WD drive and re-mount in Windows.

Pros: Good Cheap cost, great speed and cache for this price. One of the 4 I bought failed though.

Cons: A Replacement was sent though quickly and the other 3 have not failed in the 2-3 weeks I have had them so hopefully just a bad drive in the bunch. The RAID fix listed in previous postings is not applicable any longer but this does not seem to be impacting the drives thank goodness.

Pros: very quiet

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: Great price

Pros: large hard drive, okay price, and works like it shoud

Cons: buzz sound when computer starts up or when hard drive is being used after being idle for a while. Havn't done a scan yet.

Pros: Cool running, low noise, very fast. I could not ask for more.

Cons: You have to pay for it.

Other Thoughts: There is a good reason a great number of customers purchased this drive. I started with 1 over a year ago and I just ordered and received my 4th. One is in an enclosure and the rest in two different systems. As I was cloning my partition over from my trusty old WD250YD (secondary in this system and from 2005) I noted that the write speed was constantly over 100 MB/s, even at the very end of the drive! WD really has a consistent winner in this drive. On top of all that, should anything go wrong, exchanging your drive could not be easier. Make it even easier and register your drive at WD's site once you have downloaded and tested your drive. On a secondary note, I would not hesitate using the free shipping method when it is available. Newegg has been doing a much better job of packing these drives correctly--no DOA's here.

Pros: Good drive

Cons: Hot but not that hot. SpeedFan does flag it as too hot though.

Other Thoughts: I made a mistake on the 140F temperature. I rechecked the HD temp both with an infrared temp gun and SpeedFan, both agreed.

It approached 130F without forced ventilation. That is too hot but still within manufacturer's limits. WD makes gives no data as to how hot is too hot. But related posts on the Net suggest that 55C to 60C is too hot for an HD.

The temp for the 1TB drive (this one) was several degrees higher than the 640 GB WD drive, but the 1TB drive has the C:\ partition so is running more. The bottom line is that both WD "Black" drives run hot.

My drive reached 53C or 128F. I apologize for the error. I did sloppy data collection.

Pros: A fast reliable drive.
I feel the "Black" WD series is worth the extra cost. But don't buy the cheaper series if you think they will run cooler.

Cons: COOL? Hardly. I have never had a WD HD run cool and this one is no exception. But no HD's run cool for me. At least 140F and above is not cool to me.
Coffee at 140F will burn your mouth. If you think that is cool, we have different ideas about cool and hot.

Other Thoughts: Without direct cooling it is HOT.
But I have 3 WD drives (2 are Black) in the case (while I transfer data) and all were running over 140F with no ventilation. I installed a 120mm case fan pulling outside air and blowing directly on the drives. All HD temps dropped to 105F running - and 95F (case ambient) down. Now that IS cool.

NOTE I have used the HD fans that attach to the HD but they are cooling with case ambient air and the HD's will run hotter because of that.
My desktop case is Aluminum (for temp efficiency) and well ventilated. With a steel case, you should expect the case ambient to be warmer.
I use "SpeedFan" to monitor temps (free).
My WD drives have ALWAYS run hot and I recommend forced ventilation to extend the life of all HD's

Pros: price

Cons: doa

Other Thoughts: turned on but could connect to pc, complete bull i have to pay return shipping to have it replaced

Pros: Excellent Hard Drive. Lots of Storage. Bare Drive, so you have to go into Computer Management, assign a drive letter, format it and make the partition active. Not a big deal, but good to know.
I am using docking stations on two computers to tranfer data. A good way to back up your information and if you are away from your residence you can lock it up in a safe or put it in a safe place where no intruder will find it. This way if your Computer(s) are stolen, at least you will still have the information. If that is being paranoid, then I guess I am paranoid.

Cons: None at all.

Other Thoughts: I am using this hard drive for backing up all my files. It has so much room for files and whatever, it's phenominal. The price of the Hard Drive was a deciding factor in purchasing it. You cannot beat the quality of this drive.