Review on Western Digital HC550 512MB Ultra by Micha Osiski ᠌

Name: Western Digital HC550 512MB Ultra
Item: Western Digital HC550 512MB Ultra
Rating: 4

May 24, 2023

Good product, not disappointed.

From the point of view of the layman, technical characteristics are always somewhere in the background. Therefore, if you put this miracle in your home computer, be prepared for clicks and chirping, which this miracle of technology can publish). Not critical, but not to be underestimated.

I plugged it into the nas, and I have the nas in a ventilated closet, so noise isn't a problem for me. But the noise level is much higher compared to the same blue WD drives.

Everything else is top notch, sort of. In any case, further operation will show how it will manifest itself in terms of reliability, speed, temperature, etc.

TL;DR: the disk is excellent, but it makes a little noise, I put it in NAS raid 1, I'm happy as an elephant. I took off a star so as not to mislead those who are used to quiet discs.

Pros

volume, price per terabyte (although this is debatable), speed (it is usual for 7200 rpm sata III drives, but this cannot but rejoice!)

Cons

noise, as if small fixies break through the path to freedom with small picks. It's like a small cricket is working inside, and God grant it air, food and water for many years of work.