💯 Reliable and High-Performance Western Digital WD2001FASS 2 TB Caviar Black Desktop Hard Drive with 3GB/s SATA Interface and 7200 RPM Review

Other reviewers went into great detail about ease of use, what's included, how to set it up, and discussed the various benefits of Western Digital's reliability and customer service... so I don't see a need to repeat my thoughts and opinions on these issues. I bought these drives to add more storage to my home office media server (Dell PowerEdge, 3.0GHz HT, 2GB DDR2 RAM, PCI/e SATA II RAID controller). Before choosing my final RAID configuration, I ran extensive tests on these drives to…

I was looking for 1TB hard drives to replace a failing RAID array. I just bought a 1TB WD Green drive but that was DOA. I sent it back to Revine with no problems. Then I started reading a lot of reviews online. The choice fell on Samsung Spinpoint F1 or WD Caviar Black 1TB. ] WD drive at the moment: quiet, fast. I've had a few WD drives that fail, but overall the WD is still my favorite for reliability and quality and hassle-free performance. And this drive comes with a 5-year warranty. . It…

Great Ride! Quickly! Calm! Just plug in and get started! Incredibly noticeable difference in performance compared to the original Dell stock drive. I have over a few hundred thousand personal files on my computer - in addition to Windows, installed software and installation backups. I have over 150GB of MP3s, pictures, etc. One thing I really want to avoid is losing my hard drive. I researched and found it to be the best on the market when I bought it. I was so glad I bought another one, then…

I needed a high performance backup drive for extra storage. I'm editing large video files and need more storage space to replace my existing backup drive. Western Digital HD is spot on. Revain offers this great drive at a great price. I've been using it for about 30 days with no installation or operation issues. It works as advertised. As other reviewers point out, OEM means cables, rails, screws, and installation software are not included. Being an HD replacement means no problems other than…

UPDATED: 9/25/10 This is a drive to create your own eSATA DVR Expander with Vantec NexStar 3 NST-360SU-BK Case Vantec NexStar 3 NST-360SU - BK 3.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure SATA-USB 2.0 and eSATA (Black Onyx). Or better yet, by no means, just add: 1) eSATA-SATA Cable Connection Depot eSATA-SATA Round Cable (Blue, 3ft ) 2) Molex CG Power Supply 110VAC to 12VDC 4 Pin Molex Power Adapter 3) SATA Power Adapter Cable Optional Equipment: 4) Vantec Aluminum Heatsink Hard Drive Cooler Model…

2TB capacity, large cache, high performance for less than $200. Really close to $150 these days? Hard to believe. I tried and bought 2 of them. They seemed good for 2-3 months then I started getting SMART monitoring errors. Disks operate as separate entities and follow best practices etc. Disk 1 dies after a few weeks. WD will easily replace it with a newer version with a much higher serial number (the original was very low so I was able to get some of the early production batches). Now this…

This high-performance, high-tech 2TB drive from Western Digital has proven itself very well so far. The most unique feature of this drive is off-platform parking and power failure lockout. With this feature, the platters are unlikely to be damaged by impacts due to head impact due to rough handling during transportation. Speaking of shipping, like many other online retailers, Revain.com should do better packaging for OEM hard drives for shipping. My drive was shipped double boxed, the outer box

The quality of this disc is already well documented so not much to add. I had to initialize and format it via USB for Vista to recognize it via the eSATA port, but this is a Vista issue and there may be an easier way to do this that I just wasn't aware of. really wanted to add a few comments on the packaging. I was expecting to get something similar to the photos and description others have left, but what I got was a little worse, a little better. I ordered mine through Tiger Direct (through…