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Review on Western Digital WD5000AAKS: The High-Capacity 500GB Hard Drive You Need by Wisnu Buana ᠌

Revainrating 2 out of 5

The product disappointed, does not meet the promises.

On September 5, 2022, three identical discs were purchased from the same store. Used in a home computer, for storing photos and music. In principle, none of them were covered with blocks with errors, but the speed of reading and writing constantly fell with time of use. Strongly vibrated during operation and even in idle time. There was another disk of the same size, but with an IDE interface - no vibrations were noticed behind it, only a crunch, and even then it was weaker than its SATA counterparts. As a cheap solution for 1300 / piece at the time of purchase, it was an adequate option, but now I do not advise taking it.

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Pros
  • + cheap
Cons
  • - noise on startup - when working, it "squeaks" like ultrasound - crunches - vibrates a lot

Comments (9)

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July 14, 2023
Has some pros: The disk worked for about 7 years! High-quality assembly. Quiet! Very often I took it with me, not broken! Produced on November 16, 2022. Has some cons: Before his death, he did not show any signs) He just stopped and the data is no longer readable.
November 16, 2022
I bought it in August 2022. Since then it has been working clearly and stably. I then assembled a new computer. As I installed this hard drive with windows 7 HP, I forgot about it.
November 16, 2022
With its pros. Works great, no noise, very fast. Some cons: Yes, it seems no, except that my temperature is up to 42 degrees
November 16, 2022
A dangerous friend who will not betray and will not be afraid.
November 16, 2022
I chose it because of SATA3, it's just that at that time there were no others in the store, but I wanted to take a terabyte, but I saved it. In general, worth the money
November 16, 2022
Excellent, I bought from a friend, I bought AAKS, but a week later I saw in the program that it was AAKX, it turned out to be sata 3, and he wondered why he was so fast.
November 16, 2022
Has some pros The only advantage is the price. Got cons: I have 6 of them and all with troubles.
October 31, 2022
Light. Looks like they saved everything. The top cover is thin - if you press it, noise appears.
October 28, 2022
Different pros: 1) SATA3 at 6 Gb / s is very fast despite the 16-meter buffer 2) very quiet, I even listen and do not hear him 3) price Its cons: 16 MB buffer, although this has almost no effect on CAT3