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Western Digital Caviar Blue Sata 300 7200RPM 500GB 16MB (WD5000AAKS)
6.3 out of 10

Western Digital Caviar Blue Sata 300 7200RPM 500GB 16MB (WD5000AAKS)

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Reviews and Problems with Western Digital Caviar Blue Sata 300 7200RPM 500GB 16MB (WD5000AAKS)

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Overall 4
4.0

didn't last long

bought 2 of them, Amazon
4 February 2012
  • Summary: bought it on March 2011 reach 200/500GB now (February 2012) problems: -read/write speed drops pretty badly -have hard time installing or downloading anything large
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Overall 4
4.0

3rd Failure - Not Recommended

Michael Szeller, Amazon
4 January 2012
  • Summary: My third drive of this model has just died. The only thing that has saved me each time was that my system is running a RAID1 setup otherwise I would have had to rebuild...
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Overall 3
3.0

"if it seems too good to be true..."

mo01gte, CNET
18 March 2011
  • Pros: value per capacity, it is a cheap drive for the capacity since it came out and still keeps that adavantage
  • Cons: once you use it a while you'll start to notice a degradation in access speed, then it starts increasing it's operating temperature, and finally it starts failing. afte...
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Overall 4
4.0

Very early drive failure

Michael Szeller, Amazon
5 February 2010
  • Summary: Have less than 1 year old HP desktop which came with two of these drives which I configured in a RAID1 array. Thank god for that!
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Overall 4
4.0

Failed Drive

Lesson Learned!, Amazon
11 January 2010
  • Summary: Drive did not work right out of the box. Should have never used it since it caused trouble from the start and took a few tries to get it to work properly and be...
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Overall 4
4.0

NOT the retail version with cable, software, etc.

Joseph Merkt "Joe", Amazon
18 November 2009
  • Summary: I have not even installed this yet and I'm angry already. I've had good experiences with WD drives so I expect this one will be fine.
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Overall 4
4.0

Just died 5 months out of warranty

James R. Knight "drjaymez", Amazon
15 June 2008
  • Summary: Drives fail. I know that. Was using this along with a 500GB Maxtor in a 1TB RAID0 array, with a nice cool fan, I might add.
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Overall 4
4.0

Replaced 4 of 4 < 1 year

Salitpa "or is it Satilpa", Amazon
30 December 2007
  • Summary: WD replaced first with WD5000AAKS, second replacement, WD5000KS.. Be sure to register your drives with WD when you get them.
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Overall 3
3.0

"May have been good at one time, not anymore"

Robert Drake, CNET
1 December 2007
  • Pros: Quiet drive, none quieter. Appears rather fast despite the awful 19ms access rate.
  • Cons: Access time on my drive is 19ms, which is slower than any drive I've owned in five years. WD customer support is non-existent.
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Overall 4
4.0

Wrong item sent

Colin J. Anderson, Amazon
10 November 2012
  • Summary: I required a Sata II drive to replace a failed drive (the recovery software would only work with Sata II drive) so ordered this item.
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