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Cool, Quiet and Reliable!
The biggest killer of hard drives is heat. If there is no air flow around the drive, the drive risks certain failure. That said, I have 2 of these running 24/7 in a home-theater PC in a raid-0 array. They are fast and quiet. They have been running continuously for over a year, and no hiccups. 160GB is small by today's standards, but the beauty of this design is that the drive is spinning just one single platter. If you were to go to the 320 GB or larger drive, then you will have multiple platter...
Western Digital WD1600AAJS Caviar Blue 160 GB 8 MB 7200 SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch review by T. Thompson can be read at Amazon.Com |
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02/28/2008
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high failure rate
While I didn't purchase these drives from Amazon, I thought I would pass along my experience in the event it helps others make an informed decision. Our company recently performed a tech refresh on a little under 1000 computers. About half of the new computers have this Western Digital hard drive, the other half have a Seagate Barracuda 160 GB SATA drive. Within a month of the new computers being deployed, we are getting an average of 3 failed hard drives a week - all are the Western Digital 16...
Western Digital WD1600AAJS Caviar Blue 160 GB 8 MB 7200 SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch review by Mr. Anderson can be read at Amazon.Com |
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01/09/2009
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Northern Virginia
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Replaced 3 in a year. .
I had 3 die in the span of one calendar year. As a teacher, all I do is internet, word processing, Powerpoints and download a little music here & there. Yes, the hard drives were replaced by WD under warranty, but I spent $500 in PC repairs & data recovery in 2007. WD sends you a reconditioned hard drive and not a new one. I will never buy WD again and their QC department should be ashamed of themselves. I recommend Seagate.
Western Digital WD1600AAJS Caviar Blue 160 GB 8 MB 7200 SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch review by V-Tran can be read at Amazon.Com |
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02/06/2008
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Good HDD
Bought this drive to replace an old 30GB HDD. Works like it should. Loaded up the OS and partitioned it as I saw fit. Could have gotten a bigger capacity HDD elsewhere for slightly less, but this one is plenty big enough for what I need. Shipping cost was the selling point.(hide full review)
Western Digital WD1600AAJS Caviar Blue 160 GB 8 MB 7200 SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch review by KWperson can be read at Walmart |
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02/06/2010
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Fairbanks, AK
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Replacement hard drive
This review is from: Western Digital 80 GB Caviar Blue SATA 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD800AAJS (Electronics) Perfect replacement drive for my computer. Performs perfectly and was easy to install. Great product.
Western Digital WD1600AAJS Caviar Blue 160 GB 8 MB 7200 SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch review by Herbert G. Robin Jr. can be read at Amazon.Com |
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02/27/2010
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Design Flaw - high failure rate
We purchased 250 new HP computers which all shipped with this drive. From week one we had drives failing regularly. After 1 year over 35% of the drives have failed. HP has replaced all of them (with Seagate drives) under warranty but that doesn't recover the occasional data files that users have stored on their local hard drive with no backup. When it goes bad you will hear the drive head armature actuating several times and then it gives up. For one particularly user I actually dissembled ...
Western Digital WD1600AAJS Caviar Blue 160 GB 8 MB 7200 SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch review by Michael Swanson can be read at Amazon.Com |
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12/14/2010
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WD 160GB Hard Drive
WHat can I say, it's a hard drive. Used it to replace an old 60gb WD hard drive that I have had for around 5 years. It was an IDE drive but I like the speed of the 7200rpm SATA drive on this one.
Western Digital WD1600AAJS Caviar Blue 160 GB 8 MB 7200 SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch review by Coop can be read at Amazon.Com |
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02/20/2011
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Works Great!
It is the human side of this equation that doesn't quite 'get it', but the HDD works great. I've finally taught myself how to make a raid and it picked that up right away. No complaints.
Western Digital WD1600AAJS Caviar Blue 160 GB 8 MB 7200 SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch review by LaVonniBear can be read at Amazon.Com |
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05/03/2011
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WD 160GB
It worked from day 1 and more than 3 years later has not skipped a beat. Bought 2 of these for a server in a RAID setup and still going without any glitches without any shutdowns either
Western Digital WD1600AAJS Caviar Blue 160 GB 8 MB 7200 SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch review by Sticky Wallet "Sticky Wallet" can be read at Amazon.Com |
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06/06/2011
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Western Digital
I'm not a blind fan of Western digital.... however, it has been my experience that Western Digital drives often out last the machine and are upgrade as a result of software and user demands rather than failure of the component it self... all in all Western Digital strives for what most manufactures strive for quality and failure after 3 years or more is not bad for a component though ever tries to squeeze the life out of an investment.Access times are often more about a person personal pre...
Western Digital WD1600AAJS Caviar Blue 160 GB 8 MB 7200 SATA 3 Gb/s 3.5 Inch review by casual can be read at Amazon.Com |
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08/30/2011
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