Western Digital WD6400AAKS WD Caviar SE16 SATA Internal Hard Drive, 640 GB, 3 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM | 
| Brand: Western Digital
Buy New: $69.99
New (24) from $69.99
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 448
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 640
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4 x 1
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: WD6400AAKS
Model: WD6400AAKS
UPC: 718037721088
EAN: 0718037721088
ASIN: B0017XUX7O
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| • | 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache |
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Product Description
Cool, quiet and fast. WD Caviar Blue drives offer superior performance and reliability, making them ideal for business and family desktops.lications. Technologically advanced acoustics minimize noise and cool drive operation and enhanced reliability features help protect the drive and the data stored on it.
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Western Digital 640GB Caviar SATA Hard Drive July 27, 2008
rorschach99 (Wabash, Indiana)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I build computers as a hobby. Why pay for someone else to build one (one size fits does not fit all) when building your own is not too difficult and you can build with quality parts tailored to your own specific needs. Case in point, the WD 640GB HDD. Large hard drive prices are economical right now. Generally speaking, the larger the drive, the less the cost per gigabyte (GB). At Amazon's prices the WD 640GB drive was about $10 bucks more than the WD Caviar 16 320 GB drive with the same cache. Western Digital has recently color coded their drives: Black (high performance), Blue (mainstream) and Green (no brainer: ecologically friendly-for a hard drive). Where does marketing get these ideas? The Caviar 16 640GB falls into the Blue category. It is amazingly fast and quiet, thanks to its 16 MB cache and 3 Gb/s transfer rate. The technology is interesting in that WD utilized two 320GB platters which gives this drive an edge as compared to say 750 GB drives with similar cache size. The drive itself is nearly silent and the quietest HDD I have used. Its rated over 90MB/sec read and write speeds, which is very fast. Yes there are faster hard drives, but for the money this drive is an excellent choice.
My only complaint: the drive is warranted for 3 years not 5.
Amazon had the lowest price I found, and shipped the drive quickly. Turn around time from placing the order to delivery at my door step was four days. Stable, reliable and excellent price to performance ratio, this drive is a great choice for everyday computing needs.
Great product - easy to use November 29, 2008
Fishman (Rolesville, NC)
My original Dell computer came with a 160 Gb hard disk that was fine four years ago. With many digital photos and much music, I was running out of space. And since I needed to reinstall Windows XP, it made sense to add disk storage at the same time.
At under $100 this product just made sense. It was easy to install and is much faster than my original hard disk. And, by keeping both disks in the computer and reconfiguring my BIOS, I am able to use my new Western Digital 640 Gb HD as my C: drive and keep my old drive available should I need to get data I may have forgotten to move to the new drive. Eventually, the old disk will be used just for my pictures and music.
I would definitely recommend the Western Digital 640 Gb for anyone looking to increase storage.
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