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| Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB Caviar Sata 7200 Rpm 16MB Cache SATA Hard Drive | 
 enlarge | Brand: Western Digital
Category: CE
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $73.99
You Save: $26.00 (26%)
New (18) Used (3) Refurbished (2) from $66.40
Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 138
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4 x 1
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: WD5000AAKS
Model: WD5000AAKS
UPC: 854441001016
EAN: 2000013189134
ASIN: B000RT5AE0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Capacity - 500G | | • | SATA | | • | 16M CACHE | | • | 7200 RPM | | • | 3.5 Inch |
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Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB Caviar Sata 7200 Rpm 16MB Cache SATA Hard Drive
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 WD 5000AAKS hard drive September 1, 2008
This is a really good hard drive. It boots up very quietly and holds tons of files. I didn't have to use any software to get it to work with my computer so it didn't matter that it didn't come with any software. would definitely buy one again.
Great drive August 25, 2008
Fast and quiet drive at a great price. Windows did not recognize the drive at first, but after downloading their setup utility from the WD site, it was a snap. Be warned though it doesn't come with any cables. Some people have written that theirs' did, and some have written that it did not. Play it safe and order a SATA data and power cable just in case if you don't have any spares.
Entry level RAID drive. August 20, 2008
This is Western Digital's entry level SATA RAID drive. It generally costs about $10 higher than the AACS even though the specifications look exactly the same. What the extra $10 buy is special software engineering going into the firmware, which makes sure that the drive will not go incommunicado for longer than a few milliseconds. Ordinary drives have no such safeguards and the RAID controller can possibly mistaken the temporary lack of responsiveness as a drive failure. Once the controller marks the drive as failed, it has to be reformatted and everything on it is as good as gone. This is an inconvenience in RAID 5 or RAID 1, and a fatal blow in RAID 0.
I bought two of these and put them in RAID 0 configuration. This RAID array serves as the only storage system. The setup is rather risky and therefore necessitates frequent backups. On the other hand, the performance is phenomenal, approaching that of the 10k RPM drive while costing a fraction of the price.
Good budget peformer August 9, 2008
It hasn't failed, and works properly. Keep in mind this is an OEM product, and as such does not come with software, screws, or a SATA cable.
Lots of storage and a great price. August 6, 2008
I have 4 of these drive's in 2 seperate boxes. The 1st drive in each box runs XP with a seperate partition for storage. The 2nd drive is mainly for video and storage. I couldnt be any happier with them. They run alot quieter than my old drives and the r/w times are great. I've tried drives from Seagate to Maxtor, but will keep buying WD drives. If the prices drop anymore I'm going to go broke from buying more.
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