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The Western Digital (WD5000AAKS) hard drive combines top-tier performance with the make and reliability we’ve come to expect from Western Digital. With a massive storage capacity of 500 GB, the WD5000AAKS can store and protect all your digital media while operating at a blazing fast 7200 RPM so you’re never left waiting around for your computer to catch up with you. 16 MB cache and a SATA interface give you a maximum transfer rate of 3 GB a second so whether you’re sharing pictures, songs, or high definition movies, you’ll have the bandwidth to get the job done.
 

Key Product Details

Designation  What is "Designation"?
Desktop Computer
Capacity 500 GB
Interface Serial ATA
Enclosure  What is "Enclosure"?
Internal
HDD Form Factor  What is "HDD Form Factor"?
3.5" x 1/3H (Low Profile)
 

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Average Rating:   5/5 stars      


 
 

500GB is the Sweet Spot

by   nad_masters , top reviewer in Computer Hardware at Epinions.com ,  Dec 29, 2007
Pros: Pretty quick, cheap price
Cons: Can get a bit hot, failed once (the one inside my external drive)
The Bottom Line: 500GB for the right price, and good performance to boot.
Review: With 500GB hard drives still the sweet spot for the best price/size ratio, it's been a very long time since hard drive prices had any dramatic changes in price. So with that, I went ahead and did a quick search around and decided to purchase from a ...
Author's Rating: 5/5 stars  
 

Western Digital WD5000AAKS *Caviar 500GB SATA Hard Drive – *Must be Beluga!

by   mongomad1 ,  May 8, 2008
Pros: Inexpensive way to get a fast, reliable hard drive to supplement or be primary storage.
Cons: You need to be or become SATA or SATA II compatible.
The Bottom Line: This is a keeper and a very rare 5 star from me. It answered the issues I had at a relatively nominal cost.
Review: Once upon a time, a man nicknamed Mongo had an 80GB SATA internal hard drive that came stock in his trusty, antique < b>Dell Dimension 4700 PC Desktop . Not so quickly, it became full to the point where virtual ...
Author's Rating: 5/5 stars  
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