Internal Hard Drives Western Digital 320GB Caviar Blue internal hard drive 7200 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Serial ATA II

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Western Digital 320GB Caviar Blue internal hard drive 7200 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Serial ATA II

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Brand: Western Digital

Product name: 320GB Caviar Blue

Article code: WD3200AAKS show

GTIN (EAN/UPC): 0718037718521 show

Category: Internal Hard Drives

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Bullet Points Western Digital 320GB Caviar Blue internal hard drive 7200 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Serial ATA II :

- 320 GB 3.5" 7200 RPM Serial ATA II
- PC
- Storage drive buffer size: 16 MB
- 21.2 oz (600 g)

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Updated: 2011-10-04 13:59:14	Uk has collected 55 expert reviews for Western Digital 320GB Caviar Blue internal hard drive 7200 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Serial ATA II and the average expert rating is 86 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Uk to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions. Read the full review	86%

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goodgearguide.com.au Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	This drive represents Western Digitals move to higher-density platters, and with its two-platter 640GB capacity and $169 price tag, its a perfect example of how affordable modern mass-storage devices are. Very low cost per formatted gigbabyte, excellent performance, cool and relatively quiet operation... Still not completely noise and vibration free The Final Word This drive represents Western Digitals move to higher-density platters, and with its two-platter 640GB capacity and $169 price tag, its a perfect example of how affordable modern mass-storag... This drive represents Western Digitals move to higher-density platters, and with its two-platter 640GB capacity and $169 price tag, its a perfect example of how affordable modern mass-storage devices are. Read the full review	90%
techradar.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	While the latest and highest capacity drives are always the most tempting, the capacity slots just under these tend to offer by far the best value.Need concrete proof? This 750GB drive from Western Digital is approaching half the price of Hitachis amb... Great price, Spacious capacity... Not quite top performance... While the latest and highest capacity drives are always the most tempting, the capacity slots just under these tend to offer by far the best value.Need concrete proof? This 750GB drive from Western Digital is approaching half the price of Hitachis amb... Read the full review	100%
alphr.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	It seems like only yesterday we recommended the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (web ID: 88756), and marvelled that you could get 750GB of storage for just £234. A year down the line, and its time to marvel again. The SE16 provides 750GB, but for just 17... Read the full review	67%
tomshardware.co.uk Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Seagate still trails behind WD, because its 1 TB Barracuda 7200.11 isnt available yet. The storage marketplace has grown noticeably faster than have markets for other PC components in the past few years, primarily because hard disks are being used i...	0%
custompc.co.uk Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	We cant help feeling that Western Digital is being held back by its platter technology. Doubling the cache and adding S-ATA II to an antiquated 83GB-per-platter design seem like quick fixes, rather than a real upgrade. Why wasnt the SE16 launched wit... We cant help feeling that Western Digital is being held back by its platter technology. Doubling the cache and adding S-ATA II to an antiquated 83GB-per-platter design seem like quick fixes, rather than a real upgrade. Why wasnt the SE16 launched wit...	67%
atomicmpc.com.au Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Renown for creating the world’s first form of caviar that almost everyone can enjoy, this new three platters worth of fish eggs sports the next generation of SATA. The interface supports up to 300MB/s, but considering how the original SATA drives ha... If you like being on top of technology and just having the best toys, this drive just might be your catch... Read the full review	80%
overclockersclub.com Updated: 2016-12-26 06:15:35	Well it’s that time again. You have finally filled up all of your available space and instead of backing it up to a cd/dvd, you would rather buy a new harddrive. Now comes the decision as to just what hard drive to buy. Currently, the 4 most popular... Speed, Cost, Warranty... None... As we can see from the tests above, the Seagate wins in most of the tests. For the experienced or even novice computer techies, the Seagate would be a better choice. With a 5 year warranty, compared to the Western Digital’s 3 years, the Seagate come... Read the full review	0%
alphr.com Updated: 2017-01-25 02:19:43	The 640GB Caviar Blue shares several specifications with the disappointing 500GB model, including a 16MB cache and 7,200rpm spindle speed - but the use of denser 320GB platters boosts performance. Results of 90.5MB/sec in our file read test and 79.1MB/... Neither cheap enough nor fast enough to keep up with its rivals... Read the full review	67%
digitalversus.com Updated: 2017-01-25 02:19:43	Although it offers slightly less storage, this 640 GB version of WesternDigitals Caviar Blue SE 16 is a direct competitor to Samsungs 750 GB SpinPoint F1.With just two 320 GB platters (see right), this hard drive manages to be faster than Samsungs a... Excellent reading and writing speeds, Very quiet, Temperature wellcontrolled... None!...	100%
expertreviews.co.uk Updated: 2017-01-25 02:19:43	Western Digitals latest internal SATA hard disk has a capacity of 640GB, as it consists of two 320GB platters. We were sceptical about Western Digitals claims that this design would improve file-copying performance, but we were pleasantly surprise...	100%
silentpcreview.com Updated: 2011-10-04 13:59:09	WDs new 320GB/platter Caviar SE16 desktop hard drives have been creating some excitement. They are high performance by virtue of their high areal density, the OC websites have reported. With the low number of spinning platters, they should also be ver... The second sample Western Digitals SE16 Caviar WD3200AAKS-00B3A0 is pretty much what we hoped it would be: A hard drive quiet enough for silent PC enthusiasts. Its single platter design and optimization for low noise seem to have worked, at least in... Read the full review	0%
anandtech.com Updated: 2011-10-04 13:59:14	Western Digital has been quiet on the performance front the past several months as they have placed an emphasis on their GreenPower family of products that we recently reviewed. However, they have been busily working on a new line-up of Caviar SE16 dr... Test Setup - Not too much to say about the test platform except it is generally fast and we are utilizing Vista 64 SP1 as our OS of choice now. This platform is slightly different from our standard test bed as we are in the process of comparing o... Read the full review	0%
about.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	The Western Digital Cavier SE16 640GB improves on the already impressive performance of the Caviar SE16 series. With its 320GB platters, the drive gets an additional performance boost from increase data density, uses less power from having to spin up l... Very Fast Performance, Extremely Low Noise Operation... Three Year Warranty Rather than Five Years... The Western Digital Cavier SE16 640GB improves on the already impressive performance of the Caviar SE16 series. With its 320GB platters, the drive gets an additional performance boost from increase data density, uses less power from having to spin up l...	100%
techarp.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Unlike their Caviar GP hard drives, the Caviar SE16 drives are performance-grade desktop hard drives. As such, they have platters that spin at full 7200 RPM. Coupled with their use of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR), the higher spindle speed all... Read the full review	0%
extremetech.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Enter , with their new WD6400AAKS 640GB Caviar SE16 drive. Not long ago, Western Digital joined the rarified ranks of companies shipping 320GB per platter with a 320GB version of the SE16. They took that drive, added another platter and two more heads... Impressive areal density; excellent performance; superb price/performance ratio. Its "only" 640GB. Western Digital offers power-users a high performance drive with high capacity at a low price... Read the full review	100%
barefeats.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	The big story on the WD Caviar SE16 640GB 7K (WD6400AAKS) is that uses 320GB per-platter technology. Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) translates to greater density. Anandtech wrote "This type of areal density places WD in direct competition with... Read the full review	0%
SysOpt.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	March 26, 2008 By Vince Freeman Although we experienced a relatively sharp spike in data capacity, the Serial ATA hard drive market has been stalled at the one Terabyte level. All the major competitors have hit the fabled 1TB mark, but as is often the cas...	100%
Techreport.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	When Western Digital introduced its GreenPower line with the terabyte Caviar GP last year, we wished aloud that the drives new 250GB platters would make their way into a performance-oriented model. The GP wasnt even particularly slow—in fact, it was... Although the Caviar SE16 640GB doesnt break new ground in storage capacity, platter density, or cache size, Western Digital has struck a good balance between those elements and delivered perhaps the most capable 3.5" hard drive weve ever tested. Thro... Read the full review	0%
anandtech.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Western Digitals emphasis on recent product releases has been the consumer oriented GreenPower family of products. That all changed last month with the release of the Caviar SE16 320GB drives featuring their new 320GB per-platter technology. We previe... Test Setup Theres not too much to say about the test platform except its fast. We are utilizing Vista 64-bit SP1 as our OS of choice now. We are still in the process of comparing our NVIDIA-based setup to the Intel X48 for future drive articles. How... Read the full review	0%
3dGameMan.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Video Review: The Western Digital Caviar SE16 750GB Hard Drive (WD7500AAKS) is one of the largest hard drives currently on the market. Why does anyone need a hard drive this large? Well, if you are asking this question, you probably don't. On the other hand, if you have or are building a Home Theatre PC you most certainly can have definite use of a massive hard drive. Movies, family videos, music, TV shows, games and other data requires a lot of space. This hard drive performs very well, is quiet and...	0%
Computerpoweruser.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Capacity: 750GB; Interface: 3Gbps SATA; Cache buffer: 16MB; Average seek time: 8.9ms read, 10.9ms write; Average latency: 4.2ms; Acoustics (idle): 28dBA Hard drive manufacturers have recently broken the 1TB barrier with the help of the latest innovatio...	90%
techtree.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Weve been talking about the Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) technology ever since we reviewed the Seagate ST3750640AS; and by now, we all know that they are the in thing. This is mainly due to the fact that they offer higher capacities than c... 16 MB buffer, Performance boosting features, Good performance, Silent. Heats up a lot, Expensive. As you can see from the performance results, the WD Caviar 7500AAKS performs almost as good as the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000, which, by the way, was a blazing fast drive. We also tested the drive under real-world conditions by transferring loads of data... Read the full review	80%
pcper.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	It has been a while since we have done a true hard drive review here at PC Perspective -- for the most part the world of disk drives seems somewhat bland when compared to things like CPUs and graphics cards. Hard drives just seemed to get bigger, but... The new Western Digital WD7500AAKS Caviar SE16 750GB hard drive is one of those rare times when I can clearly say recommending this product is right thing to do. The performance of the new perpendicular-based 188GB platters makes this model almost as... Read the full review	0%
bigbruin.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Western Digital may not be able to toot their horn for being the first to the 750GB plateau, but unless you have a time machine and want to go back 15 months, does it really matter at this point? The WD7500AAKS 750GB hard drive is one of a very few opt... Strong performance, especially in real world settings, Cool and quiet, PCB has no exposed features, reducing risk of damage, Attractively priced... Three year warranty is OK, but five years is obviously better... Western Digital may not be able to toot their horn for being the first to the 750GB plateau, but unless you have a time machine and want to go back 15 months, does it really matter at this point? The Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 750GB Hard Drive is one of a...	0%
anandtech.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	The Hard Drive WarsWestern Digital owns the second largest portion of the hard drive market, trailing only Seagate in terms of total number of drives shipped. The company accounts for roughly 21.5% of global hard drive sales, which puts it a long way f... The Western Digital WD7500AAKS is a very solid entry by WD into an extremely competitive marketplace. Its performance is near the top of the charts in all benchmarks we ran in our labs, and WDs recent decision to grant the retail SE16 drive series a 3... Read the full review	0%
hothardware.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	For several months, the battle for the biggest consumer hard drive was only fought by Hitachi and Seagate. First, only Seagate was in it with its 750GB hard drive using perpendicular recording technology. Then, Hitachi decided to skip 750GB and go st... The benchmarks speak for themselves: Western Digital took the winning Caviar SE16 formula, added perpendicular recording, and created a huge, yet speedy 7200RPM hard drive in the form of the WD7500AAKS. We took special note of how much better Western... Read the full review	0%
extremetech.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Western Digital has been using perpendicular storage in its line of 2.5-inch drives for notebook PCs, recently shipping the for mobile PCs, which offers capacities as high as 250GB. Part of the Caviar SE16 line, the new WD7500AAKS pushes the top of WD... Fast; lower power usage; tech built in to increase reliability; good price. Not the largest capacity drive available. Western Digital finally moves to PMR with its Caviar SE16 line of drives. Offering good performance in a 7200RPM drive, the price is also right... Read the full review	90%
pcmag.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Western Digital has avoided jumping into the desktop hard drive capacity game. It makes some sense, since many users never fill up even 250GB hard drives. But as digital photography, amateur video editing, and the massive storage requirements of mode... Fast. Lower power usage. Tech built in to increase reliability. Good price. Not the largest capacity drive available. Western Digital finally moves to PMR with its Caviar SE16 line of drives. Western Digitals Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS offers a good performance in a 7200RPM drive, the price is also right... Read the full review	90%
Techreport.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	POWER CONSUMPTION HAS BECOME an increasingly important metric for PC enthusiasts and professionals over the last several years, and this trend has touched nearly every component inside modern systems. We now have processors that intelligently throttle... 7,200-RPM hard drives are usually split between camps that excel at sequential transfers and those that prefer more randomized access patterns. The Caviar SE16 750GB is different, though, because it doesnt seem to care what you throw at it. In HD Tach... Read the full review	0%
storagereview.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Today WD introduces its next Caviar SE16, a 4-platter unit that extends the firms flagship to 750 gigabytes. In addition to featuring the standard 8.9 millisecond seek time and 16 megabyte buffer specs, the Caviar WD7500AAKS incorporates intelligent s... Read the full review	0%
anandtech.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Western Digital was founded in 1970 and began designing and manufacturing hard drives in 1988. The company is headquartered in Lake Forest, California, and employs approximately 23,000 people worldwide. Their innovative manufacturing facilities are loc... Read the full review	0%
maximumpc.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	We reviewed Western Digital’s 250GB Caviar SE drive in January 2004. Eighteen months later, WD has taken this same drive, added a SATA 3G interface and another 8MB of cache (for a total of 16MB), and relaunched it as its new top-of-the-line desktop ent...	90%
storagereview.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	Unlike the competition, for over two years Western Digital has relied on a PATA - SATA bridge to transition the Caviar and Raptor series to the new standard. Things have finally changed with the Caviar WD2500KS, a desktop-oriented drive designed from t... Read the full review	0%
Techreport.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:57	300MB PER SECOND Serial ATA transfer rates are all the rage these days. Cutting-edge core logic like Intels ICH7 south bridge chips and NVIDIAs nForce4 family support the faster I/O interface, and hard drives are beginning to follow suit?not that a f... Read the full review	0%
techarp.com Updated: 2017-01-25 02:19:43	The 640 GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue not only offers a massive amount of storage space in a very small form factor, it also delivers a very high platter-to-buffer transfer rate. However, that may be all it is good at. Despite the much higher transf... Read the full review	0%
insidehw.com Updated: 2017-01-25 02:19:43	It seems like ages have passed since we tested internal HDD, so we decided to introduce you one hard disk. Full name of this model, WD Caviar SE16 6400AAKS-00A7B0 reveals to eagle-eye so many things. This HDD has 16MB cache memory and 640GB capacity. C...	0%
silentpcreview.com Updated: 2017-01-25 02:19:43	Western Digital has a new color code to identify different classes of drives in its lineup. This 320GB/platter, 2-platter 640GB is now in team Blue, between Black and Green. The single-platter 320GB model had casing variants which made it either very q... The WD640 is a highly viable alternative to the Samsung F1 750GB and 1TB drives, which appear to be their natural competitors. None of the other drive makers have released drives with greater than 300GB/platter areal density. The WD640 is the equal of... Read the full review	0%

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