Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA300

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Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA300
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Now that weve come to the end of todays test session, we should name the fastest 500GB hard disk drive available today. There are actually two winners: the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 and the Western Digital Caviar Black. The former has somewhat...

By X-bit Labs on
50

Inconsistent performance and a high price - one to avoid....

By PC Pro on
60

The WD Caviar Blue is very strong at providing quick access time and high I/O performance, making it a nice application drive. However, its power consumption and efficiency are unbalanced, and the throughput could be faster. If you ask us, it’s time for WD to update the mainstream drive family-renaming the existing drives from “Caviar” to “Caviar Blue” doesn’t help in the long run.

By TomsHardware on
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Its performance in our small files tests was respectable and it was quicker at writing small files than the Barracuda. The Caviar is £9 cheaper than Seagate's disk and is a more consistent performer, making it the better buy.

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