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Description
WD Caviar SE16 SATA II hard drive combines 300 MB/s transfer rate and 16 MB cache for industry leading performance. Yes, this reliable drive is lightning fast, but it is still delivers technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation.
Quick Glance
Interface: SATA/300
Internal/External: Internal
Drive Width: 3.5"
Drive Type: Hard Drive
Cache Size: 16
Rotational Speed: 7200
Capacity: 250000
Summary
Product Title: WD Caviar SE16 SE16 250 GB Internal Hard Drive
Manufacturer: WD
Lowest Price: $55.00
Power Score: 3.9 | 22 Reviews
Storage
Capacity: 250 GB
Interface
Interface Type: SATA/300
Interface Connection: Serial ATA - 7 pin
Performance
Drive Type: Hard Drive
Rotational Speed: 7200 rpm
Cache Size: 16 MB
General
Internal/External: Internal
Form Factor Width: 3.5"
Dimensions
Weight: 1.32 lbs
Dimensions: 1.03" Height x 4" Width x 5.79" Depth - Approximate
Warranty
Warranty Information: 3 Year Limited
More Info
URL: Manufacturer Link
Additional Specifications
Frequency Band: Vibration: 10-300 Hz, 0.004 g / Hz Random Operating 5-20 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude) Low Frequency Non-operating
Product Series: SE16
Maximum Internal Data Transfer Rate: 93.5 MBps (748 Mbps)
Average Latency: 4.20 ms
SATA Pin: 7-pin
Drive Width: 3.5"
Strengths: 250 Gb. storage with 16 Mb. buffers
Weakness: Takes a while to fully format 250 Gb. ?
What? Quiet, you bet! I bought two a while back for use in RAID 1 on an older computer. They performed so well, I decided why not again for my newest computer build, and I bought two more. The increased responsiveness of the older 2.2 MHz. Socket A computer running XP Pro 32 bit was immediately apparent, although the drives were only used in a mirrored storage array and not for the OS. No matter,...
Strengths: 1. Quiet 2. 16mb cache helps if you do a lot of memory accessing applications. Such as BT. 3. WD warranty is reputable as everyone knows. 4.SATA II for future upgrade possibilities.
Weakness: More expensive than others, but you get what you paid for, so this is not really a weakness.
I have been using western digital hard drives for a long time. All of my past experience told me that WD is a reputatble company that makes good HD and they stands behind their products. Many friends of mine use WD hard drive and so far we have no problem. Same with this hard drive. This hard drive runs great as my data storage drive. Larger size cache makes the system runs less memory accesses...
Strengths: Very Fast Transfer Speeds, Large 16MB Cache, Quiet
Weakness: None
I purchased this drive around a month ago. It has worked wonderfully. It is much faster than my previous 8MB 7200RMP 160GB PATA Drive. I have experienced absolutely no problems with it thus far. Paired with an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice Core) CPU, and 1GB of RAM, my system boots in 12 to 15 seconds, and loads applications (Office 2003) within seconds. I am very happy with my purchase, and again,...
Strengths: Very quiet, fast, and reliable. It also has 16MB of cache, which is good.
Weakness: None!
I have had this drive for over 3 months and have not had any problems with it. I would definitely reccomend this drive. If the price is within range of other drives with similar specifications, I would choose this one over the other ones.
Strengths: Quiet, Fast, 16mb cache, Installation
Weakness: N/A
I bought a Dell Dimension about a year back and my Maxtor 250gb hdd started randomly clicking out of the blue one day. I immediately bought this hdd (My Dell warranty expired a few months after it failed) just before if finally failed. The installation of this drive was extremely simple compared to other things that I have replaced in other computers. The supplied driver cd was simple to use and...
Strengths: Fast, huge capacity, good price
Weakness: none
Very good HD for the price. I'm very impressed with the speed. It almost reach my WD Raptor. This unit don't have NCQ or TCQ but it's designed to work best without them. The installation on Win XP is very easy and smooth. This drive runs very cool too, no heat problems. Great choice.
Strengths: Extremely Quiet, Installed without a hitch. Well, Except for the F6 Floppy Disk Nonsense when installing the Driver. New SATA Connectors Lock securely. Nice !
Weakness: None so far. Redmond Needs to Integrate SATA Into Vista Which I am Sure they will Do (Fingers and EYES Crossed here. >;~)
I Recieved the OEM Drives at a special Price of about $79.00 so i bought 4 of them . Installation was real fast without having to Wrestle the Darned EIDE cables.The Serial ATA Cables Connect 1-2-3.
Strengths: Very fast, easy installation, SATA II
Weakness: None
This hard drive is the best hard drive for the price! So since my motherboard supports SATA II, and with the awesome reputation of Western Digital, i figured i couldnt go wrong. It fit effortlessly into my ATX case. Another plus is the 16MB cache.
Strengths: Capacity, Speed, Price
Weakness: None
I think this is one of the better drives out right now. At the capacity and speed it has there is not a better value out there right now. Buy it!
Performance is Excellent according to 4 Hard Drive experts. -- "A massive 16 MB cache combined with up to 300 MB/s transfer rate make these ultra-fast drives the perfect solution for the fully loaded PC with a fast processor."-tigerdirect.com -- "pure speed"-pcstats.com -- "Performance was strong with roughly a 80MB/s throughput which was very close to the 600GB RAID 0...
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Strengths: Price/GB; Great Manufacturer; Amazing performance
Weakness: Access times can't compete with the WD Raptors
The WD2500KS comes from a long line of amazing drives put out by Western Digital they refer to as the Caviar Series. So when it came time to increase the storage of my gaming pc it was clear what drive I would purchase. The only question came down to whether what size drive to get. The 250Gb clearly was the best bang for buck sitting at $68.50 from ZipZoomFly.com. I bought 2 and set them up in a...
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