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- Western Digital Caviar 20 GB Internal Hard Drive
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A lot of space to roam around in... |
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Model / Serial #: |
WD200BB |
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Date Written: |
June 2nd, 2005 |
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Product Rating: |
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5 out of 5 stars |
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Pros: A quality, fast and quiet drive. |
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Cons: None so far... |
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Bottom Line: A good 20GB hard drive for less... |
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THIS IS A SHORT AND SIMPLE REVIEW! |
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INSTALLATION :
I had no trouble with the hardware or software installation for this drive. All
you have to do is follow the instructions that come with it or just install it
as you install any other drive. I plugged this drive to a ATA/100 card and it
works great.
RELIABILITY :
I store all my important documents, files, and backups on this drive. This drive
has not crashed once since I installed it. I used to make DVD backups of my data
when I first got it, but now I do not have to anymore.
PERFORMANCE :
I did not benchmark my hard drive, but it performs exactly as I expected. It
does run significantly faster than my other 20GB and 40GB hard drives. This
drive is pretty quiet and stays cool. I installed an additional fan for all my
hard drives just in case.
FINAL THOUGHTS :
A quality fast, and quiet drive. Not too expensive for a ATA/100 7200 rpm, but
wish it had an 8mb cache like the special edition drives. |
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Details & Specifications |
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Manufacturer: |
Western Digital |
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Website: |
www.wd.com |
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Capacity: |
20 GB |
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Interface: |
IDE / EIDE |
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Enclosure: |
Internal |
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Drive Dimensions: |
3.5" x 1/3 H (low profile) |
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Spindle Speed: |
7200 RPM |
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Internal Data Transfer Rate: |
400 Mbit/s |
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External Data Transfer Rate: |
100 Mbps |
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Seek Time: |
8.9 ms |
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Buffer Size: |
2 MB |
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Average Latency: |
4.17 ms |
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Interface (detailed): |
DMA / ATA-100 (ultra) |
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Sound Emission: |
38 dB |
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Dimensions: |
1.02 inches (H) x 4.02 inches (W) x 5.79 inches (D) |
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Weight: |
1.32 pounds |
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Warranty: |
1 Year |
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Description: |
This is a hard disk drive from Western
Digital. WD Caviar family provides the best combination of performance,
reliability and value for today's entry-level and mainstream desktop systems. WD
Caviar Enhanced IDE (EIDE) hard drives offer Ultra ATA, 5400 RPM spindle speeds,
low seek times, high capacity and a 512 or 2048 KB cache buffer, all of which
adds up to a fast data delivery system. And to protect your data, include Data
Lifeguard, WD's exclusive automatic defect detection, and repair technology are
included to enable our drives to actually fix themselves. |
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