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Testseek.com have collected 6 expert reviews of the Western Digital Caviar RE2 SATA300 WD-AYYS Series and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital Caviar RE2 SATA300 WD-AYYS Series.
 
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The editors liked

  • Enterprise class features for more intensive usage
  • Runs cool and quiet
  • Competitively priced
  • 3+ years of original 5 year warranty remaining
  • Good choice for use in a NAS device or RAID array

The editors didn't like

  • Not 100% new
  • More recently developed drives may perform better
  • Not energy efficient
  • Be sure to remove the jumper to enable 3Gbps data transfers

 

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  Published: 2009-05-18, review by: bigbruin.com

  • Enterprise class features for more intensive usage, Runs cool and quiet, Competitively priced, 3+ years of original 5 year warranty remaining, Good choice for use in a NAS device or RAID array
  • Not 100% new, More recently developed drives may perform better, Not energy efficient, Be sure to remove the jumper to enable 3Gbps data transfers
  • The Western Digital RE2 750GB SATA hard drive is now two generations removed from being the latest and greatest in their family of enterprise class hard drives, but it didn't show its age when tested for use at home. While it performed well in typical...

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  Published: 2008-03-17, review by: hothardware.com

  • Our goal for this evaluation was to see if the Western Digital Caviar RE2 could deliver performance equal to the aging Raptor lineup, while consuming less power, producing less heat and noise. In reality, the results from this new WD drive were quite i...

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  Published: 2007-09-23, review by: Techreport.com

  • With the 750GB Caviar SE16 already offering arguably the most attractive blend of performance, noise levels, and power consumption of any desktop Serial ATA drive, Western Digitals latest RE2 couldnt start with a better foundation. Built upon that fo...

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  Published: 2007-11-19, review by: tweaktown.com

  • Hard disks are still the slowest part of the PC when it comes to read/write access, there is no denying that; while they have gotten faster since the old PIO mode days, things still need to improve and that is coming in the form of Solid State Drives ...

 
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  Published: 2007-11-06, review by: goodgearguide.com.au

  • Five-year warranty, very good write performance, solid transfer rate during our tests, quiet operation
  • Higher cost per gigabyte than a typical desktop hard drive The Final Word Its more expensive than a typical desktop drive of the same capacity, but the RE2s target market isnt for a typical desktop user. Users of workstation PCs and gaming machines,...
  • Its more expensive than a typical desktop drive of the same capacity, but the RE2s target market isnt for a typical desktop user. Users of workstation PCs and gaming machines, and especially users looking to employ a RAID array, will appreciate its ...

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  Published: 2007-10-21, review by: ozhardware.com.au

  • Abstract:  A hard drive aimed at the enterprise market and touted by Western Digital as being ultra-reliable and ideally suited to server and RAID systems. We take a look and see if it justifies its price premium over Western Digital’s standard SATA drives. Th...

 
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