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
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...