Testseek.com have collected 55 expert reviews of the Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATA300 WD-AAKS Series and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATA300 WD-AAKS Series.
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Strong performance
Especially in real world settings
Cool and quiet
PCB has no exposed features
Reducing risk of damage
Attractively priced
Fast. Lower power usage. Tech built in to increase reliability. Good price.
Fast. Lower power usage. Tech built in to increase reliability. Good price.
Not the largest capacity drive available.
Western Digital finally moves to PMR with its Caviar SE16 line of drives. Western Digitals Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS offers a good performance in a 7200RPM drive, the price is also right....
7,200-RPM hard drives are usually split between camps that excel at sequential transfers and those that prefer more randomized access patterns. The Caviar SE16 750GB is different, though, because it doesnt seem to care what you throw at it. In HD Tach...
Abstract: Today WD introduces its next Caviar SE16, a 4-platter unit that extends the firms flagship to 750 gigabytes. In addition to featuring the standard 8.9 millisecond seek time and 16 megabyte buffer specs, the Caviar WD7500AAKS incorporates intelligent s...
Abstract: Western Digital was founded in 1970 and began designing and manufacturing hard drives in 1988. The company is headquartered in Lake Forest, California, and employs approximately 23,000 people worldwide. Their innovative manufacturing facilities are loc...
Abstract: We reviewed Western Digital’s 250GB Caviar SE drive in January 2004. Eighteen months later, WD has taken this same drive, added a SATA 3G interface and another 8MB of cache (for a total of 16MB), and relaunched it as its new top-of-the-line desktop ent...
Abstract: Unlike the competition, for over two years Western Digital has relied on a PATA - SATA bridge to transition the Caviar and Raptor series to the new standard. Things have finally changed with the Caviar WD2500KS, a desktop-oriented drive designed from t...
Abstract: 300MB PER SECOND Serial ATA transfer rates are all the rage these days. Cutting-edge core logic like Intels ICH7 south bridge chips and NVIDIAs nForce4 family support the faster I/O interface, and hard drives are beginning to follow suit?not that a f...
As we can see from the tests above, the Seagate wins in most of the tests. For the experienced or even novice computer techies, the Seagate would be a better choice. With a 5 year warranty, compared to the Western Digital’s 3 years, the Seagate come...
Very low cost per formatted gigbabyte, excellent performance, cool and relatively quiet operation
Still not completely noise and vibration free The Final Word This drive represents Western Digitals move to higher-density platters, and with its two-platter 640GB capacity and $169 price tag, its a perfect example of how affordable modern mass-storag...
This drive represents Western Digitals move to higher-density platters, and with its two-platter 640GB capacity and $169 price tag, its a perfect example of how affordable modern mass-storage devices are.
