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.
The 640GB Western Digital Caviar Blue is very quick and a great example of how important areal density is to hard disk performance. The 750GB Samsung F1 is also fast, and although it costs £13 more, it provides stiff competition.With a slight victory ...
Abstract: Western Digitals latest internal SATA hard disk has a capacity of 640GB, as it consists of two 320GB platters. We were sceptical about Western Digitals claims that this design would improve file-copying performance, but we were pleasantly surprise...
While the latest and highest capacity drives are always the most tempting, the capacity slots just under these tend to offer by far the best value.Need concrete proof? This 750GB drive from Western Digital is approaching half the price of Hitachis amb...
Abstract: It seems like only yesterday we recommended the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (web ID: 88756), and marvelled that you could get 750GB of storage for just £234. A year down the line, and its time to marvel again. The SE16 provides 750GB, but for just 17...
Abstract: Seagate still trails behind WD, because its 1 TB Barracuda 7200.11 isnt available yet. The storage marketplace has grown noticeably faster than have markets for other PC components in the past few years, primarily because hard disks are being used i...
We cant help feeling that Western Digital is being held back by its platter technology. Doubling the cache and adding S-ATA II to an antiquated 83GB-per-platter design seem like quick fixes, rather than a real upgrade. Why wasnt the SE16 launched wit...
Western Digital has been around on Techtree.com for their wide range of products. From their very inexpensive internal hard drives to the external hard drives and very recently the VelociRaptor, all of it has been reviewed here. Now, they have upped th...
