• Reviews around speed (4.01 of 5)

    WD Blue 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 16MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD5000AAKX

    • The speed is nice!
    • Quiet, relatively inexpensive, not a speed demon
    • For a HTPC, speed just isn't that important
    • I know an SSD is way faster, but my system is really going at an awesome speed with it
    • Power consumption is excellent as well as speed and low noise.
    • If you dont need a super high-speed hard drive then these are excellent models.
    • (For the C:/ drive, I tend to prefer the WD Velociraptors, whose greater speed is good support for program functionality.)Point of order
    • The install was super easy, and the speed of transfer was surprisely great
    • (For the C:/ drive, I tend to prefer the WD Velociraptors, whose greater speed is good support for program functionality.)Point of order
    • Perfect for a reliable value hard drive, still capable of fast speeds too
    • gave it so much more memory and faster speed loading
    • Quiet, relatively inexpensive, not a speed demon
    • Not the fastest, but definitely dependable and has decent speed and cache.
    • The speed is good
    • I am enjoying my computer much more, the speed is awesome compared to what I had
    • Ideal size, speed and choice for hard drives to be raided together for video work such as Final Cut Pro
    • For critical data drives, I prefer the Caviars because their slower spin speed offers greater longevity and reliability with little sacrifice in overall system speed.