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Customer Reviews for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Model: WDBAAY5000ENC-NRSN
SKU: 8682311
UPC: 718037752891
Boost your PC's storage capacity with this 500GB hard drive and take advantage of its GreenPower technology for reduced energy consumption.
Average Customer Rating:
4.4
out of 5
(114 Reviews) 114
Rating Snapshot 114 reviews
5 stars
73
4 stars
26
3 stars
4
2 stars
7
1 star
4
88% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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Customer Reviews for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Review 1 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Review 2 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Quick little hard drive
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: fast, almost silent
This was purchased as a replacement for an ailing 6-year old iMac hard drive. Cloning was easy as pie. The installation was a bit tricky, but that is due to the computer and not the drive. This drive has a 32 MB cache, which is 4 times what the original had. My computer is more stable, and thanks to this drive, about as fast as it is going to get. Computing is more enjoyable now with the old drive problems gone.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... do it yourselfer
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:Mac
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Review 3 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Excellent!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Meta1Monley
from Arizona
on 03/27/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Configuration tools / cloning are excellent
What's not so great: Low-context instructions.
Came with FANTASTIC AWESOME configuration tools for cloning the old disc. The instructions were a bit difficult to follow, but once you figure it out and create a boot CD it becomes incredibly easy. All in all, very impressive. Have owned this for just under a year without any trouble.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 4 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Performs as expected
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Easy install, easy to use, decent price
What's not so great: Nothing to note
Needed a bare drive for my first scratch build and this drive did the trick. Installed Win 7 64bit home premium no problem and transferred files from back up service and external hard drive. Only been using for about a month but no issues so far. WD seems to be the way to go and if Green drives save a little energy then great. Speed isn't a major issue for me and the read times seem just fine for my need. Prices are still on the high side from the flood effect in Thailand but $84.99 for a 500GB drive at this time seems to be the norm. Hopefully prices will come back down in the near future. Would certainly recommend this drive at this time.
This product has... Reliable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Business Professional
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 5 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Good
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
Sunami in Thailand raised all the prices of hard drives if not for that it would be a great review. Works great no problems.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 6 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Good value and easy install.
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: easy installation
What's not so great: nothing
Replaced a failing drive and used Acronis program to do a complete transfer of all data. Works as though nothing was moved. Great!
This product has... Reliable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 7 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Good stuff!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: netgeek89
from Salem, OR
on 03/09/2012
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Drive space for not a lot of cash, reliable so far!
What's not so great: Could probably find it cheaper
Needed more drive space, and this did the trick. Not much to it, just installed it and it's working fine. It's actually being used in an ESXi 4.1 install as an additional datastore, for the record. No problems at all!
This product has... Quiet
About me... Budget Conscious, Technology guru, Business Professional
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 8 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Good middle of the road storage
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to set up, great price
What's not so great: Medium speed
Probably not the fastest but works fine and was easy to set up.
This product has... Reliable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Technology guru
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 9 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Upgrade/replacement
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: A quick and easy way to upgrade my dads computer
What's not so great: have not found any
A good size hard drive for the price. My dad needed a hard replace and this one was the best fit.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Technology guru, Gamer, jack of all trades
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 10 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Good hard drive, for the cost.
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
Western Digital hard drives are Reliable and have decent access speeds.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 11 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
It Works!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: Price, Quality
What's not so great: No SATA cable included!
Excellent hard drive for the money, $74.99! Used in a customer's system, Win 7 Home Premium. Took the place of a damaged drive. Love the fact that it's a 'green' drive. Good Job WD! Ease of installation just a bit less than perfect since there was no sata cable for it. Had to hunt through our pile of cables to find one. Other than that, it's an excellent buy and excellent quality!
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Technology guru
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 12 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Good Drive, Good Price
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: cost, size, noise, speed
What's not so great: Nothing, so far
I installed this drive into a PC two months ago. Installation was a breeze. Loaded Windows XP Pro and a host of other software. Speed is good, almost no noise, and a low price ($120 out the door for 500GB). I would recommend for anyone wanting a good inexpensive drive.
This product has... Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 13 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Still trying out at home - new
Customer Rating
3.0
Something isn't right about this AMD computer. I am trying it out. I am trying to get used to it. Maybe it is because I have never owned an AMD. I have had Intel Pentiums with dual core processors.
This product has... Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 14 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Decent Hard Drive
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Fast, reliable, quiet, stays cool. Great for Backup
What's not so great: Less than said memory amount, but that is normal. No sata cable included.
Easy Installation. Takes about 5-10 minutes to install. (depending on your rig) Windows 7 Ultimate didn't recognize it, but my bios did. Did some research and fixed the problem within about 5 minutes. Doesn't come with sata cable. (luckily i had an extra) Mine had 465 gigs of space after i set it up. I replaced an external hard drive that held 285 gigs with this to run more games and have a better performance when loading and saving games and it does just that.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Quiet, Large capacity/good size, cool temps
About me... Budget Conscious, Technology guru, Work with large multimedia files, Gamer
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 15 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Good buy for the $ & all went as expected.
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: Nothing Outstanding, just a good, well priced drive in this size range.
What's not so great: I have nothing negative to report.
All went as expected. The price per GB for the drive size was very good, and the installation which should be simple and straightforward, was. While I would expect all drives of this type to install easily and perform according to it's specs, that's not always the case. I was happy this time that everything went as expected.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 16 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
OK for a backup HDD
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Jim506
from SW Minnesota
on 11/23/2011
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Performance
3.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: It works
What's not so great: Nothing so far. Just not a black
I use this HDD for backing up my main C: drive. It's used along with a docking station. Does the job.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 17 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Good replacement drive
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
4.0
What's great about it: Low cost
I bought this drive to replace the 320 gb internal drive in my iMac that was fried. So far I have not had any problems with the drive or performance after 1 month.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 18 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Great hard drive! With plenty of space
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Size, Performance, and Green!
What's not so great: I don't know yet
I like being able to buy green first of all. Then on top of that the drive installed, worked, and performed with the greatest of ease.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 19 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Works Great so far
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: mweye
from Greenville, WI
on 10/26/2011
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
As a replacement HD, this is great, my computer didn't work before but it does now- I guess that's the point.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 20 for Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive
Good replacement Hard Drive
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: Relatively low price.
What's not so great: Needed adapter to go from legacy power to SATA power.
When I had to replace the original HD in my 7 year old computer, I chose this one because it was twice the capacity and the same manufacturer. The only problem was that the original HD had a 4-pin legacy power plug so I had to buy a 4-pin to SATA power adapter.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
Level of Expertise:Expert
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