My Passport Essential WDBAAA5000AWT

1873 reviews

May, 2013

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We have collected and analyzed 20 expert reviews and 1853 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 82/100 and users rate it 85/100. The average review date is Jun 13, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 28822 reviews from other Solid-State Drives. The alaScore™ for this product is 85/100 = Very good. Last update: May 18, 2013.

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Expert review by: (pcmag.com)

Western Digital My Passport Elite (500GB)

Many casual computer users are finding their system's hard drives rapidly filling with family photos and various office documents, but they aren't looking for a solution with a lot of fancy features. What they want is a quick and simple solution to...

Capacity gauge. Included USB 2.0 drive dock. Backup software included. Three-year warranty

Can't backup individual folders. Immediate firmware and software upgrade needed when first setting up the drive

The Western Digital Passport Elite (500GB) is a sleek hard drive with an illuminated capacity gauge for quick and simple backup.

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Expert review by: Western Digital (3dgameman.com)

Western Digital RE3 1TB HDD Video Review

The Western Digital RAID Edition 3 (RE3) line of 3.5" SATA HDDs are available in capacities ranging from 250GB to 1TB. I'm reviewing the new 1Terabyte model. Western Digital RE3 1TB HDDs interface is SATA 3 Gb/s (Gigabits per second), has a capacity of...

Aug, 2009

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Expert review by: Chris Connolly (hothardware.com)

Western Digital Caviar RE2 750 GB

When it comes to 7,200 RPM desktop drives, there are few names in the industry that are quite as well respected as the Western Digital Caviar lineup. It's a time-tested brand which has consistently held its own, in terms of raw performance, acoustics,...

Excellent Price Per GB ; Enterprise-Class Warranty Levels ; Low Power, Heat, Noise Levels ; Near 10K RPM Disk Performance Levels

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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...

Mar, 2008

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Expert review by: (computerworld.com)

Western Digital's RE2-GP drive uses less power during start-up, meaning that on average you save $10 annually on your electrical bill per drive

Dec, 2007

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Expert review by: Cameron Johnson (tweaktown.com)

REVIEWS: Western Digital RE2 750GB Hard Drive (19th November 2007)

We spin up an enterprise class 750GB RAID Edition hard disk from Western Digital to see if the extra cost is warranted.

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...

Nov, 2007

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Expert review by: Joe DiFiglia (computingondemand.com)

WD Caviar SE16 SATA HDD – WD5000KS

I can't get away from it; I am just a sucker for storage. I try to keep myself away from the HDD scene because I know I will just buy everything I can afford to buy. Hard drives and Chassis are my weakness, and today Western Digital is going to smack...

Sep, 2006

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Expert review by: Cameron Johnson (tweaktown.com)

REVIEWS: Western Digital Caviar RE2 Tweaked RAID 0 storage (30th June 2006)

On the agenda today is Western Digital's Caviar RE2 hard disk drive which offers great performance when setup in RAID 0.

b>, Great performance when in RAID 0, Up to 500GB models available, 16MB cache, SATA 150MB/s or 300MB/s options, Molex power connector for older PSU's, RAID Optimised (RAID 0 is your friend with these drives), Reasonable pricing, roughly on par with...

b>, Single drive mode performance struggles a little at times

It is clear that HDD technology has taken a turn for the better

Jun, 2006

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Expert review by: Devon Cooke (silentpcreview.com)

WD Caviar SE16 500GB: Big Low-Noise Champ | silentpcreview.com

The search for a quiet high capacity hard drive continues with Western Digital's 500GB Caviar SE16. SPCR's favorite drives are rapidly disappearing as the Samsung Spinpoint P80 and the Seagate Barracuda IV fade further into obscurity; the market has...

For once, a hard drive has lived up to its marketing claims. The 500 GB Caviar SE16 is the quietest 3.5" desktop drive that we know of on the market today. Not only is it quieter than all of the other high capacity drives that we've looked at, it also...

Jun, 2006

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Expert review by: Joe DiFiglia (computingondemand.com)

WD Caviar SE16 SATA HDD – WD4000KD – 400GB SATA150 HDD

It seems as though Hard Drive manufacturers will never rest until they absolutely drive me insane. A few weeks ago, I was able to review a hard drive by a company named Western Digital that sported 250 gigs of space and a speedy interface. Recently,...

Feb, 2006

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Expert review by: Joe DiFiglia (computingondemand.com)

WD Caviar SE16 SATA HDD – WD2500KS

Those of us who are always looking for the bigger, better and faster storage solutions have the end in sight. Lately, more and more SATA enhanced 3.0Gb/s drives are hitting the market. Western Digital one company offering solutions to those of us who...

Nov, 2005

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