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This is probably one of the fastest mechanical hard drives you can get, even today (the newer generation is likely marginally faster, but this is close). However, it is still a mechanical hard drive, and as such, SSDs will still easily beat its performance. However, if you can't afford an SSD, then this is a great choice for a budget computer. It's certainly fast enough for modern usage, 300 GB isn't tiny, and they can be very cheap used (like this listing). It is a SATA drive (not SAS), so it should fit in any modern desktop computer. Note, however, that this is NOT a laptop drive - it will NOT fit in a laptop, and even if you manage to do so, it will NOT work in a laptop as it requires 12V. A desktop computer provides this, so it will work in one of those. You can also expect this drive to be rather loud. If you've ever used an old Maxtor drive from about the 10GB days, it's roughly on par with one of those. It does, however, support AAM, so it's possible to sacrifice some performance in favor of reduced noise. For those running Linux, hdparm can do this. There is most likely a similar utility on Windows. The drive also runs quite hot, but in my testing has not reached the maximum allowed operating temperature. If it does become an issue, a small amount of airflow over the drive should handle it.Read full review
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WD are reliable HDD. I use them on older PC’s. Fast seek times make for better performance. Good drives.
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This drive is very fast. It keeps up with the power thayt I am subjecting it to. I am running an AMD 8150 8 core processor overclocked, 32GB of DDR3 memory, 1000 watt power supply, Gigabyte UD7 motherboard, and 4 large external hard drives for pictures and CAD storage. The drive has not missed a beat yet. Impressive! I will probably purchase more of these drives just to have on hand when I need a new drive for one of my monster machines.
I put it in a desk top and trippled the speed of my computer. Being WD I expect it to last a good while. Got to love the speed. I did have to provide extra cooling though.
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Tested with a benchmark and seems to be near what is claimed for speeds, although no where near as fast as any SSD.
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