Product Description
Some hard drive companies design desktop-class drives with the SATA interface. To meet the demands of enterprise storage, WD is going one better. WD is the only company combining a 10,000 RPM enterprise-class mechanical platform with the SATA interface to meet all the demands of the enterprise environment?reliability, performance, and reduced cost. Rotational Speed 10,000 RPM (nominal) / Buffer Size 16 MB / Average Latency 2.99 ms (nominal) Contact Start/Stop Cycles 20,000 minimum Seek Times - Read Seek Time 4.6 ms Write Seek Time 5.2 ms (average) Track-To-Track Seek Time 0.4 ms (average) Full Stroke Seek 10.2 ms (average) Transfer Rates - Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 1.5 Gb/s (Max) Buffer To Disk 84 MB/s (Sustained) What it Holds -
- Up to 42,000 digital photos
- Up to 37,000 songs (MP3)
- Up to 3,700 songs (uncompressed CD quality)
- Up to 11 hours of Digital Video (DV)
- Up to 66 hours of DVD quality video
- Up to 18 hours of HD video
System Requirements - Windows XP or Windows 2000 operating systems / SATA interface connector on motherboard, or SATA controller card (sold separately) installed in available 32-bit PCI expansion slot (2.1- or 2.2-compliant) / 3.5-inch internal drive bay Manufacturer's 5 year Limited Warranty
Customer Reviews:
Very Happy With This Drive.......2007-11-17
This drive is great for a cheap price. It is very fast, 10k rpm and 16mb cache. The clear Window on the drive looks amazing through my Clear windowed case on my computer. You can see all the actions of the drive, writing, reading(If you have a see-through case window). The speeds are amazing for gaming, but not really for data transfer. It only has a 1.5 gb / sec transfer rate as to a 3gb for 7,200rpm drives(Strange) but that does not slow down gaming for even a split second. This drive is a must for Graphics hungry games like Crysis, which now loads much faster and runs much less chopy.
The ONLY flaw with this drive is the sexy drive window. Since the drive is not housed in a all metal container, the window makes for a little more noise, but if you turn up your game volume you should be just fine.
5 stars!
It's Fast And Loud.......2007-10-17
This drive is great, the first 10,000 rpm drive I have owned and the performance increase over 7200rpm drives is significant. I am running this as my OS drive: Vista Ultimate 32bit, 2gigs of DDR3, and an Intel E6850, and this thing boots Vista up incredibly fast. Photoshop and other resource heavy apps also load a good bit quicker than with 7200rpm drives. I highly recommend this for your primary OS drive, you will be pleased with the increase in speed.
The drive is very loud, I am guessing due to the clear window design. If speed is your primary objective, this is your best bet, but if you want an ultra quiet system, this drive will disappoint you. A hard drive silencer may help. As for me...I love this drive!
If you are a talented modder, you could build a hard drive cage that sits on its side to show the clear window thru your case, so the window is not completely useless as some folks say. But it is a feature that most folks will never be able to take advantage of.
I can't wait till we start seeing these 10,000rpm SATA drives in larger sizes.
Extremely noisy!!!.......2007-08-08
I would give a 5-star rate for speed but HEY! This HD is extremely noisy and vibrates too much. The glass cover won't worth either (no way you can see it working if its inside of your pc case).
Buy it now........2007-07-24
This drive (clear drive window) edition is a louder than the non-transparent one so you might want to take note of that. Also it it duhhh. more expensive. and like a previous reviewer said its not practical, even with the mounting technique to the side of the window, how often are you going to watch that platter spin @ 10,000 rpm and the actuator go bezerk? Its just a fancy thing but you shouldn't buy this one. I have two of the regular WD Raptors in a RAID0 config, and while its no where as noisy as a SCSI disc, you do hear the random accesses taking place. But it idle's like a regular 7,200 rpm quiet drive however. My previous SCSI was a Cheetah X15.1 which idle's louder than this accesses and also when its accessing it sounds like a needle scraping the platter @ 15,000 rpm! Not sure about the modern cheetah x15.5's in comparison with that, but this is good enough and you can build a faster array with these than the cheetahs for much less the price! With two of these i get 168 MB/s linear read on a Intel CH7-R chipset on the asus p5w dh dlx. Some might argue you might get the same linear read with other cheapter cavier drives or so, but this is much faster for random accesses so it seems more responsive, and because of that overall faster! Get it and tell WD thanks.
Wonderful drive with one big flaw.......2007-05-14
Let's start with the only big flaw of this drive. The clear glass that allows you to see the drive. Great in theory, but not in practicality. To see the hard drive work you either need to mount it outside of the computer or to the glass on the side of your tower. Problem with that is that both methods void the warranty!!! There is really no way to view it working without voiding the warranty (read the manual) so minus 1 star for that. Of course they would only know this if you told them or sent the drive in an exterior case for repair!
I disagree with the review below about it being quiet. It is loud (in comparison to other drives)
Onto the positives. Fastest serial drive there is. 10,000 RPM with a 16 cache is the icing on the cake. I upgraded from the 74gig with 8 cache and what a difference. The price is high and raiding 2 of these together is only for the rich! But as far as hard drives go, this is the king of them all. I am a gamer and have been very please with the results. If you can afford it, it is the way to go. But consider the model without the window. You will save a few bucks and get the same performance
Product Description
Go fanatical with these basketball designs for your iPod with video. Guard against scratches and nicks with your favorite NBA team's graphics right up front. Iconz feature collector-edition designs plus full protection for the screen and Click Wheel - without blocking access to controls and ports. They're perfect for fans, collectors and everybody who wants to protect their iPod in style.
Amazon.com Product Description
Defense gets a whole new look with the XtremeMac Iconz Sport, which combines eye-catching basketball-themed artwork with complete protection for your 30 GB iPod with video. This particular Iconz case offers a durable exterior with a Philadelphia 76ers team graphic on the front, along with a translucent back that reveals the original video iPod color. Want to root for your favorite team while also keeping your iPod nick- and scratch-free? Look no further than the Iconz Sport. Users will also dig the built-in screen protection and play-through design, which offers full access to the iPod's click wheel. And listeners aren't restricted to rooting for the 76ers, as XtremeMac also sells cases for such teams as the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers. Each of the officially licensed Iconz designs is available only for a limited time and is backed by a limited lifetime warranty.
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Riverside Furniture 47191 Find simple pleasures in a wall system with a truly nautical appeal. The Chesapeake Inn Television Console in Antique Black preserves an antique maritime feeling with the capability to store an entertainment system and then some. The Chesapeake Inn Television Console is seaworthy for any home and an easy way to maximize your home entertainment space. Features: -Constructed of poplar solids and composition wood elements -Lightly distressed painted finish -One adjustable shelf and one fixed shelf behind the center door -Two pull-out media trays behind each left and right hand door -Wiring ports are located in the back panel -Accommodates most new large screen direct-view televisions, widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio televisions and flat panel television models -Overall Dimensions: 30.5" H x 47.31" W x 25.88" D
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Teac's DV-516E 16X max. DVD-ROM drive combines smooth DVD video playback with impressive CD-ROM performance. It supplies your PC with an even stream of data thanks to its 21.6MB (16X) per second DVD transfer rate. As a CD-ROM player, it delivers 48X max. performance and an 85ms average access time. And it spins at a Constant Angular Velocity (CAV), which optimizes the drive's throughput by rotating the disk at a consistent speed.The Teac 16X DVD-ROM is your PC's perfect multimedia companion. Whether you're watching movies, listening to music, playing a DVD title or installing new software, the DV-516E fits the bill. It reads all major DVD and CD formats including single and dual layer DVD videos. In addition, the drive supports both standard 12cm and mini 8cm disks and reads DVD-R/RW and DVD+RW media.This drive is built rock-solid for years of dependable use. It utilizes an IDE/ATAPI interface, which provides easy integration and for added versatility, it can be installed horizontally or vertically.
Customer Reviews:
Warning: this is a bare unit, not a KIT as stated!.......2003-05-08
As the heading states: "TEAC DV-516EKITB 16x Internal IDE Black DVD-ROM Drive Kit with PS2".
What arrived in the box was a completely bare drive packaged in bubble wrap. No cable, no manual, nothing. What kit? Plus, it came in the boring color Beige, not Black as stated.
If you do a search online or from the manufacturer web site, the model designation is in fact a color Black DVD-ROM retail package with the usual manual.
...Don't be fooled by the [inexpensive] price, that's because it's only an OEM. If you're looking for retail, then invest in better brands like Sony, Toshiba, etc just for a little more.
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The Digi Neo Universal PCI cards leverage an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) to provide throughput speeds exceeding 460.8 Kbps, large buffers for data transfer, low latency and baud rate customization.Support for the most popular operating systems and the variety of cabling options available with the Digi Neo allow the user flexibility in their installation set-up. The enhanced software monitoring and diagnostic tools provide the user assurance that the set-up has been installed properly and working at the specified serial port settings.flexibility in their installation set-up. The enhanced software monitoring and diagnostic tools provide the user assurance that the set-up has been installed properly and working at the specified serial port settings.
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