Western Digital Caviar WD400BB (40 GB)

Pros: Affordable, extra large capacity, ideal for home use.

Cons: Too small for certain professionals.

The Bottom Line: If you plan to purchase a large, yet affordable hard drive. Look no further, with the Western Digital Caviar 40GB @ 7200rpm ATA/100. It's worth every penny.

Review: Overview

About 3 months ago, when I decided to build my own computer for entertainment (DVD movies and MP3 music, in addition to the Internet), I feel that a 20GB hard drive wasn’t really going to cut it and it wouldn’t be enough for...

Pros: Affordable, Reliable, Fast

Cons: None

Review: Affordable and Relieable. Forget what that other person said, I have had this for years with no problem. It came installed on my PC and I have not had a need to change it. 40GIGS is more than I ...

Pros: Fast, reliable.

Cons: 7200rpm = warm and noisy.

Review: I acquired a used WD400BB from a friend. I hooked it up through an external USB-to-ATA interface. ext2fs long format with pattern testing as well as NTFS long format both worked without a single error. I know that 7200RPM drives generally run hot and ...

Pros: Quiet, good performance, easy to use.

Cons: Gets a little hot, jumper settings.

The Bottom Line: For my purposes the drive is very good. It is quiet and reasonably fast. As for reliability, only time will tell.

Review: I was searching for the easiest and cheapest way to be able to transfer large amount of data (about 25 to 35 Gb) back and fourth between two computers. I realized it was going to be easiest to get a hard drive. I found that a WD 400BB drive is being ...

Pros: Competitively priced, easy to install, readily available at many electronics retailers.

Cons: Unreliable.

The Bottom Line: Unless you enjoy living dangerously with your data, avoid this drive.

Review: You may think I have a personal vendetta against Western Digital; however, I do not. I own several of their drives, including a 20GB 7200 RPM drive that I have run nonstop in my Linux server for over a year since I bought it. I always recommended...