WD Caviar SE SE 250 GB Internal Hard DriveSATA/300 - 7200 rpm - 16 MB Buffer - 3.5" - MPN: WD2500KSRTL See Product Details
Shipping costs are based on an estimate of UPS ground or equivalent carrier within the contiguous US, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Please see Seller's website for actual shipping costs. PriceGrabber works hard to improve your online shopping experience every day. If you notice inconsistencies in our product information, we encourage you to notify us of any issues by clicking here.
Items In SSD & Hard Drives You Might Be Interested InProduct Details of WD Caviar SE SE 250 GB Internal Hard DriveDescription This next-generation SATA hard drives feature a 16 MB cache and a 300 MB/s transfer rate for lightning-fast performance - ideal for high-demand computing, multimedia and gaming systems. Not only fast, they also deliver technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation. Quick Glance Internal/External: Internal Interface: SATA/300 Drive Width: 3.5" Drive Type: Hard Drive Capacity: 250000 Rotational Speed: 7200 Cache Size: 16 Summary Product Title: WD Caviar SE SE 250 GB Internal Hard Drive Manufacturer: WD Power Score: 4.7 | 15 Reviews Storage Capacity: 250 GB Interface Interface Type: SATA/300 Interface Connection: Serial ATA - 7 pin Performance Drive Type: Hard Drive Rotational Speed: 7200 rpm Cache Size: 16 MB General Internal/External: Internal Form Factor Width: 3.5" Dimensions Weight: 1.32 lbs Dimensions: 1.03" Height x 4" Width x 5.79" Depth - Approximate Warranty Warranty Information: 1 Year Limited More Info URL: Manufacturer Link Additional Specifications Product Series: SE Compatible Drive Bay Height: 1/3H Maximum Internal Data Transfer Rate: 93.5 MBps (748 Mbps) Average Latency: 4.20 ms SATA Pin: 7-pin Drive Height: 1/3H Drive Width: 3.5" Reviews on WD Caviar SE SE 250 GB Internal Hard Drive
By member:
dardia
- Sep 20, 2006
Straightforward HDD.Strengths: Easy to install. Cheaper than the bigger drives in the same family (especially after some retailers massive rebates, presumably to reduce stock and make room for the 500GB monster). NCQ. Weakness: None yet. CompUSA had a $90 rebate on these drives over Labor Day weekend and a sale price of $139.99. Lucky for me Best Buy had a sale price of $99. Two quick price matches later, and I was the proud owner of 2 of these drives for $10/each after rebate. Installed both of these in RAID 0 setup in a machine with a motherboard that had the nForce 590 SLI chipset (the ASUS M2N32-SLI). I didn't use the...
By member:
vietseal
- Apr 28, 2006
Caviar SE 250GB Hard DriveI bought this drive for home Video. This drive run very fast. Before that I run 1 avi clip video about 1 hour take Me to 4Hr convert to DVD. Now just 1 Hr .. This drive run very quiet. I love this one..
By member:
slow1boy
- Mar 27, 2006
Best buy for the money!Strengths: Super fast! and a 16 mb cache that is and awsome buy at a hundred dollars! I payed $150 two months ago. Weakness: Quite you can barely tell if it is running or not. only 250 gigs. If you are a college student who is using a hard drive alot for movies and games this hard drive is great. It is fast and has a great cache. At 250 gigs you can hold like 50 dvd images on it or like 400 cd images. I have 14 games and am always backing up dvds with it. For the current price of $100 you cant beat it.
By member:
travelerjack
- Jun 15, 2006
WD Caviar SE16MB / 250GB / 7200RPM / 300MB/Sec /...Strengths: The title says it all. Extremely fast, extremely quiet, extremely dependable, and at this price ... whoa! I got 3 to stripe and they FLY!!! Weakness: I haven't found any yet. I'll let you know if I do! Western Digital does it again. I don't understand how they can manufacture drives of this quality with all these features and sell them at these prices. Case in point: NO OTHER manufacturer has 16MB cache SATA-2 250GB drives under $125.00, let alone at these prices! Silent, fast, and dependable ... an unbeatable combination!
By member:
kiencang
- Apr 28, 2006
WD SE16 250GB Hard DriveI use this drive for Home Video. This run very smooth and very fast, and very quiet. This drive is not expensive, good price. If anyone do a video edit, I recommend use this drive.
By member:
ccdaddy
- Dec 29, 2006
Caviar SE16 250GB Hard DriveStrengths: SATA II, 16MB Cache, fast, good price Weakness: one year warranty only, noisy and high temperature compared with my WD Caviar SE 250GB (JS series, SATA II, 8MB Cache) bought 1.5 years ago I bought this HD during Labor Day sale. No big issues thus far though two things bother me: it runs a little bit noisy and hot (my JS series WD is pretty quiet and cool. I use hdtune to monitor the temp.)
By member:
Weyland-Yutani
- Dec 24, 2006
Good drive for the price...Strengths: 250GB, 16MB Cache, SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Weakness: No NCQ for some odd reason. This is a good drive for the price. I actually got it at CompUSA after rebate for $50 which is the cheapest I have been able to find for a SATA II drive. It runs well in RAID 0 format. The only problem I have with the drive is that for some reason Western Digital decided to not include NCQ in these drives, which for the most part isn't a problem except that to use Intel Viiv you have to have NCQ...
By member:
infini2001
- Dec 8, 2006
A good driveStrengths: Stable, fast, and calm Weakness: not yet I am using this drive for my video collection. I have been using it for about three months without any problems. It doesn't have any noise even though I use it more than four hours. It is a very good drive, overall.
By member:
stockshowgypsy
- Nov 30, 2006
WD 250GB Hard DriveStrengths: SATA II, 16MB Cache, fast, quiet, good price for size and specs Weakness: runs warm I have 3 of these drives in Raid 5 setup without any problems. I would recommend a fan on these drives as they run warm. Noise level is acceptable. There is a four pin molex connector as well as the serial power connector. For the price and performance I am very satisfied with this drive. Advertisement  
| ||||||||||||
Products
-
Network Sites
-
About PCWorld
-
Resources
Ad Choices
RSS FeedsVisit other IDG sites:
© 1998-2012, PCWorld Communications, Inc.
Nice Drive WD!
Strengths: Fast, Lots of Space for the price, Standard Molex connector
Weakness: None
Best Buy had these for $90 with no rebate involved. Not bad for a retail drive. I've been running this drive as my video capture drive and have not encountered any problems with the drive at all. The 300 MB/s transfer rate will never be achieved but it is faster than my IDE or other SATA drives in my machine. I really like being able to choose using a regular Molex connector or the SATA power...
Read Full Review