Testseek.com have collected 55 expert reviews of the Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATA300 WD-AAKS Series and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATA300 WD-AAKS Series.
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We cant help feeling that Western Digital is being held back by its platter technology. Doubling the cache and adding S-ATA II to an antiquated 83GB-per-platter design seem like quick fixes, rather than a real upgrade. Why wasnt the SE16 launched wit...
Abstract: We reviewed Western Digital’s 250GB Caviar SE drive in January 2004. Eighteen months later, WD has taken this same drive, added a SATA 3G interface and another 8MB of cache (for a total of 16MB), and relaunched it as its new top-of-the-line desktop ent...
Abstract: Unlike the competition, for over two years Western Digital has relied on a PATA - SATA bridge to transition the Caviar and Raptor series to the new standard. Things have finally changed with the Caviar WD2500KS, a desktop-oriented drive designed from t...
Abstract: 300MB PER SECOND Serial ATA transfer rates are all the rage these days. Cutting-edge core logic like Intels ICH7 south bridge chips and NVIDIAs nForce4 family support the faster I/O interface, and hard drives are beginning to follow suit?not that a f...
