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Western Digital 1TB WD Blue PC Internal Hard Drive HDD - 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD10EZEX
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Digital Storage Capacity | 1 TB |
Hard Disk Interface | Serial ATA-600 |
Connectivity Technology | SATA |
Brand | Western Digital |
Special Feature | Data Recovery Service |
Hard Disk Form Factor | 3.5 Inches |
Hard Disk Description | Hybrid Drive |
Compatible Devices | Desktop |
Installation Type | Internal Hard Drive |
Color | blue |
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The WD Blue internal hard drive delivers dependable performance for your everyday office and web applications. Designed for use as a primary storage drive in desktop PCs, select the ideal capacity for your PC.
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| SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s |
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| 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches |
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| Up to 256MB | Up to 64MB | Up to 64MB | Up to 64MB |
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For gaming | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | — | 4.5 | 4.0 |
Easy to install | 4.6 | 4.4 | — | — | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Noise level | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | — | — | 4.3 |
Value for money | — | 4.5 | — | — | 4.7 | 4.7 |
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storage capacity | 1 TB | 2000 GB | 4000 GB | 3000 GB | 1 TB | 8 TB |
hardware interface | sata 6 0 gb | sata 6 0 gb | sata 6 0 gb | sata 6 0 gb | sata 6 0 gb | sata 6 0 gb |
compatible devices | Desktop | Desktop | Desktop | Desktop | Laptop | Desktop, Gaming Console |
form factor | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 3.5-inch |
write speed | 6 TB | — | — | — | 530 | 0 |
read speed | 100 megabytes per second | 6 GB | — | — | 560 megabytes per second | 190 megabytes per second |
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Brand | Western Digital |
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Series | Blue |
Item model number | WD10EZEX |
Hardware Platform | PC |
Operating System | Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, macOS High Sierra, Sierra El Capitan |
Item Weight | 15.5 ounces |
Product Dimensions | 5.8 x 4 x 1 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 5.8 x 4 x 1 inches |
Color | blue |
Computer Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
Flash Memory Size | 1 TB |
Hard Drive Interface | Serial ATA-600 |
Hard Drive Rotational Speed | 7200 RPM |
Manufacturer | Western Digital |
Language | English |
ASIN | B0088PUEPK |
National Stock Number | 7025-01-619-0850 |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | June 4, 2012 |
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Best Sellers Rank | #3 in Internal Hard Drives |
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WD Blue internal hard drives deliver reliability for office and web applications. They are ideal for use as primary drives in desktop PCs and for office applications. With a range of capacities and cache sizes, there’s a WD Blue internal hard drive that’s just right for you.
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Customers like the quality, value, speed and ease of installation of the hard drive. For example, they mention it performs beyond typical specs, it's a great budget HDD for large media archiving and it'll give new life to an old PC. That said, they appreciate the quiet operation and the fact that it'd be easy to install.
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Customers like the quality of the hard drive. For example, they say it's an excellent product, performs beyond typical specs, and does a great job for their system. Customers are also happy with the hard Drive, saying it'll work without issue and provide flawless performance. Overall, customers are satisfied with the performance and reliability of the drive.
"...a great bargain if you just need a simple, inexpensive, well performing 7200rpm hard disk...." Read more
"...With HDDs, you are granted solidity and reliability, always crucial elements in handling data. As it was said - "Old is Gold."..." Read more
"Great performance and reliable hard drive. Easy to install and ready to go on boot up." Read more
"...i have had this drive for about 2 months now and it seems to be working just fine...." Read more
Customers find the computer drive to be great value for the money. They say it is a great budget HDD for large media archiving and has great capacity for the price.
"...There have been no problems thus far. It's really quite a bargain for desktop use if 1TB is all you need...." Read more
"...Blue can be your long-lasting companion for those seeking a reasonably priced, hardy, and reliable hard drive...." Read more
"...This is a great budget HDD for large media archiving...." Read more
"...for my security cameras and I've had it for over a year and it's worth the price love it" Read more
Customers like the speed of the drive. They say the average read speeds are quite impressive, and the larger cache on this drive makes data access very fast. The drive is also quiet and causes faster bootup. Customers also say the performance is good, and it's a good compromise between speed and reliability.
"Great performance and reliable hard drive. Easy to install and ready to go on boot up." Read more
"...Not only are they cool to the touch, but are extremely quick responding, if you’re thinking about buying one I don’t believe you’ll be..." Read more
"[ SEE UPDATE BELOW ]SUMMARY: (i) good performance as an external USB drive; (ii) internal temperature reaches the 95-105F range after..." Read more
"Hard Drive functioned as advertised. Super fast delivery. Would do business with this company again." Read more
Customers find the installation of the hard drive to be easy. They mention that it is plug and play compatible, and that the process goes smoothly. Some say that the drive is quiet and runs well.
"...platters, because there are fewer points of failure, the assembly is lighter, the motor doesn't have to work as hard, and less heat is..." Read more
"...compatibility, it readily gels well with desktop systems, ensuring a seamless experience right through the installation and usage stages...." Read more
"Great performance and reliable hard drive. Easy to install and ready to go on boot up." Read more
"...Now on to the actual hard drive itself: Installing this was fairly simple as long as you are patient,you might need to reorganize your cables when..." Read more
Customers like the noise level of the computer drive. They mention that it runs extremely quietly and cool. Some say that they didn't even hear the motor spin up.
"...an external enclosure, so I can say with confidence this this doesn't make any noise at all, even while under load..." Read more
"...I use my own enclosure. The blue drives are always very quiet and work for me without issue...." Read more
"...Blue 1TB vertically in a dual-bay USB3 docking station, and it is typically quiet but for some clicks when it starts spinning...." Read more
"...As far as noise goes, this drive is quiet. I have no doubt WD drive will provide faithful service for many more years to come...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the storage space provided by the hard drive. They mention that it has plenty of space, is great for storing music, videos, and other files. Some say that the drive has tripled their previous DVR storage capacity. Overall, most are happy with the performance and functionality of the product.
"...that may not compete with the speed of modern SSDs, it offers phenomenal storage capacity at an unbeatable price...." Read more
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"...No clicks or other sounds detectable. And the capacity is such that you won't have to worry about running out of space for a very long time." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the shipping of the computer drive. They mention that it was packaged very well, with sturdy plastic. Some say that the drive arrived on time and was promptly shipped. Overall, most are happy with the service provided by the seller.
"This was a good purchase and it was delivered well packaged I was able to set it up rather easy" Read more
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Customers are mixed about the durability of the computer drive. Some mention that it's long-lasting, well designed and manufactured, and can stand for years. However, others say that different manufacturers do not have very good reliability, are disappointed in their build quality, and are a flaky product.
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My review is based on another unit of this drive which I bought for myself some months later. I've been using it as my primary desktop OS/programs drive since 5/29/2014, so it's about 5 months now. There have been no problems thus far. It's really quite a bargain for desktop use if 1TB is all you need.
The actual capacity of this drive is 931.5GB. That's an old marketing trick which can be blamed for the pointless redefinition of all our real, long established data measurements with those silly "i" characters. I won't dwell on it any further, but 931GB is the true capacity when measured in base 2, as all data is correctly measured.
This 1TB Blue drive uses a single 1TB platter spinning at 7200rpm. There are 2 heads (each side is 500GB).
A single platter design is usually better for reliability than having multiple smaller platters, because there are fewer points of failure, the assembly is lighter, the motor doesn't have to work as hard, and less heat is generated.
Single platter drives will also tend to be quieter, but due to my configuration I can't judge the noise level.
There has been much discussion and testing among users in online forums, including WD's forum, which repeatedly show that the 1TB Blue and 1TB Black perform the same. It appears the only benefit of the 1TB Black is a longer warranty. Some Blacks are faster than this drive, but the 1TB model is not.
Compared to a Green, the Blue is faster owing to it's faster rotation speed. The Green drives also have an "intellipark" feature which causes them to keep parking the heads after a few seconds of inactivity. This can cause laggy response and extra wear. I dislike that design - I believe power management functions should be left under the control of the operating system, which can account for user preferences and what is happening in the rest of the system. Hardcoding this behavior into the drive is ridiculous, in my opinion. The Blue behaves the way I prefer - it does not use "intellipark", it stays ready to roll until directed otherwise through power management commands from the OS.
I wish they were making the Blue series in larger sizes - it seems this 1TB is the end of the line. I don't care for the Greens and the Blacks are more expensive.
Partition/Sector Alignment
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Please be aware that like most modern drives, this drive uses 4KB sectors (also known as "advanced format"). If you are using Windows 2003, Windows XP or older, as I am, don't let Windows handle the partitioning of this drive. This is even an issue on unpatched versions of Vista and Windows 7. These older versions of Windows will believe that the physical sectors are 512 bytes, when in reality they are 4KB. As a result, the partition(s) will not be aligned with the physical sectors. It will still work, but performance will be reduced.
Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP and older do not have any update to fix this, but it's not a problem as long as you do the partitioning with a suitable 3rd party utility. I think Western Digital offers a tool for this, but I've never tried it. Once the partitions are set, it's fine to let Windows format them.
For my Windows XP install, I used a recent version of GParted to partition the drive. GParted can be downloaded and burned to a bootable CD, or installed to a USB flash drive. Just use the option to align your partition(s) on 1MB boundaries. This is the easy way to ensure they are aligned correctly for the best performance. Then boot your WinXP install disc and let it format the partition that you already created. It sounds harder than it is, it's a minor hassle but it's simple.
If you ever change the partitions, once again use GParted or a similar utility that handles alignment for modern hard disks. Don't use the built-in XP partitioning. But again, once the partitions are created, it's fine to let Windows format them.
The built-in partitioning is fixed in Windows 8.
According to Microsoft, it is fixed in Windows 7 after installing Service Pack 1 - you would need to have that service pack before partitioning the drive, not after.
Again according to Microsoft, it is also fixed in Windows Vista *after* installing update MS KB 2553708 - I assume this is automatically installed for people who use automatic updates, but I don't know that for a fact. This won't do you any good if you're doing a fresh install and your install disc predates the required update.
The partition alignment detail I've described above is an issue you will encounter with any recent hard drive, it's not unique to this model. If you ignore it, performance will be affected but it will still work. You may see Seagate drives implying that they are immune from this, but in reality, they are not. All modern "advanced format" drives, of any brand, will perform better if sectors are properly aligned. But it's not a big deal - just use a modern partitioning utility and then you're set.
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I just tested this drive using "Roadkil's Disk Speed" on Windows XP 32-bit. I'll cut out all the variables and just give the linear transfer results with large block sizes. My drive has a few partitions and there are lots of files on it, so this might affect results.
First partition (first 20GB): 170-178MB/sec linear read
3rd partition (physical location range is from 28-628GB): 153-177MB/sec linear read
Last 300GB is unpartitioned so I can't test that range.
I don't think the random access test is useful, because my partitioning greatly influences the result.
There's a test mode for the whole physical disk, but it's results are too inconsistent.
This drive is a great bargain if you just need a simple, inexpensive, well performing 7200rpm hard disk. I was tempted to try a Seagate SSHD, but I couldn't justify the cost compared to this. If I was shopping today, I'd look carefully at the HGST and Toshiba offerings as well, but from the WD side this is my pick for a general purpose 1TB desktop drive.
Update: It is now 11/2015. This drive is in my desktop PC, used daily, and still works fine.
Some months ago I ran a benchmark on this drive using the linux utility "gnome-disks". The random access performance measured out to a 15.7ms average. This is mediocre, but expected from a quiet drive. Screenshot is attached. It also shows the transfer rate across the disk (read test only, I didn't test writes).
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2014
My review is based on another unit of this drive which I bought for myself some months later. I've been using it as my primary desktop OS/programs drive since 5/29/2014, so it's about 5 months now. There have been no problems thus far. It's really quite a bargain for desktop use if 1TB is all you need.
The actual capacity of this drive is 931.5GB. That's an old marketing trick which can be blamed for the pointless redefinition of all our real, long established data measurements with those silly "i" characters. I won't dwell on it any further, but 931GB is the true capacity when measured in base 2, as all data is correctly measured.
This 1TB Blue drive uses a single 1TB platter spinning at 7200rpm. There are 2 heads (each side is 500GB).
A single platter design is usually better for reliability than having multiple smaller platters, because there are fewer points of failure, the assembly is lighter, the motor doesn't have to work as hard, and less heat is generated.
Single platter drives will also tend to be quieter, but due to my configuration I can't judge the noise level.
There has been much discussion and testing among users in online forums, including WD's forum, which repeatedly show that the 1TB Blue and 1TB Black perform the same. It appears the only benefit of the 1TB Black is a longer warranty. Some Blacks are faster than this drive, but the 1TB model is not.
Compared to a Green, the Blue is faster owing to it's faster rotation speed. The Green drives also have an "intellipark" feature which causes them to keep parking the heads after a few seconds of inactivity. This can cause laggy response and extra wear. I dislike that design - I believe power management functions should be left under the control of the operating system, which can account for user preferences and what is happening in the rest of the system. Hardcoding this behavior into the drive is ridiculous, in my opinion. The Blue behaves the way I prefer - it does not use "intellipark", it stays ready to roll until directed otherwise through power management commands from the OS.
I wish they were making the Blue series in larger sizes - it seems this 1TB is the end of the line. I don't care for the Greens and the Blacks are more expensive.
Partition/Sector Alignment
--------------------------------
Please be aware that like most modern drives, this drive uses 4KB sectors (also known as "advanced format"). If you are using Windows 2003, Windows XP or older, as I am, don't let Windows handle the partitioning of this drive. This is even an issue on unpatched versions of Vista and Windows 7. These older versions of Windows will believe that the physical sectors are 512 bytes, when in reality they are 4KB. As a result, the partition(s) will not be aligned with the physical sectors. It will still work, but performance will be reduced.
Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP and older do not have any update to fix this, but it's not a problem as long as you do the partitioning with a suitable 3rd party utility. I think Western Digital offers a tool for this, but I've never tried it. Once the partitions are set, it's fine to let Windows format them.
For my Windows XP install, I used a recent version of GParted to partition the drive. GParted can be downloaded and burned to a bootable CD, or installed to a USB flash drive. Just use the option to align your partition(s) on 1MB boundaries. This is the easy way to ensure they are aligned correctly for the best performance. Then boot your WinXP install disc and let it format the partition that you already created. It sounds harder than it is, it's a minor hassle but it's simple.
If you ever change the partitions, once again use GParted or a similar utility that handles alignment for modern hard disks. Don't use the built-in XP partitioning. But again, once the partitions are created, it's fine to let Windows format them.
The built-in partitioning is fixed in Windows 8.
According to Microsoft, it is fixed in Windows 7 after installing Service Pack 1 - you would need to have that service pack before partitioning the drive, not after.
Again according to Microsoft, it is also fixed in Windows Vista *after* installing update MS KB 2553708 - I assume this is automatically installed for people who use automatic updates, but I don't know that for a fact. This won't do you any good if you're doing a fresh install and your install disc predates the required update.
The partition alignment detail I've described above is an issue you will encounter with any recent hard drive, it's not unique to this model. If you ignore it, performance will be affected but it will still work. You may see Seagate drives implying that they are immune from this, but in reality, they are not. All modern "advanced format" drives, of any brand, will perform better if sectors are properly aligned. But it's not a big deal - just use a modern partitioning utility and then you're set.
----------------------
I just tested this drive using "Roadkil's Disk Speed" on Windows XP 32-bit. I'll cut out all the variables and just give the linear transfer results with large block sizes. My drive has a few partitions and there are lots of files on it, so this might affect results.
First partition (first 20GB): 170-178MB/sec linear read
3rd partition (physical location range is from 28-628GB): 153-177MB/sec linear read
Last 300GB is unpartitioned so I can't test that range.
I don't think the random access test is useful, because my partitioning greatly influences the result.
There's a test mode for the whole physical disk, but it's results are too inconsistent.
This drive is a great bargain if you just need a simple, inexpensive, well performing 7200rpm hard disk. I was tempted to try a Seagate SSHD, but I couldn't justify the cost compared to this. If I was shopping today, I'd look carefully at the HGST and Toshiba offerings as well, but from the WD side this is my pick for a general purpose 1TB desktop drive.
Update: It is now 11/2015. This drive is in my desktop PC, used daily, and still works fine.
Some months ago I ran a benchmark on this drive using the linux utility "gnome-disks". The random access performance measured out to a 15.7ms average. This is mediocre, but expected from a quiet drive. Screenshot is attached. It also shows the transfer rate across the disk (read test only, I didn't test writes).
Although it's an HDD that may not compete with the speed of modern SSDs, it offers phenomenal storage capacity at an unbeatable price. With HDDs, you are granted solidity and reliability, always crucial elements in handling data. As it was said - "Old is Gold." But bear in mind, if speed and performance are your primal needs, then SSD could be preferable.
The major bell ringer for me regarding the Western Digital 1TB HDD is the excellent value for money. This budget-friendly beef of storage is perfect for those looking to get an enormous bang for their buck.
The drive still functions exceptionally well, six years post-purchase, without any hiccups. It also offers valuable features like Free Acronis True Image WD Edition cloning software which eases data migration.
It's also important to note that the WD Blue PC Hard Drive boasts a Data Recovery Service feature.
In terms of compatibility, it readily gels well with desktop systems, ensuring a seamless experience right through the installation and usage stages.
Remember that it's painted in this excellent blue, stepping away from dull, conventional storage system shades.
In conclusion, Western Digital Blue can be your long-lasting companion for those seeking a reasonably priced, hardy, and reliable hard drive. This 1TB workhorse of an industry deserves its five stars for dependability, capability, capacity, and cost-effectiveness.
Remember you have to initialize and format the HDD before it will show up in Windows, use the Disk Management tool to do this.
Also, as this is a brand new HDD, for the first format, UNCHECK the "quick format" option (all future formats can be quick formats unless you suspect the drive has been damaged). And given this is an 8TB HDD, that initial format will take several hours.
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Mucho se dice del ruido, a mi experiencia personal, en si los discos duros hacen algunos ruidos comunes de lectura, escritura, etc. Este en particular se mantiene en un nivel común medio/bajo, y en 3 meses de uso, no ha generado más ruido del regular.
Por funcionalidad esta muy bien, es lo que se espera en velocidades de un disco duro, yo tengo la versión de 7200rpm y no hay ninguna queja.
En cuanto a relación calidad precio, es un buen producto.