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WD Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, 16MB Cache, SATA 6 Gb/s Interface, 7200 RPM Speed, Single Pack

SKU: WD2500AAKX

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2023-08-13T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Perfect choice!

Large storage space for an excellent price! Replaced hard drive for a customer and both were satisfied.

James K.

2023-04-27T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Good price+good product=Western Digital

What can I say about Western Digital product?-BEST

Ramzi S.

2023-02-01T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

WD Blue 1TB

HP All in one never seemed up to speed and signing on just keep getting slower. Finally old hard drive gave in and produced a blue screen warning about the drive. I had previously removed my files that I wanted to keep and installed the drive. Couldn't have been easier. Literally 1screw. Reloaded Windows 10 pro and it is new running perfectly again. Very good price on the new drive( just built in 10/22). Thanks WD this saved a lot!

r69dart

2023-01-24T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Love my new hard drive.

I needed a new internal hard drive for my PowerPC Mac G5 (2005)? it worked excellent.

Keko

2022-11-13T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Loved it before it got to me!

I've used and trusted WD products for years and I was happy with this product before it arrived due to my past trust and service from my WD drives.

Doc F.

2022-09-15T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Love WD drives !

I have bought nothing but western digital drives for many years and I'll continue to do so they're always reliable and I expect them to continue to be so

Mickeyb32

2022-07-18T20:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

Truly my last stand

Fast for an HDD, It is the back up for my pc along with other things

Drspacito

2022-03-01T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Repaired

Bought this to repair my Dell desktop. The same one that was in it.

Can s.

2022-02-20T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Blue is the staple & reliable workhorse!

Hard to review a specific drive after just weeks.. but ordering direct from WD was a great experience, and have always had good experiences with WD drives.. Usually slot the well-used drives for replacement every 5-6 years or so & have had no issues doing that.. Using the Blue HDD formatted APFS for a TimeMachine backup on my wife's computer, where most of her storage is Photos - which get stored on Apple.. So using the Blue HDD for TimeMachine in about a 4x of her total storage size. For TM can't go wring with HDD when SSD is still too much $$

OldSchool

2022-02-03T19:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

Make sure that you order corectly.

The new external hard drive us working fine. I had a oroblem where i searched fir an external drive but there was an internal drive shown in the search engine. I was able to easily return the internal drive but tbe hassle was annoying.

Dick

2022-01-30T19:00:00

Rated 1 out of 5

Dead

Came completely dead. Tried it with 3 computers, different SATA cables, nothing worked. Sent it back and bought Seagate instead. Disappointing.

David D.

2021-08-24T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

one of my two top choices.

As always a good drive with a good warranty and rarely ever need to use the warranty, one of my two top choices in and around this size.

Frank

2021-06-29T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Good unit, good price, so far so good

Unit arrived on time, and was cloned (from an aging Seagate drive). Other than a perceived slowness in defrag (via IOBIT SmartDefrag) the unit is meeting my needs (in an older HP desktop)

SteveK

2021-06-21T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

It is a Hard Drive

I have had Western Digital hard drives for a long time and these are my go to for a large and affordable file storage drive. These are also great for barebones RAID 1 or 10 solutions for an affordable price point but I do not recommend these for 24/7 use in a NAS. The one thing I hope to see with Western Digital consumer hard drives in the future is the adoption of the NVMe 2.0 specification which helps to decrease the inefficiencies between different types of storage devices. Other than that, these hard drives are great for the price point.

Tom P.

2021-06-16T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

great HDD

quiet, reliable, works well, good value, quick shipping

Don K.

2021-06-16T20:00:00

Rated 1 out of 5

HDD came damaged

HDD came damaged - cannot be initialized in the OS due a cyclic redundancy error. Sending back will cost more than the cost of the item, as I'm not in US currently.

Vagharsh

2021-06-09T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Exactly what I needed

Performed exactly as expected

BACKBONEMAN

2021-06-08T20:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

So far so good (four months).

These have a reputation for a high failure rate, I haven't had either of my two die in four months. They may still fail at some point (always have a backup, you don't know you need it until it's too late), but so far so good; nothing exceptional but it is CMR (on the WD10EZEX).

Micheal

2021-06-05T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

N/A

Nice HDD, im very satisfied

Raoul

2021-02-16T08:12:08

Rated 5 out of 5

Great

Good space

LUIS V.

2021-02-01T10:42:18

Rated 5 out of 5

Great pick

Works great does its job

Andrew C.

2020-12-14T14:24:33

Rated 5 out of 5

Purchase was just fine. Received it in fine time.

This is a gift to my grandson so I have to wait until after Christmas to know how it operates. The process of purchasing it and receiving it has been just fine.

DENNIS S.

2020-11-25T09:51:11

Rated 5 out of 5

Great product

Doing exactly what it needs to, and installation was simple.

BRIAN T.

2020-11-03T08:36:44

Rated 5 out of 5

Awesome

It work great

OMAR B.

2020-10-15T11:50:28

Rated 5 out of 5

Exactly what it needs to be.

Just a simple and cheap hard drive necessary for any pc build.

Israel U.

2020-10-15T07:44:38

Rated 4 out of 5

Good and cheap

Came on time and is what I expected. Didn't come with additional hardware, thus -1 star.

FRANCIS K.

2020-09-29T08:07:53

Rated 5 out of 5

Sweet little guy for the money

Amazing bang for the buck when combined with an SSD.

MARK G.

2020-09-28T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Great hard east to setup its used a RAID 10 and works great

This is 5th Harddrive from Dell

kenny

2020-09-21T08:24:10

Rated 5 out of 5

Crucial P1 SSD Review

This product came on time and worked perfectly. Highly recommend this product for a budget build.

COLTON C.

2020-09-13T10:40:40

Rated 5 out of 5

Hard Drive Review

Really good and works well. Really good price for its amount of storage

JONATHAN T.

About WD Caviar Blue

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It is a Hard Drive

By Tom P.

I have had Western Digital hard drives for a long time and these are my go to for a large and affordable file storage drive. These are also great for barebones RAID 1 or 10 solutions for an affordable price point but I do not recommend these for 24/7 use in a NAS. The one thing I hope to see with Western Digital consumer hard drives in the future is the adoption of the NVMe 2.0 specification which helps to decrease the inefficiencies between different types of storage devices. Other than that...

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Good unit, good price, so far so good

By SteveK

Unit arrived on time, and was cloned (from an aging Seagate drive). Other than a perceived slowness in defrag (via IOBIT SmartDefrag) the unit is meeting my needs (in an older HP desktop)

The WD WD2500AAKX Caviar Blue Hard Drive surpasses the top standards of quality and reliability. Its features include the NoTouch ramp load technology where the recording head never touches the media disk to ensure less wear on the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.

Key Features

  • Solid performance
  • IntelliSeek
  • ShockGuard
  • Ultra-cool and quiet
  • NoTouch ramp load technology

What's in the box:

  • WD Caviar Blue 250GB Internal Hard Drive
  • WD 2 Year Limited Warranty