WD - Blue 1TB Internal SATA Hard Drive for Desktops (OEM/Bare Drive)

• I replaced my 2006 Mac Pro original HDD. On that Mac there’s no cables nor software required. Just plug it in. So this OEM bare drive was just what I needed. • It’s pre-formatted for PC’s. If it’s installed in a Mac it alerts you that it’s not readable. Don’t be alarmed. It has to be formatted with the Disk Utility app that came with your Mac. It can also be partitioned and made bootable in any Mac OS X. Search Apple’s site for specific instructions as this bare drive doe not come with any. • The 7200rpm drive itself is very quiet. It’s WD’s “Blue” category. WD’s web site has model comparisons to “Green” and “Black”. • It doesn’t come in a fancy retail box with cables, manual or software which constitutes this as a “bare” drive. The product photo shows the insides of the drive. But it’s completely encased in metal so don’t get confused that is why it’s called a “bare” drive. I bring that up because my friend didn’t understand the terminology. I can see the potential confusion as people are used to buying in the retail packaging. • It was shipped quickly double-boxed in a heavy-duty kraft box with the standard thick plastic holders and sealed in it’s original antistatic bag. • BB price matched a competitor, I used a Rewards Certificate from my recent MacBook Pro Retina purchase, today I saw BB went on sale so they price matched. Very happy with the deal.

I purchased the brown box version. It arrived quickly and well packed - includes just the bare drive, no cables or software. The drive installed easily in my desktop system and it is fast and quiet. All you could ask for from any drive.

This drive spins at 7200 RPM and has 64 megs cache buffer. That makes responsive and quick and the cost is so low.

Good drive,installed easily.doesn't make noise,runs cool-I'd definitely buy it again for this price

For 50 dollars, you can expand your storage by a terabyte. It's reliable and most important of all, it does it's job well. Sure it's not an SSD, but for the money, it's hard to find something that works as well as this. A great HDD for computer builds.

Easy install. I really like this hard drive. It seems to run smooth and fast. I really like the large capacity. Best Buy got it to me next day with free shipping. I was pleasantly surprised.

The western digital 1 TB hard drive is great. I provides plenty of storage for all of your video music or games, while remaining at an affordable price for almost any budget.

In my experience, it is currently the best 1TB HDD on the market. Speed wise they are all the same, but for reliability - I'll stick with WD blue. I have used more than 100 discs this year and trust WD the most.