Because the HD was Package for retail selling there was no damage during shippment (Double boxed); it work on installation. The unit was been running for several months without any trouble.

This disk is part of Western Digital's new "Red Caviar" range, which sits between "Green" (basic) and "Black" (higher-spec). The manufacturers suggest that it is well-suited to NAS (network attached storage) use.

it's rebrand of the WD Green need i really say more the WD Greens was known for their reliability and near silent performance and so far there rep has stayed the same.

A bit loud but still works. Had this HDD for over a year and it still works the same as it arrived. Keep in mind that this HDD is not good as a primary drive if you need to read/write from it constantly (such as gaming) as it's speed is rather slow and can make quite a bit of sound at times.

The WD Red's are a great hard drive, they come with a 3 year warranty and are ideally suited to NAS storage devices. I wish I bought more when they came on offer, but 2 will be ok for now :)

What can I say? I've never gone wrong purchasing a Western Digital hard drive. It installed easily and provided space for my precious files. I'm happy!

Perfect to store games and movies on but I would still recommend getting a ssd for your os

All good, does what it says on the tin - plenty of space to store games and what-not. Can't complain. Came with a bag of Haribo too - well worth the money! ;)

Used WD for years. Needed more space. Would prefer a quicker disk but this one is much better value.Getting it recognised on Windows so that you can format it isn't obvious, having a installation quick-guide printout in the package would be nice

WD advertizes the Red-series explicitly for the 24x7-operation in small and medium-sized enterprises and at home in small NAS-/RAID-setups. Precisely because the drives have to run jammed together in confined spaces, solid performance and preferably low temperatures are vital.