Computer Video Reviews

Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Hard Drive Video Review

Review #1,048 reviewed Thursday, August 13th, 2009 – 6 Comments

The Western Digital Caviar Green line of SATA HDDs ranging from 500GB to 2TB capacities. Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Hard Drive is designed to be fast but the prime focus is on power conservation and capacity. This HDDs interface is SATA 3 Gb/s (Gigabits per second), has a capacity of 2TBs (2000GBs), a varying rotation speed of 5,400 to 7,200 RPMs, a 32MB buffer size, power consumption is 7.4W while being accessed & 4W when idle, the noise level is 25dBA to 29dBA & comes with a 3 year warranty. Watch the video to find out more…

Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB Hard Drive Video Review

Review #1,042 reviewed Thursday, August 13th, 2009 – 0 Comments

The Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB Hard Drive interface is SATA 3 Gb/s, has a capacity of 300GBs, average latency is 3ms, a rotation speed of 10,000 RPMs, a 16MB buffer size, power consumption is 6.08W while being accessed and 4.53W when idle, the noise level is 29dBA to 36dBA and comes with a 5 year warranty. If you're looking for the fastest SATA Hard Drive currently on the market, this is it! Watch the video to find out more…

Western Digital RE3 1TB HDD Video Review

Review #990 reviewed Monday, August 17th, 2009 – 3 Comments

The Western Digital RAID Edition 3 (RE3) line of 3.5″ SATA HDDs are available in capacities ranging from 250GB to 1TB. I’m reviewing the new 1Terabyte model. Western Digital RE3 1TB HDDs interface is SATA 3 Gb/s (Gigabits per second), has a capacity of 1000GBs or 1TB, the average latency of 4.2ms, a rotation speed of 7,200 RPMs, a 32MB buffer size, power consumption is 8.4W while being accessed and 7.8W when idle, the noise level is 28dBA to 33dBA and comes with a 5 year warranty. Watch the video to find out more.

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drive Video Review

Review #973 reviewed Monday, August 17th, 2009 – 2 Comments

The Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drive’s interface is SATA 3 Gb/s (Gigabits per second), has a capacity of 1000GBs or 1TB, average latency of 4.2ms, a rotation speed of 7,200 RPMs, a 32MB buffer size, power consumption is 8.4W while being accessed and 7W when idle, the noise level is 24dBA to 33dBA and comes with a 5 year warranty. This is one of the very best large capacity hard drives on the market. Watch the video to find out more.

SilverStone TS01 2.5" HDD Enclosure Video Review

Review #960 reviewed Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 – 0 Comments

The SilverStone TS01 2.5″ HDD Enclosure is all aluminum, weights 85g, supports 2.5″ SATA HDDs, is compatible with USB2 and supports all current operating systems. This enclosure is very compact but well constructed so it’s very sturdy. Watch the video to find out more.

Tagan Icy Box NAS4220 Server Video Review

Review #939 reviewed Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 – 1 Comments

The Tagan Icy Box NAS4220 Server offers NAS (Network Attached Storage) with RAID functionality. It’s capable of RAID 0, 1, Spanning(NRAID), JBOD(Just a Bunch of Discs) and the EXT2, EXT3 and FAT32(JBOD) format. This product is a 7-in-one server. It supports Samba, FTP, NFS, DHCP, UPnP-AV, Printer Server, iTunes. It can share data via Samba, FTP, or NFS. This NAS really offers a lot of features. Watch the video to find out more and check out the bloopers at the end.

WD Scorpio 320GB 2.5" & RE2-GP 1TB 3.5" HDDs Video Review

Review #897 reviewed Thursday, August 13th, 2009 – 2 Comments

The WD Scorpio 320GB 2.5" HDD drive's interface is SATA 3 Gb/s (Gigabits per second), has a capacity of 320GBs, a rotation speed of 5,400 RPMs, a 8MB buffer size, the Read Seek Time is 12ms, power consumption is 2.5W while being accessed and only 2W when idle, the noise level is 24dBA to 26dBA, and is certified for Windows Vista.

Ultra Stackables Video Review

Review #886 reviewed Thursday, August 13th, 2009 – 0 Comments

The Ultra Stackables offer a number of different models to choose from. There’s a 7 port USB2 hub, card reader + 6 port USB2 hub and three 3.5" HDD enclosures. The HDD enclosures are available in USB2, SATA, and Firewire models. As the name suggests, they are all stackable, but also can be used individually and positioned horizontally or vertically. They even have a180-Watt Multi-Outlet Power Center to power all the stackable units. Watch the video to find out more and check out the bloopers at the end.

Western Digital 750GB Hard Drive (WD7500AAKS) Video Review

Review #851 reviewed Thursday, August 13th, 2009 – 1 Comments

The Western Digital Caviar SE16 750GB Hard Drive (WD7500AAKS) is one of the largest hard drives currently on the market. Why does anyone need a hard drive this large? Well, if you are asking this question, you probably don’t. On the other hand, if you have or are building a Home Theatre PC you most certainly can have definite use of a massive hard drive. Movies, family videos, music, TV shows, games and other data requires a lot of space. This hard drive performs very well, is quiet and affordable. It’s a must have for any serious computer user.

Western Digital Raptor X 150GB Hard Drive Video Review

Review #830 reviewed Thursday, August 13th, 2009 – 0 Comments

The Western Digital Raptor X 150GB Hard Drive performs very well in a single drive configuration, but even better in a RAID0 configuration. This is really no surprise to me because I’ve own all the Western Digital Raptor series drives and they were stable, reliable and fast. None of these drives have ever failed. The Western Digital Raptor X 150GB Hard Drive is a perfect drive to have if you are a serious gamer or into hard drive intensive applications like video editing. Watch the video to find out more and check out the bloopers at the end.