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The File Copy Test – Install consists of creating 414 files totaling a size of 575MB. This is the last of the file copy tests. You can rest your eyes for a minute.
This drive steadily beat out the WD2500KS in a bunch of these tests. That is a definite bonus.
Whew, that is 25 benchmarks completed and now my fingers and eyes are tired. If you think reading this was bad on the eyes, try writing this.
Wow, that was a lot of work, but well worth it. You can see from the benchmarks that this drive performs well, and is a welcome addition to any setup looking for large storage capacities at an affordable price. A quick search of Newegg.com shows that this is the cheapest of the 400gig drives available. Here are some of my thoughts though. If it were me shelling out the money for a new drive, I would personally get two of the WD2500KS drives at 250 GB each and run them in a RAID 0. Granted you will use more power, but you will get two drives acting as one for about the same price and performing better.
I will have to apologize up front though for not including that in the benchies, but obtaining review samples is hard enough these days, and trying to get a manufacturer to send two units is near impossible. Bottom line, would I buy one? That is really a two-part answer. If I were scared of RAID, which is completely understandable… I have lost plenty of data this way, or need to conserve power and space in your system: ABSOLUTELY. If you are a little adventurous and want more storage space and more performance, I would buy two of WD2500KS drives and start filling them up; just make sure you have a decent power supply.
