A good 250 gb internal hard drive can be bought from Western Digital Corp, and that model is referred to as the Caviar edition. The cost is about $400, which is quite high, but the product gives great value for the money, and is worth every penny.

In the upgrade kit it comes in, you will find a parallel ATA/100PCI controller card, some screws and also a ribbon cable. This upgrade kit will also be included if you were to purchase the 200gb, 180gb, 160gb, 120gb, and the 80gb kits. Unfortunately, at this time the company does not offer kits for Macs.

The Caviar edition, as did Maxtor Ultra 7200 series200 GB before it, also did outstandingly well in the benchmarks that were conducted by CNET Labs. The 250 GB did not perform quite as fast at the start, but it is able to provide data transfer rates that are sustained that sets it apart from others, and makes it a good choice for applications needing common storage.

The company offers a 3 year warranty on the Caviar Edition, in the event that it should malfunction in any way at all. This is not the usual warranty, but much like the warranties that used to be given in the days gone by, and also it is a show of confidence by the company of the quality of its product. A toll free support phone number is open for business, Monday through Friday, but a charge per incident fee of $14.95 will apply after 90 days after purchase.

If perhaps all you wanted in a hard drive is as much gigabytes for the money you pay, then you would get that in any other hard drive on the market. A case in point would be the Ultra 7200 that cost a lot less. Without thinking about the price, Western Digital Caviar 250GB in really a complete kit, since it has a really fast speed, a vast capacity, easy to follow documentation, extra silent operation and great customer support.

So if you are in the market for a 250GB hard drive, a good choice to make would be the Caviar Special edition.