- Makes it possible for energy-conscious customers.
- Builds systems with higher capacity.
- Right balance of system performance, ensured reliability.
- Concentrated on energy conservation.
From the Manufacturer
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WD Caviar Green Hard Drives – Cool, quiet.
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The WD Caviar Green desktop SATA hard drives give you the space
you need to hold enormous as of software, photos and videos.
These drives make it possible to build high capacity, cool and
quiet systems, while delivering the right balance of system
performance and energy conservation.
Why you should choose WD Caviar Green:
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WD Caviar Green hard drives provide high capacity storage while
using up to 40% less power than traditional 7200 RPM drives. In
addition, these hard drives are quieter and cooler than
traditional 7200 RPM drives.
Cool and quiet.
WD GreenPower Technology yields lower operating temperatures for
increased reliability and low acoustics perfect for ultra-quiet
PCs and external drives. Reduced power consumption.
WD's IntelliPower technology delivers both significant power
savings and solid performance. Additionally, WD Caviar Green
drives consume less current during startup allowing lower peak
loads on systems as they are booted. Massive capacity.
Store up to 2 TB of photos, videos, music and files on a single
drive. Features at a glance
* 2 TB of desktop storage
* Reduced power consumption
* SATA 3 Gb/s interface
* WD GreenPower Technology
* 2-year limited warranty
Ideal for:
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* Adding lots of storage in desktop PCs or external drives and
NAS devices
* Adding extra storage space for photos, videos and music
* Environmentally-conscious individuals seeking reduced power
consumption
Features:
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SATA 3 Gb/s interface - The industry standard and most common
interface.
NoTouch ramp load technology - The head never touches
the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the
head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.
IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power
consumption, noise and vibration.
Advanced Format (AF) - Technology being adopted by WD and other
drive manufacturers to continue growing hard drive capacities.
New drives featuring AF are optimized for operation with Windows
7, Windows Vista and Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard. For
older operating systems such as Windows XP, users must run the
free WD Align software utility to achieve the full performance of
the drive.
Desktop / Consumer RAID environments - WD Caviar Green Hard
Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID
applications. (RAID-0 / RAID-1)*
*Business Critical RAID Environments – WD Caviar Green Hard
Drives are not recommended for and are not warranted for use in
RAID environments utilizing Enterprise HBAs and/or expanders and
in multi-bay chassis, as they are not designed for, nor tested
in, these specific types of RAID applications. For all Business
Critical RAID applications, please consider WD's Enterprise Hard
Drives that are specifically designed with RAID-specific,
time-limited error recovery (TLER), are tested extensively in
24x7 RAID applications, and include features like enhanced RAFF
technology and thermal extended burn-in testing.
Leading the way to green hard drives - WD led the industry in
creating a new category of hard drives that use less power and
help reduce the world's energy demands one computer user at a
time. These drives consume significantly less power than standard
drives spinning at 7200 RPM. All WD Caviar Green drives are lead
and halogen free, resulting in less pollutants getting into our
environment. Beyond the product level, WD's green initiative goes
even further focusing on recycling and improving the cleanliness
of the air, water and land in the locations surrounding WD
facilities.
Upgrading your drive is easy - WD Acronis TrueImage, available as
a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to copy all
your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your
operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive. Note:
Bare drive does not include any cables or ing hardware.
The WD advantage - WD puts our products through extensive
Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product
launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours
of testing. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than
1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7
days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the WD Support site for
full details.
WD-certified packaging - All WD drives purchased from .com are
shipped in WD-certified hard drive packaging. It is designed and
fully tested to provide WD products with the highest of safety
while in transit. With WD-certified packaging, you can rest
assured that your WD hard drive will arrive safely, fully
protected, non-descript, easy-open package.
Compatibility
Works with Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating
systems.
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3.5-inch Internal
Comparison Chart WD Caviar Blue ( /dp/B00461LT6S ) WD Caviar
Green ( /dp/B004VFJ9MK ) WD Caviar Black ( /dp/B004CSIG1G ) WD
VelociRaptor ( /dp/B003FW9T0M ) Value and reliability
for every day computing. Cool, quiet. Maximum performance
for power computing. The fastest SATA hard drive
on the planet. Ideal for Family and business computing. Desktop
PCs, external drives and NAS devices. Photo and video editing,
and
maxed out gaming systems. Performance enthusiast
systems and workstations. Capacity range 80 GB – 1 TB 320 GB – 3
TB 500 GB – 2 TB 150 GB – 600 GB Interface SATA 6 Gb/s
SATA 3 Gb/s
PATA 100 MB/s SATA 6 Gb/s
SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s
SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s Form Factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch
3.5-inch Cache 8 MB – 32 MB 16 MB – 64 MB 32 MB – 64 MB 32 MB
Limited Warranty 2-year 2-year 5-year 5-year Highest capacity
Highest performance Photo Video editing
