Testseek.com have collected 29 expert reviews of the Western Digital Caviar Green SATA300 WD-EARS Series and the average rating is 71%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital Caviar Green SATA300 WD-EARS Series.
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The editors liked
Generally solid
If unremarkable
Performance
Supports next-gen 4K sector formatting
Large Storage Capacity
Good Price Per Gigabyte
Runs Very Quiet And Cool
The editors didn't like
Generally solid
If unremarkable
Performance
Heavy-handed power use in some situations
Not Suited For RAID Usage
Three Year Warranty Less Than More Expensive Drives Or Some Of The Competition
Unfortunately there's no such thing as the perfect hard drive and you'll have to choose your drive according to your priorities. If you’re looking for performance, for a model that will also be serving as a primary drive for example, you’ll want to go ...
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Abstract: Three Terabyte capacity in a 4-platter drive and 750GB/disc density is excellent, but the 2 TB model in a drive with one less disc might prove to be even better for noise and power. We examine samples of the latest WD Caviar Green models along with an ...
Abstract: The folks at Western Digital haven't been resting on their laurels, trying to continuously improve their standard HDD section as technology improves. The result is the new Green HDD series, with a capacity of 2 TB spread over three platters. In compari...
Abstract: Armed with dual processors and a fast 64 MB cache, the 1 TB Western Digital Caviar Green AFD is latest iteration of Western Digital's venerable eco-friendly desktop hard disk drives. Spinning at somewhere between 5400-7200 RPM, this drive sacrifices s....
Generally solid, if unremarkable, performance, Supports next-gen 4K sector formatting
Generally solid, if unremarkable, performance, Heavy-handed power use in some situations
Western Digital helped to pioneer the "green drive" segment, and the top-of-the-line Caviar Green drive sports a lot of cutting-edge technology: IntelliPower variable spindle speed, a 64MB cache, and Advance Format for more usable space. The wow facto...
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Here is the summary of our third test session with 1-terabyte hard disk drives.Western Digital’s Caviar Black are still the best if you are looking for the fastest HDD. These 1TB drives have not yet transitioned to 500GB platters and are slightly in...
Abstract: While every man and his exceedingly rich dog is banging on about SSDs, these super-fast drives have one problem: unless you're working on a Western Australian mine, they're too expensive for general storage duties. With our digital libraries continuing...
