digitalversus.com Updated:
2018-06-01 09:54:49
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In fact, the Caviar Green range is made up of three almost identical drives. The EARS, the EADS and the EACS only differ by the size of their memory cache: 64 MB for the first, 32 MB for the second and 16 MB for the last. A difference which doesn't all...
Quiet, Doesn't heat up too much...
Performance levels significantly down on the best hard drives, No 2 TB version (unless you move up to 32 MB or 64 MB cache versions)...
The Caviar Greens aren't the fastest of drives. They are however very quiet and heat up very little, which is an indication of durability. This makes them an ideal choice for use as a storage drive in a PC or NAS server...
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The main selling point of the Caviar Green is its low power consumption. This means it runs a little quieter, generates less heat and reduces electricity bills. The 2.8W power rating when idle is less than half the average of the 3½in disks reviewed...
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pcworld.co.nz Updated:
2018-06-01 09:54:55
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Hard drivesThe Caviar GP (for “Green Power”) is the first 1TB hard drive to have variable rotational speed, ranging from 5400 rpm to 7200 rpm; Western Digital credits that technological change with helping the hard drive reduce its power consumption.T...
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Western Digitals Caviar GP WD10EACS promises to reduce power consumption; but loses little on performance. What do you have to give up to embrace green computing? The answer, based on our test results: not much. Western Digitals Caviar GP WD10EACS...
You can conserve a little power with the Western Digital Caviar GP - proving that going green can save a bit of green too. Melissa J Perenson...
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When did a terabyte of storage become passé? Probably when this became the second terabyte drive we reviewed. That does give us an advantage, as we have a drive to compare to this one - the Hitachi Deskstar 1TB.Western Digital always seems to stay in t...
Strong eco credentials...
Slow and expensive...
When did a terabyte of storage become passé? Probably when this became the second terabyte drive we reviewed. That does give us an advantage, as we have a drive to compare to this one - the Hitachi Deskstar 1TB.Western Digital always seems to stay in t...
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Western Digitals Caviar GP (Green Power) drive is a cut above the competition as far as power consumption is concerned. It takes advantage of an improved seek method for data, as well as a constant spin speed, to deliver the lowest power consumption i...
Lower power consumption than other 1TB drives, very quiet and cool operation, good write performance...
Slightly high cost per gigabyte, was a little sluggish in our file transfer test The Final Word This drive consumes less power than other 1TB drives, but it definitely isnt a slow coach. It was almost silent during our tests, and doesnt get too hot...
This drive consumes less power than other 1TB drives, but it definitely isnt a slow coach. It was almost silent during our tests, and doesnt get too hot. As such, its an ideal hard drive for a home theatre or small form factor PC, as well as being s...
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Hitachi was the first hard drive maker to offer a 1 TB model, the Deskstar 7K1000, as early as the spring of 2007. Although Samsung and Seagate announced their 1 TB hard drives months ago, Samsung is past due, and Seagate’s first 7200.11 sample had to...
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xbitlabs.com Updated:
2018-06-01 09:54:49
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Recently we have taken a look at our HDD section and found that our previous roundup of 1-terabyte models is almost 1 year old. It is an eternity by the standards of the IT industry. Of course, we have been busy writing reviews of 750GB drives and 640G...
We will do some summarizing now. First of all, we can name the fastest 1-terabyte drive in all our tests. It is the WD RE3 (WD1002FBYS). This is the best buy if you prefer maximum performance. But if you don’t like its high price, you can take the W...
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When you are shopping for a new hard drive, there are several factors that you should first consider. Are you wanting an internal or external drive? How much space do you need? How fast of a drive do you want? How important is your data? Will you be ru...
The results found here today are right around what I anticipated. In HD Tune, we see that the average transfer rates are very close - .7 MB/sec to be exact. In HD Tach, the burst speed of the 1 TB drive really shines, while again, the averages were ve...
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The Western Digital 1 TB Caviar GP delivers a terabyte of storage capacity with low power consumption at a relatively low cost. If large, affordable storage capacity in a single drive is what you are looking for, then this is the drive you are looking...
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We wish the current "green" trend would have happened a long time ago, and we actually hope that it results in a permanent mentality adjustment rather than fading like so many trends do. We are happy to see that companies are now expected to be somew...
Despite their sub-7200 RPM spindle speeds, Western Digitals GreenPower drives proved they can hang with, and even beat, some respectable 7200 RPM drives (and a 10k RPM drive for that matter) in many tests. The drives offer solid performance despite t...
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Behardware.com Updated:
2018-06-01 09:54:55
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We have to admit that when starting this survey we were a bit pessimistic about the Western Caviar GP. And actually, the fact that no clear indication of its rotation speeds isn’t too transparent on Western’s part. This drive has a special spot on the...
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Our enthusiasm for the low noise WD 750GB Green Power hard drive prompted us to go hunting for the 1 TB flagship model so we could do more than speculate about it. With Western Digitals odd IntelliPower system for rating spindle speed, we wanted to co...
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maximumpc.com Updated:
2018-06-01 09:54:55
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We’ve been waiting with bated breath for Western Digital’s entrance into the world of the almighty terabyte. Its Caviar GP drive may have lost the right to stand at the top of the market and yell, “Firsties!” but it is the only terabyte drive built wit...
You save electricity with this drive, which makes you feel like an environmentally conscious allstar.
You really aren’t saving that much energy, and you’re sacrificing quite a bit of speed.
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v3.co.uk Updated:
2018-06-01 09:55:01
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Western Digitals Green Power range has been designed primarily to save power. The drives also do not have stated spin speeds, but rather a range of spin speeds under the Intellipower moniker (5,400-7,200rpm). The WD10EACS features four 250GB discs giv...
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Back in the 70s, Kermit the frog lamented that it wasnt easy being green. My, how times have changed. In this new millennium, being green isnt only easy, its practically expected. Neighbors sneer if you put out more garbage than carefully washed and...
Kermit was right: it aint easy being green, er, power. Dialing back the Caviar GPs spindle speed predictably slows the drive, making the GreenPower a poor choice if youre looking for fast sequential transfer rates, quick load times, or great perform...
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