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This item: WD Caviar Green WD5000AADS - Hard drive - 500 GB - internal - 3.5" - SATA-300 - buffer: 32 MB by Western Digital �68.95

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Product Specifications

General
Brand:	Western Digital
Item Height :	25 millimetres
Item Width:	10.2 centimetres

Additional Specifications
Wattage:	5 watts

Technical Details

SATA 3.0 Gb/s, 5400 rpm
Western Digital's Caviar Green 500 GB hard drive brings together IntelliPower and IntelliSeek variable rotation systems.
The Caviar Green SATA uses around 40% less energy than standard products.
Plus, it generates very little noise and manages temperatures effectively, allowing your hard drive to work in the best possible conditions.
And that's not all! NoTouch ramp-loading technology on the WD5000AADS prevents the recording head from touching the disc, reducing wear and making your device last for longer.

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Product Description

As hard drive capacities increase, the power required to run those drives increases as well
WD Caviar Green drives make it possible for energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation

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	Product Description		WD Caviar Green WD5000AADS - hard drive - 500 GB - SATA-300
	Type		Hard drive - internal
	Form Factor		3.5" x 1/3H
	Dimensions (WxDxH)		10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.5 cm
	Weight		0.6 kg

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent HDD, 15 Feb 2010

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This is a great HDD. It is a 'green' version, which means the spinning speed is controlled by the device between 5400 and 7200 rpm based on the usage to save energy and increase lifetime. To compensate the little slower speed it has 32MB of cache which is not common on this size of hard disks. I am using it for weeks now, it is very quiet, no noise coming from it and turned to be a very good performer. If you are looking for a sturdy HDD which uses less power but gives you plenty of storage I would recommend this device.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Recomended. For begginer to pro and anyone inbetween, 27 Dec 2009

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Not only decent value and energy saving, but spacious quick and quiet. Unless your system is silent, you won't hear this even during the busiest of activities. Rated as a 5.9 on Windows 7

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sky HD box replacement disk, 15 Dec 2009

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I used this disk as a replacement for the ailing hard disk in my Thomson Sky HD box. This disk works perfectly, is quiet and reliable with more space than the original. Good instructions about how to carry out the replacement can be found on the Net. Check that you do not violate any warranties or guarantees though before you have a go at DIY. Apart from that, all you need is care and patience, a screwdriver and a pair of long nosed pliers. Good luck.

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5.0 out of 5 stars nice drive to fill up
Nice drive to put music etc on as other 1 full lol but didn't know that you have to set it up through disk manger just thought you plug in & away you go not to clever on that... Read more

Published 2 months ago by Mr. M. Dene Savory

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the dog's
This is the dog's dangling bits.
I have five WD hard drives for my main PC.And they all run very quiet,without any over heating problems. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Brian Clark

5.0 out of 5 stars Works brilliant
Thanks very much, arrived very well packaged, took a wee bit longer to arrive than expected, but still a great product at a great price. Couldn't ask for more.

Published 5 months ago by James

2.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Product - Appalling Packaging.
Product suffered significant damage while in transit. Purchased using Amazon Prime but arrived two days later with very poor packaging. Read more

Published 7 months ago by RT

4.0 out of 5 stars customer service brilliant
Bought this arrived in good time but ordered wrong sort spoke with lovely gentleman who told me how to return it and was very understanding then friend bought it from me and says... Read more

Published 8 months ago by taj58

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Great
Nice and quiet. Switches off when not used for a while (as you'd expect from a GREEN disk!) and spin is regulated. Read more

Published 13 months ago by John Bradshaw

3.0 out of 5 stars It's green
This is WD Caviar Green 500GB works fine, but any how yesterday the C(system) partition did corrupted and had to reinstall the OS once again and also while reinstall widows setup... Read more

Published 17 months ago by Sajee

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine
Good disk. Works fine ('green' means it takes a little time to startup occasionally from idle, but nothing too bad). Had it 4 weeks and no complaints

Published 20 months ago by N. Wood

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful tip for purchasers with older motherboards
This is a good WD product, for those people with older motherboards the disk is set to high speed transfer of data. Read more

Published 21 months ago by Denis T

5.0 out of 5 stars Upgrade to Thomson Sky HD
This product certainly lives up to its green billing. It's quiet, with a low power consumption and runs cool. Read more

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