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Western Digital Caviar 1.5TB SATAII 64MB Cache 3.5-inch Green Internal Hard Drive OEM
 
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Western Digital Caviar 1.5TB SATAII 64MB Cache 3.5-inch Green Internal Hard Drive OEM

by Western Digital
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Western Digital Caviar 1.5TB SATAII 64MB Cache 3.5-inch Green Internal Hard Drive OEM + Wired--Up 1 SATA Power Adapter Cable and 1 SATA Data Cable + Molex to 2 SATA Internal Power Splitter Cable
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  • Brand: WESTERN DIGITAL
  • Condition: Brand New

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  • Product Dimensions: 14.7 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm ; 730 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 907 g
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  • Item model number: WD15EARS
  • ASIN: B002ZCXJZE
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 24 Dec 2009
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 24,983 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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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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Western Digital HD Caviar 15TB SATA II 64MB Cache WD15EARS Components Internal Hard Drives

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Quiet and uses little power, 21 Feb 2010
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J. Yeow "darkspark88" - See all my reviews
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The arrived with the abscence of screws or SATA cable. Make sure you have these before purchasing as they aren't included in this OEM model.

The drive is well packed between layers of foam and within two boxes. More than adequate protection.

I choose this model because the power draws were very low. Around 6-8 watts when under load, and around 2-3 idle. I have another WD drive that is quiet, but it's near impossible to hear any sound from this 1.5gb model.

In terms of what the 64mb Cache does, there isn't at noticible real world performance difference to my WD 8mb 7200rpm cache drive. Transfers are around 30mb/s with both drives. Access is about the same on both. Perhaps the 64mb makes up for spinning at a lower speed (5400rpm as opposed to 7200rpm)

I purchase this product purely on it's green credentials, power draw and audibility, and I'm not disappointed thus far.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 25 Mar 2010
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The first thing I'd say is if you're on XP you have to use the WD align tool. I didn't realise this at first. I created 3 partitions, installed Windows on one of them, and I was ready to send it back for a refund. The performance was terrible. Copying files took forever. BUT I ran the align tool and suddenly everything is great. It's replaced a 250GB 7200rpm drive, and accessing the folders etc doesn't seem to suffer at all from the lower rpm this drive uses. Admittedly I haven't exactly filled the drive yet, with only about 500GB on it at the moment, but so far I'm impressed. I expected a lower transfer rate, and I got it. But you don't buy a 5400rpm drive for high performance in that area.

The biggest difference from my old drive is the noise. There is no clicking or buzzing like I'm used to. I can't hear when Windows has stop loading anymore. The only evidence of noise when you're pushing the drive hard is a very slightly increased wrrrrrrrrrr, which I only noticed when the side of my case was off. It also runs about 5 degrees cooler than the other WD 500GB 7200rpm drive which is running in the next bay.

Overall, I highly recommend it
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Ok product some issues, 23 Feb 2010
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Mr. P. J. Kennedy "P J Kennedy" (Bham, WM, UK) - See all my reviews
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I have two of these hard drives, i bought them on there power usage which i have tested and is very low max 6-8 watt each at load. The issue with the new hard drives is other manufacturers have not update firmware quickly causing issues with some Nas boxes. I have both of these drives in a nas and they work great. In raid 1 i can get a read of around 70-80mb/s and write of 35-45mb/s across a cat 6 cable with MTU at 9000.

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For a relatively cheap deal a sound buy, just research if using product out side of a computer setting
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