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If you're after an incredibly cheap 2TB hard disk, you're unlikely to find much better value than the Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB, which costs just under 4p per GB. Cost is nothing if the performance isn't there to match. The Caviar Green range is...
A bit slow but very cheap, this is one of the most cost-effective 2TB disks around...
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The data density of hard disks keeps increasing, which in turns causes the storage capacity to grow larger and larger. A milestone was reached earlier this year for 3.5-inch disks, with the arrival of the first hard drive with a capacity of 4 terabyte f...
It's great to finally get 2 TB on a 2.5-inch disk, but it's a shame that the Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB won't fit in most laptops with its 15mm thickness. If you happen to have a laptop where it will fit, then you can upgrade the storage capacity...
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The 1.5TB Caviar Green is one of Western Digital’s new “advanced format” drives, using 4KB sectors instead of the older 512-byte standard. It lets the manufacturer squeeze more capacity out of each disk, but from the user’s perspective it works like an...
The new disk format yields disastrous performance...
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In a computing world that is seeing its storage needs rapidly expand, we have seen a quick surge in the capacities of today’s hard drives. While we all know that the recent SSD revolution has produced some of the fastest consumer-available storage medi...
Low energy consumption, HUGE 2TB size, Great Price for a drive this size, Low Noise, Best Price per GB ratio we have ever seen in a review unit...
While not expensive, the biggest drive going always command a price premium, Low noise and power come at the expense of increased latency, Slow compared to 2TB Black, Single processor, Single Actuator design, While WD claims they are set anywhere from 540...
The Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB is one of those products that comes along every now and then which we don't have high expectations for but we nonetheless walked away extremely impressed. This drive is certainly not an enthusiast “high perfo...
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In 1980 when the personal computer was just starting to show up in the office, hard disk drives were typically no larger than a few megabytes in size. And if you had a 10MB drive it was huge! Everyone wondered if you could possibly ever fill that dri...
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Still, the characteristics of these two hard drives are significantly different. Both are low at idle power and stay really cool, but performance and efficiency varies. WD adjusted its 1.5 TB Caviar Green to deliver quick access time and high I/O performance...
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digitalversus.com Updated:
2013-09-10 01:26:23
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The Western Digital Caviar Green is part of the manufacturers eco range of hard drives, which spin at 5400 rpm rather than the more common 7200 rpm. According to Western Digital, as hard drive capacities increase, the power required to run those...
Very quiet!, Average temperature: 40 °C...
Access time: 15.1 ms, Slower speeds than a traditional hard drive...
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Western Digital's enormous 2TB drive is the largest internal disk that we've ever seen. Over 1,800GB of formatted storage is split across four platters, and Western Digital's environmental features limit power draw to 6W - not quite 4W, but still impre...
Expensive, but worth it if you need a huge amount of space...
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The 1TB Caviar Green drive comes with the same "green" features as the rest of the range: the trio of platters spin at an undisclosed speed, set somewhere between 5,400 and 7,200rpm, and other features work to lower power requirements. The result is an...
Cheap, quick and green - the eco-friendly drive of choice...
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Hard disk legend Western Digital seems to be avoiding the solid state option for the time being, instead sticking to platter-based data spinners. Its latest, the Caviar Green, comes in at a whopping 2TB for £240. Or, in other words, 12p per gigabyte. H...
Massive capacity, Good performance, Cool and quiet...
Not SSD fast...
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pcworld.co.nz Updated:
2013-09-10 01:26:29
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The Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB WD20EADS hard drive boosts the capacity game to a whole new level. This $599 drive crams 2 terabytes into a single drive – making this drive a boon to anyone with a large data archive, multimedia library, or space-...
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The Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB WD20EADS hard drive boosts the capacity game to a whole new level. This $469 drive crams 2 terabytes into a single drive — making this drive a boon to anyone with a large data archive, multimedia library, or space-hogging video collection. Weve used words like gargantuan and massive before to describe the capacity of a hard-disk drive, but this model blows all other examples away. Western Digital is the first drive maker to achieve 2TB in one drive. The pre...
Massive drive packs 2TB of storage...
Pricey, despite a competitive cost per gigabyte...
The slight lag in performance shouldn’t be enough to deter people who have large data libraries from getting the WD Caviar Green 2TB WD20EADS. Nor should it put off casual and professional digital media enthusiasts, who will rightly crave this drive...
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The Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB WD20EADS hard drive boosts the capacity game to a whole new level. This £209 disk crams 2 terabytes into a single drive - making it a boon to anyone with a large data archive, multimedia library, or space-hogging...
The slight lag in performance shouldn't be enough to deter people who have large data libraries from getting the WD Caviar Green 2TB WD20EADS. Nor should it put off casual and professional digital media enthusiasts, who will rightly crave this drive...
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It's a sign of how fast the technology industry moves that no sooner had Hitachi broken unprecedented ground by releasing the first 1TB hard drive , people were already talking about who would be first to 2TB. Well, it actually took a little longer than s...
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Western Digital will break new ground later this month when its 2TB Caviar Green WD20EADS hard drive goes on sale. Seagate packed 1.5TB into its Barracuda 7200.11 drive by using four platters and eight heads, but WD has gone a step better and squeezed...
WD’s new 2TB Caviar Green is surprisingly fast yet its also very quiet. Besides, what self-respecting power PC owner doesnt want a 2TB drive? ® More Storage Reviews... Seagate 1.5TB Barracuda WD VelociRaptor 300GB Intel X-25M 1TB HDD Group Test...
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expertreviews.co.uk Updated:
2013-09-10 01:26:42
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This 2TB disk can store 12 days worth of AVCHD video or four years of MP3s. That may seem pointlessly huge, but were sure some people will find a use for all that space. Surprisingly for such a cutting-edge product, its competitively priced, at 1...
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Enthusiasts—even the ones who love powerful graphics cards and multi-core processors—are increasingly aware of the fact that energy conservation is in vogue. More and more new products are being given catchy labels with “green,” “energy efficient,” and...
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Ten percent of all 3.5in hard drives sold today are in capacities of 1TB or greater, claims Mark Geenen, President of Trend Focus. For enthusiasts, that number would grow exponentially and with their low cost, rightly so. A few months ago Seagate la...
The Western Digital Caviar Green in 2TB form has a lot of strong features and innovative technology to impress us just with its specifications alone. New and innovative usually comes with a drawback and many consumers tend not to take it lightly, co...
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