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Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (WD10EACS)

Western Digital Caviar GP 1 TB (WD10EACS) is a 1 Terabyte SATA 3 GB/s hard drive. Model # WD10EACS is available in 3 capacities: 1 TB ($250), 750 GB ($230)  and 500 GB ($130). The "GP" is an acronym for "GreenPower", aka Caviar Green. WD Caviar Green drives reduce drive power consumption by up to 40%, with power savings around 4-5 Watts over traditional hard drives. The manufacturer claims that the equivalent reduction in CO2 emissions would be if you took a single car off the road for 3 days a year.

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Wester Digital Caviar GP 1 TB (WD10EACS)
MSRP $240.00
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Pros & Cons

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Low power consumption
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Large 1 TB (1000 GB) capacity
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Cool and quiet: spins down to 5400rpm to save power when the higher 7200rpm speed is not required
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1 TB can be hard to backup.
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Details

Features:

  • capactiy: 1 TB
  • interface: 3 Gb/s (Max) SATA II
  • reduced power consumption by 40%; 4-5 Watts; up to $14 / yr savings
  • Cool and Quiet
  • Perpendicular Magnet Recording (PMR) - greater areal density
  • StableTrac on 750GB and 1 TB
  • price: $250

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Competitors

Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (WD10EACS) is ranked 1st among it's competitors.  See the top picks in Internal HDDs »
Samsung SpinPoint F DT 1TB (HD103UJ)

Samsung SpinPoint F DT 1TB (HD103UJ)

MSRP  $160.00    Released  January, 2001

 The Samsung SpinPoint 1TB hard drive has a spindle speed of 7200RPM and a 32MB cache. Features include a SATA interface, Asynchronous Notification, and Device Initiated Power Management. It is backed by a three year limited warranty on parts and labor from Samsung. Dimensions: (W) 4" x (H) 1" x (D) 5.8"; weight 1.4lbs....

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.11

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11

MSRP  $399.00    Released  --
Pros
  • Large 1 TB capacity
  • Very quite
  • 5 Year warranty
  • Cheap for a hard drive with 32 mb cache
Cons
  • Bad firmware update messed many up
  • Expensive ($499)
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Comments

1.  avatar theGeekPirate said:

Just because it's big, doesn't mean it's _hard_ to backup, it just takes a while!
You pay for the space, and obviously the bigger it is, the longer it takes to backup.
It's not really a con, since you expect it to take longer...
Jul 30, 2008 5:16pm
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Darkstriker

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February 17, 2009
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ProSCORE
100
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3 pros
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Pros

  • Low power consumption
  • Large 1 TB (1000 GB) capacity
  • Cool and quiet: spins down to 5400rpm to save power when the higher 7200rpm speed is not required

Cons

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dialupinternetuser

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June 30, 2008
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ProSCORE
67
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2 pros
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Pros

  • Low power consumption
  • Large 1 TB (1000 GB) capacity

Cons

  • 1 TB can be hard to backup.

Competitors

dialupinternetuser prefers Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (WD10EACS) over Samsung SpinPoint F DT 1TB (HD103UJ), Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
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Fila

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September 28, 2009
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ProSCORE
100
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2 pros
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Pros

  • Low power consumption
  • Large 1 TB (1000 GB) capacity

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Competitors

Fila prefers Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (WD10EACS) over Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, Samsung SpinPoint F DT 1TB (HD103UJ)
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juggern4ut

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February 6, 2009
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0 cons
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Low power consumption
  • Cool and quiet: spins down to 5400rpm to save power when the higher 7200rpm speed is not required

Cons

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Yale

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July 3, 2008
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100
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2 pros
0 cons
want itwant it

Pros

  • Low power consumption
  • Large 1 TB (1000 GB) capacity

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Competitors

Yale prefers Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (WD10EACS) over Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
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Erik

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July 2, 2008
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ProSCORE
100
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2 pros
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Pros

  • Low power consumption
  • Large 1 TB (1000 GB) capacity

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joee

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July 3, 2008
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1 pro
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Pros

  • Low power consumption

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