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Introduced in October 2008, the WD10EADS is an upgraded version of the popular Green 1TB WD10EACS. Primarily targeted towards consumers who need a drive for media or long term storage/backups, the WD10EADS utilizes very little power and creates very little heat an noise. Featuring a similar spindle speed, a doubling of cache (from 16MB to 32MB) the WD10EADS is 10% faster while consuming 20% less electricity due to its use of three 333GB platters as apposed to the WD10EACS's four 250GB platters. Unfortunately, while the WD10EACS has seen significant price drops over the last few months (recently settling at an all time low of $130 compared to its introduction MSRP at $240), the new WD10EADS has an MSRP of $219.

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fewer denser platters means less heat, less noise, lower power consumption
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a poor deal compared to the well-established version with the same capacity ($ 219 vs $130)
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Features

  • Capacity: 3 x 333GB platters (vs 4 x 250GB in the WD10EACS)
  • Cache: 32MB (vs 16MB in the WD10EACS)
  • Interface: SATA II
  • Speed: undetermined, assumed 5400RPM
  • Dimensions & Weight: 147 x 101.6 x 26.1 (LWH), 1.4 pounds
  • Warranty: 3 years

 

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1 comment about Western Digital Green (WD 10 EADS

1.  avatar yale  Oct 01, 2008 4:53pm

At least they didn't update it silently like they had with the Blue 3200 and 6400. I rather not have to look at the serial to know which version I'm getting...

Hopefully the high MSRP will not truly mean that large of a spike in the end user cost but I could understand $20-30.
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    Key Features:

    Capacity 1024 GB
    Drive Cache 32 MB
    Drive Interface SATA II
    Drive Speed 5400 RPM
    Manufacturer Western Digital
    MSRP $219.00
    Product Line WD Caviar Green
    Release Date Oct. 1, 2008

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    Created: 10/01/2008 - 16:45
    Modified: 10/01/2008 - 16:53
    Model # variations:

    (WD, 10, EADS, (WD10, 10EADS, (WD10EADS