Product Description
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Available in capacities up to 3TB, WD Caviar Green SATA
hard drives reduce power consumption by up to 40% and offer
best-in-class acoustics and operating temperature. Based on WD's
exclusive GreenPower technology, these drives are designed to
deliver power savings as the primary attribute. 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. They are ideal for PCs,
external storage and other devices that require lower power
consumption and cool, quiet operation.
From the Manufacturer
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WD Green Desktop Hard Drives – Cool, quiet operation for
efficient eco-conscious computing.
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Cool and quiet.
WD GreenPower Technology yields lower operating temperatures for
increased reliability and low acoustics perfect for ultra-quiet
PCs and external drives.
Reduced power consumption.
Best-in-class power management technology delivers significant
power savings and solid performance.
Eco-conscious.
WD Green drives are innovatively designed and manufactured with
lead-free, conflict-free and halogen-free materials to help
ensure a sustainable future.
Product Features
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WD's commitment to sustainability - WD's green initiative goes
even further beyond the product level, focusing on recycling and
improving the cleanliness of the air, water and land.
Leading the way to green hard drives - WD led the industry in
creating a new category of hard drives that use less power and
helps to reduce the world's energy demands one computer user at a
time. With over 100 million WD Green drives sold* customers using
WD Green drives have saved the planet over 466 million kwh of
power – nearly equaling the annual power production of a single
coal power !
*Data reflects approximate drives sold as of June 2012.
Halogen free - In addition to being RoHS compliant, all WD Green
drives are lead and halogen free, resulting in less pollutants
getting into our environment.
Reduced rare earths dependency - WD's next-generation WD Green
hard drives are built using less rare earth minerals.
Conflict-free materials - As a leader in hard drive
manufacturing, WD proudly guarantees our hard drives are built
with 100% conflict-free raw materials.
IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power
consumption, noise and vibration.
NoTouch Ramp Load technology - The head never touches
the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the
head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.
Tested for compatibility - We perform tests on hundreds of
systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our
customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.
The WD advantage - WD puts our products through extensive
Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product
launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours
of testing. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than
1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7
days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the WD Support site for
full details.
Upgrading your drive is easy - WD Acronis TrueImage, available as
a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to copy all
your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your
operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.
WD-certified packaging - All WD drives purchased from .com are
shipped in WD-certified hard drive packaging. It is designed and
fully tested to provide WD products with the highest of safety
while in transit. With WD-certified packaging, you can rest
assured that your WD hard drive will arrive safely, fully
protected, in a non-descript, easy-open package.
Compatibility
Works with Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating
systems.
Recommended use - WD Green hard drives are tested and recommended
for use in PCs as secondary storage, external enclosures and
other applications that require cool and quiet operation.*
*Desktop drives are not recommended for use in RAID environments,
please consider using WD Red hard drives for home and small
office 1-5 bay NAS systems and WD Enterprise hard drives for
rack and >5 bay NAS systems.
Ideal for:
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* Adding lots of storage in desktop PCs or external drives
* Adding extra storage space for photos, videos and music
* Environmentally-conscious individuals seeking reduced power
consumption
Features at a glance
* 500 GB - 3 TB capacity
* SATA 6 Gb/s interface
* Reduced power consumption
* WD GreenPower Technology
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- About this item.
- 2 year limited warranty. 1 TB capacity holds up to 200,000 digital photos, 250,000 MP3 files, and 120 hours of HD video. IntelliPower - A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, WD Caviar Green hard drives reduce power consumption by up to 40% IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration. Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging.