Western Digital recently introduced a line of "GreenPower" hard drives that "deliver power savings as the primary attribute." A typical hard drives takes up …

Average performance; Very quiet; Reduces power consumption in PCs; 3-year warranty

Not the fastest drive in it's class

Western Digital just upped the capacity ante with a mind-blowing two-terabye internal hard drive. It doesn't break any land speed records, but the 2TB Caviar Green is unmatched for capacity-at least for now.

Highest-capacity consumer drive on the market; Low power consumption.

Not particularly fast; the extra 500GB costs more than $100

We are taking a break from SSD previews to bring you a retail edition review of the Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green .  PCPer reviews are typically on the bleeding edge of fast and nimble hardware, but we must occasionally take a step over to the other side of the storage spectrum.  Today we will

Western Digital is one of the big names in hard drives, and one of their latest releases puts a much stronger emphasis on the word big. Model number WD20EADS is a 3.5" SATA 3Gbps hard drive from their "eco-friendly" Caviar Green series that sports 32MB of cache memory and an industry leading 2TB of...

» Largest capacity drive currently available; » Big doesn't mean slow; » Energy efficient; » Runs cool and quiet

» High price tag; » Lots of data to be lost with one drive failure

The green technology movement is obviously in full swing now. Better efficiency through technological innovation has a trickle down effect to many facets of life style, technology and the environment.

I bought 4 of these drives for my Drobo Network Storage Drive Quiet and speedy, these drives work really well in my Drobo. I would not hesitate to buy them again Looking for the pricing on the larger sized drives to come down further before upg...

Pricing is where this drive really shines as it keeps up with the likes of the Hitachi Deskstar 3TB at but has a better, more recognized branding behind it that the Hitachi simply lacks due to bad press in the past.

As a newly introduced hard drive, the 3TB Caviar Green is at its cost zenith. That should start to dip significantly over the next few months. If you can't wait, the only thing you're out is the extra money. Added capacity and lower maintenance issues are genuine pluses.

Last week my 1GB Apple Time Capsule fell onto the floor, destroying the hard drive. I ordered this drive as a replacement. It took me about 15 minutes to install in the Time Capsule and less than five to erase with Disk Utility. After that, it mounted and has worked flawlessly ever since.

Easy To Install; Fast; Highly Compatible; Quiet; Reliable

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item received in perfect condition and packaged securely.