Testseek.co.uk have collected 21 expert reviews of the Western Digital Caviar Green SATA300 WD-EACS Series and the average rating is 73%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital Caviar Green SATA300 WD-EACS Series.
January 2008
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The editors liked
Quiet
Doesn't heat up too much
Strong eco credentials
The editors didn't like
Performance levels significantly down on the best hard drives
No 2 TB version (unless you move up to 32 MB or 64 MB cache versions)
Abstract: Our enthusiasm for the low noise WD 750GB Green Power hard drive prompted us to go hunting for the 1 TB flagship model so we could do more than speculate about it. With Western Digitals odd IntelliPower system for rating spindle speed, we wanted to co...
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Published: 2007-12-24, Author: David , review by: maximumpc.com
You save electricity with this drive, which makes you feel like an environmentally conscious allstar.
You really aren’t saving that much energy, and you’re sacrificing quite a bit of speed.
Abstract: Western Digitals Green Power range has been designed primarily to save power. The drives also do not have stated spin speeds, but rather a range of spin speeds under the Intellipower moniker (5,400-7,200rpm). The WD10EACS features four 250GB discs giv...
Kermit was right: it aint easy being green, er, power. Dialing back the Caviar GPs spindle speed predictably slows the drive, making the GreenPower a poor choice if youre looking for fast sequential transfer rates, quick load times, or great perform...
Lower power consumption than other 1TB drives, very quiet and cool operation, good write performance
Slightly high cost per gigabyte, was a little sluggish in our file transfer test The Final Word This drive consumes less power than other 1TB drives, but it definitely isnt a slow coach. It was almost silent during our tests, and doesnt get too hot. ...
This drive consumes less power than other 1TB drives, but it definitely isnt a slow coach. It was almost silent during our tests, and doesnt get too hot. As such, its an ideal hard drive for a home theatre or small form factor PC, as well as being s...
Abstract: Hard drivesThe Caviar GP (for “Green Power”) is the first 1TB hard drive to have variable rotational speed, ranging from 5400 rpm to 7200 rpm; Western Digital credits that technological change with helping the hard drive reduce its power consumption.T...
Good performance, Silent operation, No Heat-related issues.
Small buffer for a 1 TB drive, Expensive.
The WD10EACS 1 TB hard drive is available for Rs. 20,500 with a 5-year warranty. The price is a little overboard considering the fact that the Hitachi 7K1000 costs at least 2000 bucks less and is at least 40% faster. The Hitachi has my vote, for now. ...
Performances significativement en retrait des meilleurs disques durs, Pas de version 2 To (à moins de passer aux versions avec 32 Mo ou 64 Mo de cache)
Le Caviar Green n'est pas le plus rapide des disques durs. Il est, en revanche, le plus silencieux et celui qui chauffe le moins ; un gage de durabilité. Cela en fait un choix idéal comme disque de stockage de données dans un PC ou dans un NAS....
Abstract: La course au téraoctet a pris fin il y a près d’un an et demi pour les disques durs 3,5” : Hitachi avait alors ouvert le feu en premier avec son Deskstar 7K1000. Bien que Samsung ait annoncé son modèle 1 To assez tôt, WD fût plus rapide à commercialise...