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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years
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The Western Digital Caviar Green 1.5TB Hard Drive uses less power and supports quieter, cooler-running desktop PCs. Its breakthrough 32 MB cache makes this hard drive suitable for high-performance home and business computing, as it can handle high-end data-intensive and multimedia applications.
This hard drive incorporates WD’s GreenPower technology, for lower operating temperatures and low acoustics, best for ultra-quiet PCs and external use. IntelliPower delivers a fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms; IntelliSeek Calculates optimum seek speeds; and IntelliPark automatically unload the heads during idle. All the features help the drive to operation in lower power consumption and reduced noise environment.
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RAID users keep eye on these
- Pros: These drives, as well as the 1GB models have low noise and good power savings mechanisms, and generally good price per MB ratio. Havn't had one fail yet, though all of them have been flagged for replacement by SMART after a few months.
- Cons: Be careful if you use these in RAID set ups. WD recommends against it, for good reason. The low power features of the drive make the R/W heads set very often, and within months the drive could be past the limit of load/unload cycles and start showing as old to SMART monitoring tools.
If you are set up to use SMART monitoring, keep an eye on your load cycles and you may see them rise ridiculously fast, especially in RAID environments.
There was a tool, wdidle or some such that WD gave out to some people who had to deal with this problem, that allowed you to tweak the amount of idle time before the drives set the head. Using it essentially cuts down on the load/unload cycles by not unloading in as short an idle time as they are made to do, undoing some of the green power technology's savings.
Sorry for the run on sentences toward the end there.
best packaging ever
- Pros: WD Green == low heat, low noise, low energy consumption
- Cons: earlier production manufacturing QC issues
- Other Thoughts: I have had numerous WDXXEADS and EACS. We bought two of these 1.5s to try them out, especially since their price point puts them lower $/GB than the 1 TB drives (albeit just barely). The thing that impressed me was the packing for our order. It was MUCH better than any other HD order we have done from Newegg. Maybe they had too many problems w/ DOA drives ? One other thing that I want to note is that whenver I get a new drive I format it then run a surface/bad block scan. Both of these came back clean. We have a WD10EADS that I had bought 2 weeks ago that I need to return as it has 11 bad blocks right out of the gate (it also wasn't packaged as well as the WD15EADS were).
| Model | WD15EADS |
| Interface | SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Capacity | 1.5TB |
| Cache | 32MB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
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More space is always good
- Pros: *Green* and fast for mechanic HD
Really good ratio for buck/go = .07$/go (bought at 115$)
- Cons: none so far
Great drive as my Raid array backup
- Pros: Quiet
- Cons: None
- Other Thoughts: I use this drive as a backup of my Raid Array, Its quiet and working. Can't ask for more.
WD 1.5tb
- Pros: Very fast delivery, great product. newegg #1
- Cons: none
- Other Thoughts: its all good, baby babeeeee
| Model |
| Brand |
Western Digital |
| Series |
Caviar Green |
| Model |
WD15EADS |
| Packaging |
Bare Drive |
| Performance |
| Interface |
SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Capacity |
1.5TB |
| Cache |
32MB |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
3.5" |
| Features |
| Features |
Reduced power consumption - WD has reduced power consumption by up to 40 percent compared to standard desktop drives with the combination of WD's IntelliSeek, NoTouch, and IntelliPower technologies.
Cool and quiet - GreenPower technology yields lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics for ultra-quiet PCs and external drives.
Low power spin-up - WD Caviar Green drives consume less current during startup allowing lower peak loads.
Advanced power technology - Electronic components deliver best-in-class low power consumption for reduced power requirements and increased reliability. |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
3 years limited |
Introduction
The Western Digital Caviar Green 1.5TB Hard Drive uses less power and supports quieter, cooler-running desktop PCs. Its breakthrough 32 MB cache makes this hard drive suitable for high-performance home and business computing, as it can handle high-end data-intensive and multimedia applications.
This hard drive incorporates WD’s GreenPower technology, for lower operating temperatures and low acoustics, best for ultra-quiet PCs and external use. IntelliPower delivers a fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms; IntelliSeek Calculates optimum seek speeds; and IntelliPark automatically unload the heads during idle. All the features help the drive to operation in lower power consumption and reduced noise environment.
Highlights
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GreenPower Technology
With GreenPower technology, the Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS yields lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics for ultra-quiet PCs and external drives.
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Reduced Power Consumption
Combined with WD's IntelliSeek, IntelliPark, and IntelliPower technologies, the Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS has reduced power consumption by up to 40 percent compared to standard desktop drives
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SATA 3.0 Gb/s Interface
The Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS features the SATA II interface supporting up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rates, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and hot-pluggable point-to-point connections for optimum performance, efficiency, convenience and flexibility.
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Perpendicular Magnetic Recording
Perpendicular Magnetic recording technology enables industry-leading capacity in existing standard form factors and improves performance by increasing data density while reducing moving parts for enhanced reliability.
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Quick Specs
| Brand | Western Digital |
| Cache | 32MB |
| Capacity | 1.5TB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
| Interface | SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| Series | Caviar Green |
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Reviewed By: Mark on 4/9/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year
