- WD Caviar Green hard drives reduce power consumption by up to 40% and offer best-in-class acoustics and operating temperature.
- A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance.
- IntelliSeek – Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration.
- Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
Product DescriptionWestern Digital 500 GB SATA OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD5000AADS (Caviar Green). . . More >>
Western Digital 500 GB SATA OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD5000AADS
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5 comments
February 24, 2010
My PURCHASE WAS FOR A, Western Digital Caviar Green 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Dr. . . ACTUALLY, IS NOT 1 TB; THE DISK IS ACTUALLY A 911 GB HARD DRIVE. BUYERS BEWARE, AS I WILL BE AND I WILL PROBABLY NOT PURCHASE Western Digital AGAIN. I PAID FOR I TB, BUT WAS DENIED. Rating: 2 / 5
February 24, 2010
These HDs are 5400RPM. That is why the size can go greater that 1TB. Look it up on Western Digitals web site. . . they don’t list the RPMs like they do the Black series or the Blue series. Hard to find a place where they list the RPM but just understand these are 5400RPM NOT 7200.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 24, 2010
For those who don’t know you cannot use your Windows restore disk to format this harddrive. You have to have a full Windows DVD. Luckly I don’t use Windows, I use Linux. My problem with the drive was that it would give me a Disk Boot Failure every other time I started it up. I am sure it is just a defective drive, which happens. My real complaint is that the power saving equals slower responses. I actually got better results from my old Seagate. So I am going back to Seagate. Don’t get the “green” hard drive from Western, get the black. Unless you really don’t want a fast response from your hard drive. I have never had problems with Western drives before, I would say it is just the “green” version that you should avoid. Rating: 1 / 5
February 24, 2010
First hard drive I received couldn’t be format beyond 73%. Returned it for another and had the same problem. I read other reviews on the web and people had the same complaints. They may have a quality control issue with this model, in the past have been very pleased with WD. I’ll step down to the 1 tb hard drive, I haven’t read any bad reviews on the web about them.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 24, 2010
I got the drive. I have tried for a week to format it, kept coming up 100mbs, will not read or write tool
Rating: 1 / 5