Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS

Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1462: Western Digital WD20EADS
Size2000 GB
Cache (MB)32
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
$ 129.99
$ 141.99 + $12.91 shipping
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$ 159.99
$ 166.99 Free Shipping.
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 2000 109.95 PC Connection 18.19
Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 2000 109.99 Amazon.com 18.18
Hitachi Deskstar HD32000 IDK/7K SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 2000 115.00 Amazon Marketplace 17.39  
Hitachi Deskstar H3IK20003272SP SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 2000 119.99 Amazon Marketplace 16.67  
Hitachi Deskstar 0F10311 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 2000 129.99 Newegg.com 15.39  
Samsung Spinpoint F3EG HD203WI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 32 2000 129.99 Newegg.com 15.39
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20000CSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 2000 129.99 Amazon Marketplace 15.39  
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 2000 129.99 Newegg.com 15.39
Seagate Barracuda ST320005N4A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 2000 134.50 Amazon Marketplace 14.87
Western Digital AV-GP WD20EVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 2000 134.99 Newegg.com 14.82
Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 0S00164 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 2000 163.99 Buy.com 12.20  
Western Digital Caviar Black WD2001FASS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 2000 164.49 Amazon Marketplace 12.16
Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 2000 189.99 Newegg.com 10.53
Western Digital RE4-GP WD2002FYPS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 2000 247.99 Buy.com 8.06
Western Digital RE4 WD2003FYYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 2000 268.99 Amazon.com 7.44
Seagate Constellation ES ST32000644NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 2000 275.00 Amazon Marketplace 7.27
Hitachi 0F10452 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 2000 307.99 Buy.com 6.49  
HP StorageWorks P2000 AW556A SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 2000 750.99 Buy.com 2.66  

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Recent Price Changes

2010-08-31 Amazon Marketplace $149.99 -2.99
2010-08-30 Amazon Marketplace $152.98 +21.99
2010-08-30 Amazon Marketplace $130.99 -21.99
2010-08-29 Amazon Marketplace $152.98 +21.99
2010-08-28 Amazon Marketplace $130.99 -21.99
2010-08-27 Amazon Marketplace $152.98 +21.99
2010-08-26 Amazon Marketplace $130.99 +31.00
2010-08-26 Amazon Marketplace $99.99 -52.99
2010-08-26 Amazon Marketplace $152.98 +21.99
2010-08-26 Amazon Marketplace $130.99 -21.99

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity2,000,398 MB
User Sectors Per Drive3,907,029,168
Capacity2 TB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size32 MB
Power
Standby0.80 Watts
Read/Write6.00 Watts
Sleep0.80 Watts
Idle3.70 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 326 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 029 dBA (average)
Idle Mode25 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD20EADS
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

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Reviews & Benchmarks

Silent PC Review - Recommended Hard Drives - 2010-04-28
Hot Hardware - Definitive 2TB HD Roundup: WD, Seagate, Samsung - 2010-04-16
X-bit labs - 2 TB Hard Disk Drives: Now at 7,200 RPM - 2010-01-11
Macintosh Performance Guide - Low-power 2TB hard drives — Seagate Barracuda LP Western Digital Caviar Green - 2009-11-24
Legit Reviews - Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green and Black Hard Drives - 2009-09-18
X-bit labs - Life After 1 TB: Seven Hard Disk Drives with 1.5 TB and 2 TB Storage Capacity - 2009-08-15
Tom's Hardware - New Desktop Hard Drives: Speed Or Capacity? : New HDDs With 500 GB Per Platter (500 GB To 2 TB) - 2009-04-21
Hot Hardware - Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green Power Hard Drive Recommended - 2009-04-08
Silent PC Review - WD Caviar Green 2TB & Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB: Two Very Quiet Drives - 2009-03-26
PC Perspective - Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green Review: Bigger and Quieter! - 2009-03-11
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar Green 2TB hard drive: An energy-efficient step up the capacity ladder - 2009-02-10

Other Reviews & Benchmarks, related to Caviar Green

StorageReview.com - Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Review (WD20EARS) - 2010-06-24
X-bit labs - 500 GB Hard Disk Drives Roundup - 2010-05-03
X-bit labs - Roundup: New Hard Disk Drives with 1 TB and 2 TB Storage Capacities - 2010-04-16
X-bit labs - Terabyte Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Round Three - 2010-03-08
Hot Hardware - Exploring WD's Advanced Format HD Technology - 2010-02-26
Tom's Hardware - HDDs, The Next Generation: Drives With 4KB Sectors On The Way - 2010-02-26
Silent PC Review - Western Digital Green 1.5TB vs. Seagate 7200.12 500GB - 2009-12-09
Tom's Hardware - 1.5 TB Low-Power HDDs: Green Gets Big - 2009-06-24
Tom's Hardware - WD's 2nd Gen GP: More Speed, Less Power : Just Another Green Product? - 2008-12-03
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar Green hard drive: 333GB platters come to the eco-Caviar - 2008-10-27
Tom's Hardware - Energy-Saving Hard Drives - 2008-06-03
Hot Hardware - WD Caviar & RE2 GreenPower 1TB HDs - 2008-03-24
Silent PC Review - Terabyte Round III: WD Caviar Green Power WD10EACS - 2008-02-26
Silent PC Review - WD Green Power: A New Benchmark in HDD Acoustics & Power - 2007-12-04
ExtremeTech - RAID Class Terabyte Hard Drives - 2007-11-29
AnandTech - Seagate and Western Digital 1TB Drives: Improved and Green - 2007-11-26
Tom's Hardware - The Terabyte Battle - 2007-11-05
ExtremeTech - Western Digital WD10EACS and Seagate 7200.11 Terabyte Hard Drive Reviews - 2007-10-25
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar GP hard drive - Is it easy being green? - 2007-10-16
Tom's Hardware - WD Caviar GP: The "Green" 1 TB Drive - 2007-10-11
StorageReview - Faceoff at One Terabyte: Seagate's Barracuda ES.2 and WD's Caviar GreenPower - 2007-10-01

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