Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS

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Item 2018: Western Digital WD15EADS
Size1500 GB
Cache (MB)32
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
$ 89.98
Disk RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate Barracuda ST315005N4A1AS-RK 5900 32 1500 69.99 Amazon.com 21.43
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS 64 1500 75.00 Amazon Marketplace 20.00
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD154UI 32 1500 78.98 Amazon Marketplace 18.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 7200 32 1500 79.99 Amazon.com 18.75
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 64 2000 109.95 PC Connection 18.19
Samsung EcoGreen F3 HD153WI 5400 32 1500 84.99 Amazon Marketplace 17.65
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31500541AS 5900 32 1500 84.99 Amazon Marketplace 17.65
Western Digital AV-GP WD15EVDS 32 1500 85.99 eCost.com 17.44
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS 32 1500 89.98 Amazon Marketplace 16.67
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1501FASS 7200 32 1500 109.99 Newegg.com 13.64  
Western Digital RE4-GP WD1502FYPS 64 1500 211.99 Amazon Marketplace 7.08
Western Digital RE4 WD1503FYYS 7200 64 1500 239.99 Amazon.com 6.25

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-08-13 Amazon Marketplace $89.98 -0.01
2010-08-05 Amazon Marketplace $89.99 +1.00
2010-08-02 Amazon Marketplace $88.99 -1.00
2010-08-02 Amazon Marketplace $89.99 +1.99
2010-08-01 Amazon Marketplace $88.00 -1.99
2010-07-31 Amazon Marketplace $89.99 -10.00
2010-07-29 Amazon Marketplace $99.99 -0.01
2010-07-27 Amazon Marketplace $100.00 -1.95
2010-07-25 Amazon Marketplace $101.95 -0.04
2010-07-24 Amazon Marketplace $101.99 -1.76

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity1,500,301 MB
User Sectors Per Drive2,930,277,168
Capacity1.5 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/
WD15EADS
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

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Reviews & Benchmarks

Silent PC Review - Recommended Hard Drives - 2010-04-28
Silent PC Review - Western Digital Green 1.5TB vs. Seagate 7200.12 500GB - 2009-12-09
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 - 1.5 TB Low-Power HDDs: Green Gets Big - 2009-06-24

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