Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS vs Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 3445: Western Digital WD10EARS
Size1000 GB
Cache64 MB
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
WD10EARS Reviews3
$ 69.99 + $7.28 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 3 69.99 14.29
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 74.99 13.34
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD103SI SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 74.99 13.34
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 74.99 13.34
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 3 74.99 13.34
Seagate SV35 ST31000526SV SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 79.95 12.51
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 0F10383 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 79.99 12.50
Samsung F1 RAID Class HE103UJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 79.99 12.50
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 3 79.99 12.50
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 1000 3 79.99 12.50
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADX SATA 6 Gb/s 32 1000 79.99 12.50
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EUCX SATA 6 Gb/s 16 1000 79.99 12.50
Western Digital HDWD10EVVS/R SATA 3 Gb/s 16 1000 82.99 12.05
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 2 82.99 12.05
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EAVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 1000 84.99 11.77
Western Digital HDWD10EVDS/R SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 84.99 11.77
Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 hde721010sla330 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 84.99 11.77
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000 HUA721010KLA330 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 84.99 11.77
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0010HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 85.62 11.68
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 0A38016 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 88.99 11.24
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 88.99 11.24
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000340NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 89.95 11.12
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 hua722010cla330 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 89.99 11.11
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 5 89.99 11.11
Western Digital WD1001FAES SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 89.99 11.11
Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 5 94.99 10.53
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000524AS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 95.00 10.53
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 95.98 10.42
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 95.99 10.42
Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 99.99 10.00
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 5 99.99 10.00
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1000 99.99 10.00
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721010DLE630 (0F13180) SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 99.99 10.00
Seagate SV35.5 ST1000VX000 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 102.02 9.80
Seagate Pipeline HD ST1000VM002 SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 64 1000 104.99 9.52
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 109.99 9.09
Seagate Pipeline HD ST31000322CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 1000 109.99 9.09
HP Midline 454146-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 110.00 9.09
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 110.62 9.04
Western Digital RE4 WD1003FBYX SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 5 113.99 8.77
Western Digital Caviar Black WDBAAZ0010HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 114.09 8.77
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 120.00 8.33
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 3 121.00 8.26
G-TECH 0G00149 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 8 1000 3 126.00 7.94
Toshiba MKx002TSKB Series MK1002TSKB SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 5 132.99 7.52
Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0031 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 136.11 7.35
Seagate Constellation ES ST31000524NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 5 149.00 6.71
Seagate Barracuda Green ST1000DL002 SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1000 159.99 6.25
Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0011 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 168.32 5.94
HP GE262UT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 185.01 5.41
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31000520AS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 3 249.95 4.00
HP StorageWorks MSA2 AJ740A SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 255.00 3.92
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ SATA 6 Gb/s 10000 64 1000 276.19 3.62
IBM 43W7630 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 325.00 3.08

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-05-17 $69.99 -3.00
2012-05-17 $72.99 -12.00
2012-05-16 $84.99 -3.00
2012-05-10 $87.99 -7.00
2012-04-24 $94.99 -5.00
2012-04-09 $99.99 +55.00
2011-10-03 $44.99 -5.00
2011-01-11 $49.99 -3.00
2010-12-30 $52.99

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity1,000,204 MB
User Sectors Per Drive1,953,525,169
Capacity1 TB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer Size64 MB
Power
Standby0.40 Watts
Read/Write5.40 Watts
Sleep0.40 Watts
Idle5.40 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 329 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 033 dBA (average)
Idle Mode24 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD10EARS
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

Western Digital WD10EARS Reviews & Benchmarks

X-bit labs - Terabyte Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Round Three - March 8, 2010
Hot Hardware - Exploring WD's Advanced Format HD Technology - Feb. 26, 2010
Tom's Hardware - HDDs, The Next Generation: Drives With 4KB Sectors On The Way - Feb. 26, 2010

Other Western Digital Caviar Green Reviews & Benchmarks

eTeknix - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive Review - Oct. 24, 2011
Tom's Hardware - Four 3 TB Hard Drives, Tested And Reviewed - Sept. 8, 2011
Hot Hardware - 3TB Hard Drive Round-up: Hitachi, Seagate, WD - Sept. 7, 2011
Tech ARP - Western Digital Caviar Green (WD30EZRX) 3 TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive Review - June 9, 2011
X-bit labs - New Evolution Spiral: 3 TB Hard Disk Drives Roundup - Feb. 8, 2011
Hardware Heaven - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive Review - Jan. 1, 2011
X-bit labs - Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Winter 2010 - Dec. 28, 2010
Tech ARP - Western Digital Caviar Green (Advanced Format) 3 TB Hard Disk Drive Review Rev. 2.0 - Dec. 24, 2010
Silent PC Review - New high areal density 2-and-3 TB Greens from WD | silentpcreview.com - Dec. 7, 2010
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar Green 3TB hard drive - The next mechanical milestone comes with complications - Oct. 28, 2010
TweakTown - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive - Oct. 19, 2010
AnandTech - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB and My Book Essential 3TB Drives Reviewed - Oct. 19, 2010
Hot Hardware - WD Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive Review - Oct. 19, 2010
Legit Reviews - Western Digital 3TB Caviar Green Hard Drive Review - Oct. 19, 2010
PC Perspective - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Review - Oct. 19, 2010
StorageReview.com - Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Review (WD20EARS) - June 24, 2010
X-bit labs - 500 GB Hard Disk Drives Roundup - May 3, 2010
Silent PC Review - Recommended Hard Drives - April 28, 2010
X-bit labs - Roundup: New Hard Disk Drives with 1 TB and 2 TB Storage Capacities - April 16, 2010
Hot Hardware - Definitive 2TB HD Roundup: WD, Seagate, Samsung - April 16, 2010
X-bit labs - 2 TB Hard Disk Drives: Now at 7,200 RPM - Jan. 11, 2010
Silent PC Review - Western Digital Green 1.5TB vs. Seagate 7200.12 500GB - Dec. 9, 2009
Macintosh Performance Guide - Low-power 2TB hard drives — Seagate Barracuda LP Western Digital Caviar Green - Nov. 24, 2009
Legit Reviews - Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green and Black Hard Drives - Sept. 18, 2009
X-bit labs - Life After 1 TB: Seven Hard Disk Drives with 1.5 TB and 2 TB Storage Capacity - Aug. 15, 2009
Tom's Hardware - 1.5 TB Low-Power HDDs: Green Gets Big - June 24, 2009
Tom's Hardware - New Desktop Hard Drives: Speed Or Capacity? : New HDDs With 500 GB Per Platter (500 GB To 2 TB) - April 21, 2009
Hot Hardware - Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green Power Hard Drive - April 8, 2009
Silent PC Review - WD Caviar Green 2TB & Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB: Two Very Quiet Drives - March 26, 2009
PC Perspective - Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green Review: Bigger and Quieter! - March 11, 2009
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar Green 2TB hard drive: An energy-efficient step up the capacity ladder - Feb. 10, 2009
Tom's Hardware - WD's 2nd Gen GP: More Speed, Less Power : Just Another Green Product? - Dec. 3, 2008
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar Green hard drive: 333GB platters come to the eco-Caviar - Oct. 27, 2008
Tom's Hardware - Energy-Saving Hard Drives - June 3, 2008
Hot Hardware - WD Caviar & RE2 GreenPower 1TB HDs - March 24, 2008
Silent PC Review - Terabyte Round III: WD Caviar Green Power WD10EACS - Feb. 26, 2008
Silent PC Review - WD Green Power: A New Benchmark in HDD Acoustics & Power - Dec. 4, 2007
ExtremeTech - RAID Class Terabyte Hard Drives - Nov. 29, 2007
AnandTech - Seagate and Western Digital 1TB Drives: Improved and Green - Nov. 26, 2007
Tom's Hardware - The Terabyte Battle - Nov. 5, 2007
ExtremeTech - Western Digital WD10EACS and Seagate 7200.11 Terabyte Hard Drive Reviews - Oct. 25, 2007
The Tech Report - Western Digital's Caviar GP hard drive - Is it easy being green? - Oct. 16, 2007
Tom's Hardware - WD Caviar GP: The "Green" 1 TB Drive - Oct. 11, 2007
StorageReview - Faceoff at One Terabyte: Seagate's Barracuda ES.2 and WD's Caviar GreenPower - Oct. 1, 2007

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