Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS vs Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 3511: Western Digital WD15EARS
Size1500 GB
Cache64 MB
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Warranty3 year
$ 108.00
$ 139.99 + $7.86 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 SATA 6 Gb/s 64 2000 109.99 18.18
Seagate Barracuda ST320005N4A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 2000 119.99 16.67
Seagate Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1500 102.00 14.71
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 3 108.00 13.89
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 1500 3 114.32 13.12
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31500541AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1500 3 124.00 12.10
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 3 124.99 12.00
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0015HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1500 3 129.99 11.54
Seagate Barracuda ST1500DM003 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1500 134.15 11.18
Western Digital AV-GP WD15EURS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 3 138.09 10.86
Seagate Barracuda ST315005N4A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1500 149.99 10.00
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1502FAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1500 5 159.99 9.38
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD154UI SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 188.95 7.94
Western Digital RE4-GP WD1502FYPS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 5 189.71 7.91
Western Digital AV-GP WD15EVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 3 198.95 7.54
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1501FASS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1500 5 199.99 7.50
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1500 3 289.95 5.17

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-01-31 $108.00 +2.01
2012-01-31 $105.99 -2.01
2012-01-26 $108.00 -2.95
2012-01-24 $110.95 +0.96
2012-01-24 $109.99 -0.96
2012-01-22 $110.95 -3.00
2012-01-21 $113.95 -1.06
2012-01-20 $139.99 -40.00
2012-01-17 $115.01 -0.10
2012-01-17 $115.11 +0.01

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 Size64 MB
Power
Standby0.80 Watts
Read/Write6.00 Watts
Sleep0.80 Watts
Idle3.70 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 325 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 029 dBA (average)
Idle Mode24 dBA (average)

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD15EARS
http://www.wdc.com/en/produ...

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 - 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
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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