Western Digital Caviar Green WD25EZRX vs Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 6281: Western Digital WD25EZRX
Size2500 GB
Cache64 MB
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed6 Gb/s
Warranty2 year
$ 145.99
$ 149.91
Disk Interface Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital WD25EZRS SATA 3 Gb/s 2500 114.99 21.74
Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 3000 2 159.99 18.75
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0030HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 3000 3 159.99 18.75
Western Digital Caviar Green WD25EZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 2500 2 145.99 17.12
Western Digital AV-GP WD25EURS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 2500 3 155.89 16.04

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-05-22 $145.99 -15.36
2012-05-21 $161.35 +2.93
2012-05-21 $158.42 +12.43
2012-05-20 $145.99 +6.00
2012-05-20 $139.99 +1.00
2012-05-19 $138.99 -11.52
2012-05-17 $150.51 -0.29
2012-05-17 $150.80 -10.55
2012-05-11 $161.35 +7.51
2012-05-11 $153.84 +13.84

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 6 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity2,500,495 MB
User Sectors Per Drive4,883,781,168
Capacity2.5 TB
Performance
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)6 Gb/s (Max)
Rotational SpeedIntelliPower *
Buffer Size64 MB
Power
Standby0.80 Watts
Read/Write6.00 Watts
Sleep0.80 Watts
Idle5.50 Watts
Acoustics
Seek Mode 325 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 029 dBA (average)
Idle Mode24 dBA (average)
Physical
Width101.6 mm
Depth147 mm
Weight0.73 kg
Height26.1 mm

External links

Western Digital
http://www.wdc.com/
WD25EZRX
http://www.wdc.com/global/p...

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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