Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX (3000 GB)

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Item 6282: Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB WD30EZRX
BrandWestern Digital
FamilyCaviar Green
PartWD30EZRX
Size3000 GB
Cache64 MB
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed6 Gb/s
Warranty2 year
WD30EZRX Reviews3
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 3000 2 109.99 27.28
Toshiba DT01ACA300 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 2 129.99 23.08
Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 129.99 23.08
Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 3000 2 129.99 23.08
Seagate Barracuda STBD3000100 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 129.99 23.08
Toshiba HDKPC08 SATA 7200 64 3000 133.99 22.39
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0030HNC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 3000 3 134.00 22.39
Western Digital AV-GP WD30EURS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 3000 3 139.50 21.51
Toshiba PH3300U-1I72 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 141.19 21.25
Western Digital Red WD30EFRX SATA 6 Gb/s 64 3000 5 142.75 21.02
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 155.00 19.35
Seagate SV35.5 ST3000VX000 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 159.99 18.75
Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3030ALA630 (0F12460) SATA 6 Gb/s 32 3000 3 179.99 16.67
Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3030ALA630 SATA 6 Gb/s 32 3000 3 189.99 15.79
Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3030ALA630 SATA 6 Gb/s 32 3000 199.00 15.08
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 (0F12450) SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 5 199.00 15.08
Western Digital Black WD3001FAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 5 215.99 13.89
Seagate Constellation CS ST3000NC002 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 219.99 13.64
Seagate Constellation ES.2 ST33000650NS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 240.00 12.50
Hitachi Deskstar 0S03086 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 3000 3 248.99 12.05
Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 HUS724030ALE640 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 259.99 11.54
Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 HUA723030ALA640 SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 3 269.99 11.11
Seagate Constellation ES.2 ST33000651NS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 280.00 10.71
Western Digital RE SATA WD3000FYYZ SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 5 290.15 10.34
Seagate Constellation ES.2 ST33000652NS SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 3000 379.99 7.89

Price History

Recent Price Changes

2013-06-10 $109.99 -10.00
2013-06-06 $122.90 +2.90
2013-06-06 $120.00 -2.90
2013-06-06 $139.99 +15.00
2013-06-05 $122.90 +7.90
2013-06-05 $115.00 -5.00
2013-06-04 $120.00 -2.90
2013-06-04 $124.99 -15.00
2013-06-03 $122.90 +15.87
2013-06-03 $107.03 -15.87

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 6 Gb/s
Formatted Capacity3,000,592 MB
User Sectors Per Drive5,860,533,168
Capacity3 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 WD30EZRX Reviews & Benchmarks

eTeknix - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive Review Gold Award - Oct. 24, 2011
Hot Hardware - 3TB Hard Drive Round-up: Hitachi, Seagate, WD - Sept. 7, 2011

Other Western Digital Caviar Green Reviews & Benchmarks

Hardware Heaven - Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive Review - Jan. 1, 2011
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
Hot Hardware - WD Caviar & RE2 GreenPower 1TB HDs - March 24, 2008
ExtremeTech - RAID Class Terabyte Hard Drives - Nov. 29, 2007
Tom's Hardware - The Terabyte Battle - Nov. 5, 2007
Tom's Hardware - WD Caviar GP: The "Green" 1 TB Drive - Oct. 11, 2007

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