For anyone looking to add a large amount of storage to their desktop computer or just have a drive that produces very little noise or heat, the Western Digital WD20EARS 2TB SATA drive is a solid choice.
By About onWhile every man and his exceedingly rich dog is banging on about SSDs, these super-fast drives have one problem: unless you're working on a Western Australian mine, they're too expensive for general storage duties. With our digital libraries...
By APC Magazine onUnfortunately there's no such thing as the perfect hard drive and you'll have to choose your drive according to your priorities. If you’re looking for performance, for a model that will also be serving as a primary drive for example, you’ll want...
By BeHardware onWe want to say a few words about the Samsung SpinPoint F4 first. The company decided to introduce new platters into small-capacity products and this solution seems to be right. The SpinPoint F4 is fast, inexpensive (at least, inexpensive to make) and...
By X-bit Labs onThe folks at Western Digital haven't been resting on their laurels, trying to continuously improve their standard HDD section as technology improves. The result is the new Green HDD series, with a capacity of 2 TB spread over three platters. In...
By InsideHW onWestern Digital helped to pioneer the "green drive" segment, and the top-of-the-line Caviar Green drive sports a lot of cutting-edge technology: IntelliPower variable spindle speed, a 64MB cache, and Advance Format for more usable space. The wow...
By StorageReview onNow, let’s do some summarizing. We will go through the tested products in alphabetic order.The Hitachi 7K1000.C had very odd basic firmware with low performance, but now it looks decent enough. It breaks no records and is not completely free from...
By X-bit Labs onLa mode est aux produits verts. Si cela va évidemment dans le bon sens, est-ce au détriment des performances ? Nous avons vérifié la chose avec ce disque dur interne au format 3,5 pouces, ici testé dans sa version 2 To....
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Die neuen Energiespar-Festplatten von Samsung und WD setzen auf Sektoren im so genannten Advanced Format und beeindruckende Plattergrößen von 667 GB. Was die 2-TB-Versionen der Öko-Laufwerke leisten, haben wir im Testlabor ermittelt. Samsung und...
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Praktisch unhörbar: die Festplatte "Caviar Green WD20EARS" von Western DigitalDie Festplatte "Caviar Green WD20EARS" von Western Digital nutzt die neue Technik Advanced Format (AF). Advanced Format erhöht die Sektorgröße – die...
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