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Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA300 WD30EZRS

Based on 14 reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

3
Average:

4
Bad:

4

Pros

First bootable 3TB drive.
Free twoport 6Gb/s HBA.
90MB/s+ sequential speeds.
Highest-capacity hard drive on the market.

Cons

Full capacity is accessible only after using a workaround or GPT mode.
Expensive.
Mobo UEFI support still lacking.
Lags behind 2TB drives in some tests.

By PCWorld India on October 04, 2011

A Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB drive could be very useful in a dual-drive computer, with one slot filled by a solid state drive (SSD) and the other by the 3TB hard drive. The SSD could be used as a boot and application drive to increase boot-up...

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By Expert Reviews on May 14, 2011

It might have been the first, but the Caviar Green has been surpassed by better 3TB disks....

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By Tech2 on March 26, 2011

The WD 3 TB Hard Drive is a decent performer overall. A capacity of 3 TB is pretty good for heavy data users who are on the lookout for storing movies and more. However, at a price of Rs. 10,700 makes the WD30EZRS very expensive when it comes to price...

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By HardwareHeaven on January 01, 2011

Looking first to the build quality and design of the Caviar Green 3TB we have a product which impresses. It feels solid but despite four platters inside it is only 30g heavier than 2TB models which we have previously tested. Other manufacturers have...

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By Hardware Canucks on December 29, 2010

On the performance front this drive may not win any speed contests against products boasting faster rotational speeds….but then again it wasn’t meant to. The Caviar Green 3TB is meant to be a low power, low noise, high capacity product and it...

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By Maximum PC on December 06, 2010

Finally, a bootable 3TB hard drive—for select systems It’s been nearly two years since we saw the first 2TB drives hit the market. You’d think we would have gotten 3TB drives months ago. It’s not that hard, is it? Turns out,...

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By PC Pro on November 30, 2010

The pinnacle of disk storage, and performance is attractive too...

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By 3dGameMan on November 25, 2010

Video Review: If you're in the market for a super large capacity 3.5" SATA hard drive that needs to be quiet, cool, perform well, eco-friendly and is affordable, the Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB 3.5" Hard Drive is probably it. This hard drive...

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By TechwareLabs on November 17, 2010

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By PC Mag on November 16, 2010

Western Digital obliterates all heretofore known storage boundaries with its 3TB Caviar Green, the largest on the planet. But this internal hard drive's platters are piled with caveats....

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