As hard drive capacities increase, the power required to run those drives increases as well. WD Caviar Green drives make it possible for energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.
Key Features
Reduced power consumption - WD has reduced power consumption by up to 40 percent compared to standard desktop drives with the combination of WD's IntelliSeek, NoTouch, and IntelliPower technologies.
Helps enable eco-friendly PCs - WD Caviar Green drives yield an average drive power savings of 4-5 watts over standard desktop drives making it possible for our energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.
Cool and quiet - WD GreenPower Technology yields lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics for ultra-quiet PCs and external drives.
Massive capacity - Capacities up to 2 TB offer the most available capacity for storage-intensive programs and space-hungry operating systems, like Windows Vista®, with plenty of room left over for photos, music, and video.
Perfect for external drives - External drive manufacturers can eliminate the need for a fan in a high-capacity product with a WD Caviar Green drive, the coolest and quietest in its class.
IntelliPower - A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance.
IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration. View demo >
NoTouch ramp load technology - The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.
Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) - Employs PMR technology to achieve even greater areal density.
StableTrac - The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking, during read and write operations. (2 TB models only) View demo >
Low power spin-up - WD Caviar Green drives consume less current during startup allowing lower peak loads.
Advanced power technology - Electronic components deliver best-in-class low power consumption for reduced power requirements and increased reliability.
Ideal For
Environmentally friendly PCs and external storage requiring lower power consumption and cool, quiet operation.
| Performance Specifications |  |
 | Rotational Speed | IntelliPower * |
| Buffer Size | 64 MB |
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| Transfer Rates |
| Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) | 3 Gb/s (Max) |
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| Physical Specifications | |
| Formatted Capacity | 2,000,398 MB |
| Capacity | 2 TB |
| Interface | SATA 3 Gb/s |
| User Sectors Per Drive | 3,907,029,168 |
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| Physical Dimensions | |
| English |
| Height | 1.028 Inches |
| Depth | 5.787 Inches |
| Width | 4.00 Inches |
| Weight | 1.61 Pounds |
|
| Metric |
| Height | 26.1 mm |
| Depth | 147 mm |
| Width | 101.6 mm |
| Weight | 0.73 kg |
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| Environmental Specifications | |
| Shock |
| Operating Shock (Read) | 65G, 2 ms |
| Non-operating Shock | 250G, 2 ms |
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| Acoustics |
| Idle Mode | 24 dBA (average) |
| Seek Mode 0 | 29 dBA (average) |
| Seek Mode 3 | 25 dBA (average) |
|
| Temperature (English) |
| Operating | 32° F to 140° F |
| Non-operating | -40° F to 158° F |
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| Temperature (Metric) |
| Operating | -0° C to 60° C |
| Non-operating | -40° C to 70° C |
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| Electrical Specifications | |
| Current Requirements |
| 12 VDC |
| Read/Write | 296 mA |
| Idle | 243 mA |
| Standby | 3 mA |
| Sleep | 3 mA |
|
| 5 VDC |
| Read/Write | 503 mA |
| Idle | 172 mA |
| Standby | 160 mA |
| Sleep | 160 mA |
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| Power Dissipation |
| Read/Write | 6.00 Watts |
| Idle | 3.70 Watts |
| Standby | 0.80 Watts |
| Sleep | 0.80 Watts |
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| As
used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one
gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion
bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating
environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576
bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second
(MB/s) = one million bytes per second, megabit per second (Mb/s) = one
million bits per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion
bits per second. |
