13197Western Digital Green 1TB WD10EARShttps://www.pccasegear.com/products/13197/western-digital-green-1tb-wd10earshttps://files.pccasegear.com/images/wd-green_thumb.jpgOutOfStock65AUDWestern Digital Green Power 1TB WD10EARS Caviar, IntelliPower, SATAII, 3.5", 64MB Cache. Cool, quiet, eco-friendly. WD Caviar Green drives use less power and support quieter, cooler-running desktop PCs and external storage devices.*3 Year Western Digital Warranty.
Western Digital brings Advanced Format to Caviar Green:
"For quite some time now, mechanical hard drives have stored data in 512-byte chunks called sectors. That sector size worked for lower capacity points, but as areal densities rise, it's become increasingly inappropriate for new drives. As a result, the industry has decided to transition to a 4KB sector size dubbed Advanced Format.
This approach allows Advanced Format to make more efficient use of a platter's available capacity, and Western Digital expects it to boost useful storage by 7-11%, depending on the implementation. Current 500GB/platter products stand to see an increase in useful capacity of about 10%, which is really quite impressive." Full details
**Windows XP users will need to download this free utility before using this drive due to the use of Advanced Format technology. Not required for Vista and Windows 7 users.
WD Knowledge Base Article on WD10EARS and RAID - please read first if considering using in a RAID application./Hard Drives & SSDs/3.5" Hard Drives
Western Digital Green Power 1TB WD10EARS Caviar, IntelliPower, SATAII, 3.5", 64MB Cache. Cool, quiet, eco-friendly. WD Caviar Green drives use less power and support quieter, cooler-running desktop PCs and external storage devices.*3 Year Western Digital Warranty.
Western Digital brings Advanced Format to Caviar Green: "For quite some time now, mechanical hard drives have stored data in 512-byte chunks called sectors. That sector size worked for lower capacity points, but as areal densities rise, it's become increasingly inappropriate for new drives. As a result, the industry has decided to transition to a 4KB sector size dubbed Advanced Format.
This approach allows Advanced Format to make more efficient use of a platter's available capacity, and Western Digital expects it to boost useful storage by 7-11%, depending on the implementation. Current 500GB/platter products stand to see an increase in useful capacity of about 10%, which is really quite impressive." Full details
**Windows XP users will need to download this free utility before using this drive due to the use of Advanced Format technology. Not required for Vista and Windows 7 users.
