- KFA2 GeForce GTX 460 1GB LTD OC graphics card review
- Crucial Ballistix Finned DDR3 with built-in temperature sensor
- ASUS G73JH gaming notebook review
- Synology DiskStation DS411+ NAS
- EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SuperClocked 768MB in SLI
- Belkin Play Max wireless router review
- Scan 3XS i3 OC SMART Edition GTX 460 system review. Featuring GeForce GTX 460
- Thecus N7700PRO: 10GbE NAS reviewed and rated
- MSI Wind U160 netbook review
- ZOTAC GeForce GTX 460 1GB in SLI - beating up on GTX 480
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1,024MB and 768MB: Fermi done right
- ASUS ROG ARES: God of War graphics card unleashed
- ASUS Rampage III GENE review - mastering mATX
- Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB SSD review - is it all we've been hoping for?
- Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 motherboard meets four-way Radeon HD 5870 CrossFire
- NZXT Unveils Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Chassis
- High Definition recording in less than 15 minutes with Verbatim´s Blu-ray BD-R 25GB 6x
- Super Talent Introduces new UltraDriveTM MX
- Patriot Launches 60GB, 120GB and 240GB Inferno Series Sold-State Drives
- AMD Leads the way at SIGGRAPH 2010 with Performance Gains and Comprehensive ISV Certifications
Western Digital launches world's first 2TB hard drive
Published: Tuesday 27th January, 2009 | Author: Parm Mann
Products: Caviar Green
Companies: Western Digital (All Western Digital content)
External reviews: Western Digital Caviar Green
printer friendly layout 
discuss in the forums 
email to a friendStorage-specialist Western Digital has officially taken the wraps off its new pride and joy, the 2TB Caviar Green hard drive.
The 3.5in drive becomes the highest-capacity offering currently available, and provides a mammoth 500GB of storage on each of its four platters. There's the expected 32MB cache, and a selection of Western Digital technologies - IntelliPower and IntelliSeek, for example - designed to make the drive less power hungry, cool and quiet.
Though the Caviar Green hard drive series also boasts 1.5TB and 1TB models, it's this gargantuan 2TB drive (model #WD20EADS) that'll be turning heads.
The drive utilises a standard 3GB/s SATA interface and claims to consume less than 1W of power when in standby, 4W when idle and 7.4W when reading/writing.
We're all for solid-state drives, but when a hard-disk alternative can offer around 6,690 megabytes per Euro, it's hard to ignore. Western Digital expects the 2TB Caviar Green to be available this month priced at €299.
Official press release: WD LAUNCHES INDUSTRY’S FIRST 2 TB HARD DRIVES
Official produce page: WDC.com
HEXUS related reading
HEXUS.net - news :: QNAP Turbo NAS series offers support for world's first 2TB driveHEXUS.channel - press releases :: WESTERN DIGITAL TO ACQUIRE HOYA'S MAGNETIC MEDIA OPERATIONS
HEXUS.net - press releases :: WD® LAUNCHES NEWEST WD VELOCIRAPTOR® – THE WORLD’S FASTEST SATA HARD DRIVE NOW HAS TWICE THE CAPACITY
HEXUS.net - news :: Western Digital preps fifth-generation VelociRaptor VR200M HDD
HEXUS.channel - news :: WD finally launches consumer SSDs
HEXUS.channel - news :: New WD external HDDs for Macs features an e-paper display
HEXUS.net - news :: Super Talent debuts UltraDrive MX SSD
HEXUS.net - news :: Patriot expands Inferno line of SSDs with new capacity options
HEXUS.net - press releases :: High Definition recording in less than 15 minutes with Verbatim´s Blu-ray BD-R 25GB 6x
HEXUS.net - press releases :: Super Talent Introduces new UltraDriveTM MX
HEXUS.net - press releases :: Patriot Launches 60GB, 120GB and 240GB Inferno Series Sold-State Drives
All Western Digital related content on HEXUS
Copyright © 1998 - 2010, HEXUS.net. All rights reserved. Terms, conditions and privacy information.
HEXUS® is a registered trademark of HEXUS Limited.
IE7 Search
Firefox 2 Search When do you plan on buying an SSD drive?
- Samsung X125 ultraportable laptop makes quiet entrance
- AMD beats NVIDIA in GPU shipments
- NZXT goes all 'opera' on us to deliver Phantom chassis
- Super Talent debuts UltraDrive MX SSD
- Patriot expands Inferno line of SSDs with new capacity options
- NVIDIA releases Fermi-based Quadro graphics cards
- Apple to launch luscious 27in Cinema display
- Intel takes the next step in Silicon Photonics
- Apple's Magic Trackpad gets official
- Apple refreshes Mac Pro and iMac models
HEXUS.community :: your right2reply
Is it likely the 1TB and 1.5TB drives will use the same platters?
Not automatically.
It is likely they will release new model drives that have these higher density platters though. For example it's rumoured the Seagate 7200.12 series is going to be 500GB platters, probably with 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB and 500GB drives being available.Quote
Reply