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Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS - hard drive - 1.5 TB - SATA-300

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  • Hard drive size: 1.5 TB
  • Interface type: Serial ATA-300
  • Form factor: 3.5" x 1/3H
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  • alaTest.com

    Summary: alaTest collected and analyzed 1349 reviews of WD10EADS Caviar Green Set 1 from international magazines and websites and compared these to 85389 reviews for other Hard Drives. Experts rate this product 71/100 and users 83/100. The amount of rated reviews for this product is too low to calculate a reliable alaScore™.

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  • digitalversus.com

    Editors' rating: 40

    Summary: Although it didn't perform dreadfully on any of our tests, this drive did nothing to distinguish itself from the competition.

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  • laptopmag.com

    Editors' rating: 60

    Summary: The Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition is a compelling external storage drive solid for content hoarders. The drive will find a home with users who are more concerned with safeguarding data than lightning-fast transfer speeds, as the RAID ...

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  • pcplus.co.uk

    Editors' rating: 80

    Summary: Slower than the Hitachi and more expensive too, but lower power usage will appeal to some

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    Editors' rating: 80

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We have not reviewed this product but here is CNET's buying advice on Internal Hard Drives. This content was chosen based on the features included with this model of internal hard drive.

Serial ATA-300

SATA, or Serial ATA is the current popular choice of hard drive interface for desktop systems. SATA-300 is the current standard, and is capable of transferring 300 Megabytes per second. While SCSI drives are capable of faster transfer speeds, the drives, bus controller, and cables are much more expensive, relegating their use to servers and applications where transfer speed is an absolute must. Note that if you are shopping for an upgrade to a system that is a couple of years old, it may not support SATA-300, and not operate at it's full potential. If it is any older than that, it may not support the SATA standard at all, and you should check your system's specifications for details.

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CNET product brief

Description: This Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS is a 1.5TB, standard hard disk drive.Compared to other standard hard drives on the market, it is relatively inexpensive at around $125.Compared to a typical hard drive, its maximum internal data transfer rate of 100 MBps is very fast (this is the rate at which the drive actually reads data from the disk surface).Its burst transfer rate is 300 MBps.

Pros: Has a 1.5TB capacity, which is considerably larger than some similarly priced hard drives.In fact, the average cost of a product with this large a capacity is $315.Also, this hard drive has a 32MB buffer, which is considerably larger than some similarly priced hard drives.In fact, the average cost of a product with this large a buffer is $210.This drive comes with a Serial ATA-300 controller interface?one of the fastest technologies for data transfer.

Cons: None noted, given available product data.

Suitability: Suitable for replacement or upgrade on many desktop PCs or workstations.

Value: Given its relatively inexpensive price, this hard drive has great features for the money.

CNET's Product Briefs are generated by a software tool that combines product specifications with knowledge of our editorial experts. They do not reflect hands-on assessment or labs testing. For more information about how we create Product Briefs, contact us.

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