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WD Caviar Green WD20EARX 2 TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - SATA - 64 MB Buffer
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- Condition:
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- Brand:
- Western Digital
From the Manufacturer
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Features
Cool and quiet.
WD GreenPower Technology yields lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics perfect for ultra-quiet PCs and external drives.
Reduced power consumption.
Best-in-class power management technology delivers significant power savings and solid performance.
Eco-conscious.
WD Green drives are innovatively designed and manufactured with lead-free, conflict-free and halogen-free materials to help ensure a sustainable future.
WD’s commitment to sustainability.
WD's green initiative goes even further beyond the product level, focusing on recycling and improving the cleanliness of the air, water and land.
Leading the way to green hard drives.
WD led the industry in creating a new category of hard drives that use less power and helps to reduce the world's energy demands one computer user at a time. With over 100 million WD Green drives sold* customers using WD Green drives have saved the planet over 466 million kwh of power – nearly equaling the annual power production of a single coal power plant!
*Data reflects approximate drives sold as of June 2012.
*Data reflects approximate drives sold as of June 2012.
Halogen free.
In addition to being RoHS compliant, all WD Green drives are lead and halogen free, resulting in less pollutants getting into our environment.
Reduced rare earths dependency.
WD’s next-generation WD Green hard drives are built using less rare earth minerals.
Conflict-free materials.
As a leader in hard drive manufacturing, WD proudly guarantees our hard drives are built with 100% conflict-free raw materials.
IntelliSeek.
Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.
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.
Upgrading your drive is easy.
WD Acronis TrueImage, available as a free download on the WD Support website, enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.
The WD advantage.
WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T) prior to any product launch. This testing ensures our products consistently meet the highest quality and reliability standards of the WD brand. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles as well as helpful software and utilities. Our customer support lines have longer operational hours to ensure you get the help you need when you need it. Our toll-free
customer support lines are here to help or you can access our WD Support site for additional details.
Recommended use.
WD Green hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs as secondary storage, external enclosures and other applications that require cool and quiet operation.*
*Desktop drives are not recommended for use in RAID environments, please consider using WD Red hard drives for home and small office 1-5 bay NAS systems and WD Enterprise hard drives for rackmount and >5 bay NAS systems.
*Desktop drives are not recommended for use in RAID environments, please consider using WD Red hard drives for home and small office 1-5 bay NAS systems and WD Enterprise hard drives for rackmount and >5 bay NAS systems.
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Power of Choice
More products. More options. More solutions. More you.
Your digital life is unique and you need a family of internal hard drives that are as individual as you are. WD offers more than a one-size-fits-all hard drive. WD offers you choice. And that’s a powerful thing.
WD Blue
WD Blue hard drives deliver solid performance and reliability for desktops PCs, external enclosures and for certain industrial applications.
WD Green
WD Green hard drives are designed for use as secondary drives in PCs, for external enclosures and other applications for which low noise and low heat are beneficial.
WD Black
WD Black hard drives are designed for enthusiasts and creative professionals looking for leading-edge performance.
WD Red
WD Red hard drives are designed and tested for compatibility in the unique 24x7 operating environment and demanding system requirements of home and small office NAS.
Specs
Performance Specifications
| Rotational Speed | IntelliPower * |
| Buffer Size | 64 MB |
| Transfer Rates | |
|---|---|
| Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) | 6 Gb/s (Max) |
| Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk) | 110 MB/s (Sustained) |
Physical Specifications
| Formatted Capacity | 2,000,398 MB |
| Capacity | 2 TB |
| User Sectors Per Drive | 3,907,029,168 |
Physical Dimensions
| English | |
|---|---|
| Height | 1.028 Inches |
| Depth | 5.787 Inches |
| Width | 4.00 Inches |
| Weight | 1.40 Pounds |
| Metric | |
|---|---|
| Height | 26.1 mm |
| Depth | 147 mm |
| Width | 101.6 mm |
| Weight | 0.64 kg |
Environmental Specifications
| Shock | |
|---|---|
| Operating Shock (Read) | 65G, 2 ms |
| Non-operating Shock | 250G, 2 ms |
| 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 |
| Temperature (Metric) | |
|---|---|
| Operating | -0° C to 60° C |
| Non-operating | -40° C to 70° C |
Electrical Specifications
| Current Requirements | |
|---|---|
| 12 VDC |
Read/Write: 1.75 A |
| Power Dissipation |
Read/Write: 5.30 Watts Idle: 3.30 Watts Standby: 0.70 Watts Sleep: 0.70 Watts |
General Information
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. |
Technical Information
| Storage Capacity: | 2 TB |
| Platform Supported: | PC |
| Platform Supported: | Mac |
| Features: | IntelliPower |
| Features: | IntelliSeek |
| Features: | Advanced Format |
| Features: | NoTouch Ramp Load |
Drive Performance
| Maximum External Data Transfer Rate: | 600 MBps (4.7 Gbps) |
| Buffer: | 64 MB |
Interfaces/Ports
| Drive Interface: | SATA |
| Drive Interface Standard: | SATA/600 |
| SATA Pin: | 7-pin |
Physical Characteristics
| Drive Type: | Internal |
| Drive Width: | 3.5" |
| Height: | 1.0" |
| Width: | 4.0" |
| Depth: | 5.8" |
| Weight (Approximate): | 1.41 lb |
Miscellaneous
| System Requirements: | Operating Systems: |
Warranty
| Limited Warranty: | 2 Year |
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- UPC: 718037776064
- Mfr's Part #: WD20EARX
