Product Description
WD Green hard drives are designed for use in systems that require cool and quiet operation, as secondary drives in PCs, for external enclosures and other applications for which low noise and low heat are beneficial. They provide high capacity storage while using less power than traditional drives. In addition, these hard drives are quieter and cooler than traditional 7200 RPM drives.These 2.5-inch hard drives are ideal for use whenever energy efficiency is needed.
| List Price: | $199.99 |
| Price: |
$156.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details |
| as of Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:02:44 GMT | |
Product Details
- Brand: Western Digital
- Model: WD15NPVT
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .59" h x 2.75" w x 3.94" l, .40 pounds
- Hard Disk: 1500GB
Features
- Cooler and quieter - WD Green is simple high capacity storage that runs cooler and quieter than traditional 7200 RPM drives.
- Eco-conscious design - Manufactured lead free, halogen free and with conflict free materials
- These drives are 15mm high, and will NOT fit into laptops/notebooks
- 1.5 TB capacity holds up to 300,000 digital photos, 375,000 MP3 files, and 180 hours of HD video.
- 2 year limited warranty.
From the Manufacturer
WD Green Mobile Hard Drives – Cool, quiet operation for efficient eco-conscious computing.
WD GreenPower Technology yields lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics perfect for ultra-quiet PCs and external drives.
Best-in-class power management technology delivers significant power savings and solid performance.
WD Green drives are innovatively designed and manufactured with lead-free, conflict-free and halogen-free materials to help ensure a sustainable future.
Product Features
Recommended use - WD Green Mobile hard drives are tested and recommended for use in custom-built enclosures and other applications that require cool and quiet operation.*
*IMPORTANT NOTE: Cannot be used in laptop or notebook computers. Designed for PCs and custom external enclosures. Consult system specifications for maximum allowable drive height before attempting to install.
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.
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.
Tested for compatibility - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.
The WD advantage - WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the WD Support site for full details.
Upgrading your drive is easy - WD Acronis TrueImage, available as a free download on the WD Support site, 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.
WD-certified packaging - All WD drives purchased from Amazon.com are shipped in WD-certified hard drive packaging. It is designed and fully tested to provide WD products with the highest of safety while in transit. With WD-certified packaging, you can rest assured that your WD hard drive will arrive safely, fully protected, in a non-descript, easy-open package.
Compatibility
Works with Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating systems.
Ideal for:
- Custom-built external enlosures
Features at a glance
- 1.5 TB - 2 TB capacity
- 15 mm drive height - ideal for custom-built external enclosures
- SATA 3 Gb/s interface
- Reduced power consumption
- WD GreenPower Technology
You might also consider:
 2.5-inch Internal Comparison Chart | |||
 WD Blue |
 WD Green |
 WD Black | |
Solid performance and reliability for everyday computing. | Cool, quiet operation for efficient eco-conscious computing. | Maximum performance for power computing. | |
Ideal for | Notebook computers, netbooks and external enclosures. | Custom-built enclosures and other applications that require cool and quiet operation. | Notebook computers. |
Capacity range | 80 GB – 1 TB | 1.5 TB – 2 TB | 160 GB – 750 GB |
Interface | SATA 3 Gb/s PATA 100 MB/s | SATA 3 Gb/s | SATA 3 Gb/s |
Form factor | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch |
Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Highest performance |  | ||
Highest capacity | | ||
Everyday computing | | ||
Photo/video editing | | ||
Notebook computers | | | |
External enclosures | | |
No comments:
Post a Comment