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Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS

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Good
  • Pros
  • Offers moderate power savings
  • Cons
  • Weak performer on file seek tests

Bottom Line

First drive to bill itself as eco-friendly with low-power consumption proves it can stand with the big boys.

User Reviews for Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS

  • Reviewed by: martybacon

    Duration of ownership: 1 Month

    Strengths: Simple set up, use MBR setting to dee it in entirety in your Disk Manager, the make it a volume and quick format it. No sweat. Using as a Video library it works fine, so far.

    Weaknesses: none noted yet

    Overall Evaluation: Space in my media server is limited. This replaces a 500 GB older brother. It is a space saver for me. Next one I get I will use to clone my boot drive.

  • Reviewed by: arostaps

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Large size and dependable.

    Weaknesses: Can run a bit hot, so make sure to have some good cooling.

    Overall Evaluation: I loaded my harddrive into an Antec MX-1 active cooled enclosure and backed up all of my data onto it. I think it would have been running pretty hot if I didn't have it in the active-cooled enclosure. Also, not using the SATA connection makes the data transfer a bit slow (through USB).

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