Overall rating
87/100
alaTest has collected and analyzed 101 reviews of WD Caviar Green WD15EARS from international sources. Experts rate this product 63/100 and users 93/100. Comparing these reviews to Hard Drives other 8695 reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 87/100.
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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.
Performance Specifications
Transfer Rates
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 3 Gb/s (Max)
Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity 1,500,301 MB
Capacity 1.5 TB
Interface SATA 3 Gb/s
User Sectors Per Drive 2,930,277,168
Physical Dimensions
English
Height 1.028 Inches
Length 5.787 Inches
Width 4.00 Inches
Weight 1.61 Pounds
Metric
Height 26.1 mm
Length 147 mm
Width 101.6 mm
Weight 0.73 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 296 mA
Idle 243 mA
Standby 3 mA
Sleep 3 mA
5 VDC
Read/Write 503 mA
Idle 172 mA
Standby 160 mA
Sleep 160 mA
Power Dissipation
Read/Write 6.00 Watts
Idle 3.7 Watts
Standby 0.80 Watts
Sleep 0.80 Watts
As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, megabit per second (Mb/s) = one million bits per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.