WD Green Desktop 500GB SATA 6.0 GB/s 3.5-Inch Internal Desktop Hard Drive Retail Kit

Brand: Western Digital

Color: Green

Features:

• Includes free cloning software
• 3.5- Inch SATA hard drive and SATA 6 Gb/s interface.
• WD Green hard drives reduce power consumption by up to 40% and offer best-in-class acoustics and operating temperature and 3rd generation SATA interface
• IntelliPower – A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance.
• 2 year limited warranty
• Reduced power consumption –
• WD has reduced power consumption by up to 40 percent compared to standard desktop drives with the combination of WD’s IntelliSeek, NoTouch,
• And IntelliPower technologies.
• WD Caviar Green drives yield an average drive power savings of 4-5 watts over standard desktop drives making possible for our energy-conscious customers
• IntelliSeek – Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration.

Details: From the Manufacturer

WD Green Desktop Hard Drives – Cool, quiet operation for efficient eco-conscious computing.
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. Product Features
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.
Compatibility
Works with Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating systems.
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. Ideal for: Adding lots of storage in desktop PCs or external drives Adding extra storage space for photos, videos and music Environmentally-conscious individuals seeking reduced power consumption
Features at a glance 500 GB – 3 TB capacity SATA 6 Gb/s interface Reduced power consumption WD GreenPower Technology
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UPC: 072091096620

Package Dimensions: 58x193x567