Go To Latest Video ReviewsWestern Digital Caviar Green 2TB Comments
| Author | Edward Chester |
| Published | 27th Jan 2009 |
| Manufacturer | Western Digital |
| Supplier | Overclockers.co.uk |
| Price | £179.99 (Exc VAT) |
| as reviewed | £206.99 (Inc VAT) |
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Comments for Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB
lifethroughalens said on 27th January 2009
Randy said on 27th January 2009
That is a fast review, this drive was announced less than 10 hours ago. :) I wonder how do this drive compare to 2 RAID0'ed 1TB drives in terms of price and speed. And which in real world is the better choice.
Damn, i am visiting this site for more than 2 years now, and until today i thought that "price" and "as reviewed" (on top of every review) was separate informations, and isn't meant to be read together. I thought then, that price is actual value in the day of reading, and "as reviewed" was the value shown during the review. One question kept occuring to me - why the hell is one price w/o vat and the other is with vat.
Randy said on 27th January 2009
Ps.: Sorry, Ed has covered the price aspect in the end of his review.
Martin said on 27th January 2009
'Irregardless'? Tut.
Gordon said on 27th January 2009
Thanks Martin - fixed.
Ed said on 27th January 2009
Bah, darned colloquialisms creeping into my writing. Well spotted.
@Randy
The performance of two RAID0 1TB drives will almost certainly outstrip that of a single 2TB drive. It's not something I'd consider doing, though, due to the increased risk of complete data loss, extra power output, and the fact I'd get better performance (in day to day activities) by buying a faster hard drive in the first place.
Pbryanw said on 27th January 2009
Can anyone explain the anomaly in the Vista startup and shutdown graph. In even other test the WD 2TB bests the Hitachi 1TB, but in the shutdown test it's nearly twice as slow. I'm sure there must be a reason for this?
Ed said on 28th January 2009
Part of the explanation is I put in the wrong number in the graph - fixed now. As for why it's still a second or so slower, it could easily be margin of error as all the figures are so close in this test.
biffzinker said on 28th January 2009
To Ed: Your HD Tune screen grabs you have the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB shown twice instead of the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.
Ed said on 28th January 2009
Thanks biffzinker, fixed.
Tony Walker said on 29th January 2009
Yep RAID0 is dangerous, though this got covered in the RAID0+1 version though obviously you need a PC/NAS that has four spaces for drives.
Nice to know that there will be a good future upgrade possible for me with my 2 drive ReadyNAS which I currently have populated with a pair of Samsung 1TB drives. Hope Netgear have started working on the firmware.
thewelshbrummie said on 30th January 2009
Have to take issue with the value score: you say 2x 1TB drives is only a £30 saving on this drive, but 2 of the 1TB Hitachi drives you've compared against can at the time of typing be purchased for £134 each (£67 for 1)... so you can get 3TB of Hitachi storage for an extra £10 or one of these WD drives.
It needs to be closer to £150 before I'd consider buying or recommending one of these, even with the power consumption benefits quoted by WD.
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4 of these puppies should cover my snapping requirements for 2009....those 5D MK2 files are huge, not to mention the HD video files. Now, if I only had a PC that could process the files :)