Western Digital WD Green WD10EZRX 1TB IntelliPower SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM Western Digital WD Green WD10EZRX 1TB IntelliPower SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

Pros: Hi, i buy a 4 WD Green Hard Disk, because they have a good price and a good acceptance in the market. I received 2 in bad technical condition, i opt for a refund, by sending them defective to newegg for my cost. I am waiting for an answer but I still without get the money back to me.

Cons: After making a large purchase that included these 4 WD also i had to pay for a shipment to newegg for receive two defectives, without be this my fault. Please i need a soon answer to my problem.

Pros: -Runs cool
-1 TB
-7200 RPMs
-Not DOA (which is really saying something for hard drives these days)

Cons: -Price? (prices on hard drives fluctuate so much now-a-days you have no idea whether you should go with it or the next size up/down)

Other Thoughts: Purchased this for a client who's slimline PC kept overheating. The vents were built only for proper airing of the cpu.
I replaced the 650gb HGST stock drive with this and brought the Hard drive temperature down from 53 C to 46-48 C. I used HD Tune and Crystal disk to monitor these temperatures. They also reported this drive to be in perfect condition so I knew I wouldn't be getting a phone call a few months down the line (this was 6 months ago and everytime I see this person they say no problems yet).
They were also happy with the extra 300 gig of storage (and I am sure this runs a few watts less too).

Pros: Worked great for 1 week

Cons: Only worked for 1 week

Manufacturer Response:

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced with the WD Green, as this is not the typical experience with the product. It is unfortunate that you have experienced a drive failure, as our drives are all rigorously tested to ensure they are in good working condition before leaving our warehouse. There are many variables that could affect the drives integrity between leaving our warehouses prior to being installed in a computer, such as improper handling in transit. We recommend installing and running our Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows (WinDLG) utility for Windows users, or running Disk Utility for Mac users. Information regarding our WinDLG utility and Disk utility can be found at the following link.
How to test a drive for problems using Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Win
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Regardless of the reason for your drives defect, we stand by our product, and would like to replace your drive for you directly.
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Pros: Great price for 1TB from a brand I trust. Energy efficient. Bought four over a few months and only one was faulty (also a con).

Cons: Out of four purchased, I did have one go back within a few days. Newegg RMA'd successfully. However, it cost about 12 dollars to ship it back which really ate into my perceived value.

Other Thoughts: Using one in an HTPC, the others in a NAS.

Pros: Bought drive for low end HTPC/File Server using Ubuntu 11.04, Ext4 Filesystem. Drive runs very quiet, and very cool, system is constantly in use 24/7 playing movies, file transfers, and general web browsing.

Recently purchased and installed WD 2tb Green drive along side the 1tb, and an 80gb transfer between them both netted almost 160mbps. Don't know if this helps, but it seems a decent speed for the drives.

Cons: None so far, drive has been running constant for almost a year and a half and is still whisper quiet.

Other Thoughts: Wouldn't recommend this drive for a gaming rig, but for my needs stated above it more than does the job. Has been reliable so far, however I do not store anything on it I am afraid of losing as it is not in Raid.

Pros: Purchased the drive to upgrade from an older Segate SATA II. Although the drive is used for storage and backup there is a dramatic difference in the times for routine backup operations using Acronis

Cons: None

Pros: tons of capacity
Runs cool and quiet
surprisingly fast and responsive
Works exactly how a hard drive should
variable RPM speed (IntelliPower)
6.0Gb/s data transfer speeds
Very low power consumption

Cons: I suppose the only con that I can see would be the lack of information on exactly what speeds the IntelliPower can run on. I've read a few things stating that IntelliPower has a range of between 5000-5900RPM, kinda slow for today's standards

Other Thoughts: I was originally skeptical of Western Digital's new "IntelliPower" hard drives, but I must say after using and testing the harddrive's performance I am very happy with the results.

Transfer rates are pretty typical of any mechanical hard drive, I moved 260GB of random data spanning everything from movies, to games, to document files and programs. The total time was just over an hour at an average speed of 54Mb/s, which I was completely satisfied with.

This particular drive which is supposed to run slower than an 7200RPM hard drive was actually faster than my older Hitachi 1TB 7200RPM. The biggest difference being that my Hitachi is 3.0Gb/s transfer speed so it would appear that the faster transfer rate of the Western Digital does make a significant difference even if it's max RPM is 5900.

All in all this has been a welcome addition to my PC and provides me with a very large capacity of storage space, and lets face it in these High definition, high resolution times more storage is a must for any PC.

Pros: Super quiet! Running as my primary boot drive and not seeing a bit of lag.

Cons: None!

Other Thoughts: Super quiet. Cloned my old loud clunky drive via acronis true image to the WD Green drive and performance is amazing!

Pros: Runs decent, never gets loud, just too much space for me to fill up.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Recommend getting a 2TB model, as this will be fillued up pretty soon for me.

Pros: WD quality. Product nicely packaged and no damage:
-QUIET, QUIET ... very quiet!
-quickly initiated and formatted with Win 7
-Sata III speed (backward compatible)
-WD Intellipower rotation speed (~ 5400 rpm)
-quick startup and operation
-buffer to host (6 GB/s) to/from drive, sustained (150 MB/s)
-64mb cache
-energy efficient , low heart generation
-two year limited warranty

Cons: No identifiable product cons from this installation and review

Other Thoughts: Interesting niche, "Green," touting environmentally conscious hard drives?

No problem recommending this drive in the service it is intended ... low power storage. Online research confirms that earlier models had problems, although more recent iterations appear more reliable. Users are impressed with low noise and low operating temperatures, but remain wary of history.

User comments also indicate that some people are using this drive as a bootable primary hard drive or in RAID service, ignoring WD's intended application usage and warnings. Potential buyers would do well to review description and specifications of WD drives to get a better understanding of intended applications. They are easily obtainable online:

Enter WD10ZRX in your Brower to open WD's information sheet on this drive, then open the PDF specifications document and read Product Features and Applications. Want to compare Black and Green? Then do a similar search for WD1002FAEX in your Browser. A twenty dollar differential separates the two but the difference in use is very significant.

Comparison of energy/noise produced in WD Black 1 TB vs WD Green 1 TB drives:

Model: WD1002FAEX (Black 5yrs) WD10EZRX (Green 2yrs)

Energy:
Read/Write (W) 6.8 3.8
Idle 6.1 2.6
Standby/Sleep 0.7 0.6
Noise:
Idle (dBA) 28 21
Seek mode 33 22
Watts (W) and average decibels (dBA)

The human ear can typically distinguish musical sound between 20 - 20,000 Hertz. Noise is measured in decibels (dB). Zero (0) dB is the lower end whereas 150 dB would represent the roar of a jet engine. A quiet library or whispering is roughly 30 dB; whereas a conversation is typically 60 dB. These two drives are quiet, especially the Green drive. Adding typical ambient noise of your office or computer room makes it even more difficult to hear or distinguish either of these hard drives in operation as they disappear in the background noise.

Green hard drives are more energy efficient and are literally designed for use as "secondary drives" (think quiet: medical facilities, HTPC hard drive storage, external hard drive on the top of one's desk, secondary drive in PC, etc.). These drives are also expected to see much idle, standby, and sleep time. Operating in their recommended service will help assure they meet or exceed their two year warranty period.

I installed the WD Green drive in an external eSata II enclosure on my desk top and you can't hear it. It literally disappears in the background noise. It's easier to look at the blinking enclosure light to witness its' operation! With Sync Toy 2.1 (64bit) in my Win 7 system, I routinely sync critical files, pictures and data between three drives (source and two storage drives). With Sata II/III equipment, the syncing occurs almost instantaneously and the Green drive does not disappoint.

I have purchased numerous hard drives over the years and WD has represented itself well. I always pay attention to manufacturer