what's the rpm of Western Digital WD20EARS Caviar Green 2TB

[Jskid]

I've looked everywhere but I can't find the rpm for [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Western Digital WD20EARS Caviar Green 2TB hard drive. Does anyone know if this is a good drive cuz i found it on sale for $70?[/FONT]

 

[cmay119]

I'm pretty certain all currently available 2TB drives are 5400RPM. The drive is good for storage purposes, and should be just fine performance wise. But if you're looking for fastest speed in mechanical drives you may want to look @ the WD 1TB Black, or the Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3.

EDIT: Please post any future threads on Storage in the appropriate forum. This should be posted in Memory & Storage.

 

[Soundmanred]

5400rpm

 

[dac7nco]

They're in the 5,600rpm range... WD used to say that they were "variable", but that's a bunch of shit. All green drives spin under 6,000rpm, but the increasing data density makes it a moot point. My 5,400rpm Samsung F4s are faster than my 7,200rpm WD Caviars from two years ago.

Daimon

 

[Jskid]

They're in the 5,600rpm range... WD used to say that they were "variable", but that's a bunch of shit. All green drives spin under 6,000rpm, but the increasing data density makes it a moot point. My 5,400rpm Samsung F4s are faster than my 7,200rpm WD Caviars from two years ago.

Daimon

So since it's "denser" it doesn't matter that it's slower? I was concerned that it would be crappy without 7200rpm.

 

[Dark Shroud]

They're in the 5,600rpm range... WD used to say that they were "variable", but that's a bunch of shit.

Some of them are variable but they're specific models.

 

[dac7nco]

So since it's "denser" it doesn't matter that it's slower? I was concerned that it would be crappy without 7200rpm.

They're fast sequentially; I wouldn't use one for a system drive, but I wouldn't use a hard drive for a system drive either. I get >100MB/s on green drives copying ISO/MKVs.

Daimon

 

[dac7nco]

Some of them are variable but they're specific models.

I learn something new every day.

Daimon