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Hmm, maybe I am not being clear enough
I am just looking for reviews comparing the low power "green" drives from the various manufacturers to each other
I have two WD green drives(1tb and 750gb)and I am very happy with them so far, but I am in the market for more low power drives so I was curious as to which low power drive was actually the lowest power.
All kinda moot now because I just bought two 1tb Samsung Ecogreen drives from Newegg earlier for $150 shipped. I would have gone with more WD drives, but that would have been $30 more
WOW
Someone actually cares about low power hardware!
My sarcasm detector isn't working at the moment so I can't tell if you're serious or being sarcastic.
It's not just low power, they are also quieter because they typically idle at 5400 rpm. In one guide I was reading, it mentioned the 1.5TB WD green drive was sipping only 2.8 watts in idle mode.
Try digging around these sites. There's a lot of in depth reviews of drives there.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/index.php
http://www.storagereview.com/comparison.html
i gave up overclocking a while ago the new dual/quad core cpu's have way more power than i need so i have gone the other direction and tried to build computers that use as little power as possible
i have had the samsungs for a week now and they are wonderful drives. for $75 each they were a good deal as well. will be picking up two more when i get some funds
hopefully someone will do a full comparison review soon