Review on WD Caviar Green 1.5TB SATA Intellipower Hard Drive with 32MB Cache (Bulk/OEM) for Desktop - WD15EADS by Mateusz Sztrekier ᠌

Name: WD Caviar Green 1.5TB SATA Intellipower Hard Drive with 32MB Cache (Bulk/OEM) for Desktop - WD15EADS
Item: WD Caviar Green 1.5TB SATA Intellipower Hard Drive with 32MB Cache (Bulk/OEM) for Desktop - WD15EADS
Rating: 5

May 03, 2023

Just super, the product is made wonderfully, very satisfied.

Great storage solution. The disk does not boast of special performance, but it is rather quiet and cold, and this is the most for storage.
I have 2 such drives spinning in my NAS (mileage 5.5 thousand hours) and 3 previous models (15EARS, mileage 21 thousand hours) - none of the disks has a single alarming SMART indicator.
A basket of 5 (!) disks is cooled by only one fan for blowing into the case and one for blowing out from the opposite side. At the same time, the fans are at the lowest speed, so as not to make noise, the temperature of the disks is 33-38 degrees, depending on the load.

PS I am extremely surprised by the negative reviews of people who lost important data due to the death of a disk: ANY disks die sometimes! and if you're stupid enough to store important data on a single disk, don't blame the disk for it. It is better to read the article about RAID, be guided and sleep peacefully.

Pros

- Humane price for volume; - Relatively quiet; - Reliable working disk; - I have not personally tested it, but the manufacturer claims that the drive is not greedy in terms of power consumption. For storage systems with a large number of disks on board, this is true;

Cons

- advanced format, under Windows requires the correct placement of partitions, otherwise it will lose performance. But the manufacturer supplies a simple partition alignment utility, so this is a disadvantage only for completely armless users;