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[HSS-Dave]

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Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX 3TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

[jazzerjay]

What reason would I have to not buy one or two of these? I didnt see the speed so is it safe to assume 5400 RPM? Plus free shipping!!!??!!! Joe_miner would ask me what I'm waiting for, I just know it.

[Joe_Miner]

What reason would I have to not buy one or two of these? I didnt see the speed so is it safe to assume 5400 RPM? Plus free shipping!!!??!!! Joe_miner would ask me what I'm waiting for, I just know it.

It's a slower drive, certainly not as fast as the ST3000DM001 but then it burns less power also. I have two of these that have been running fine since late last Summer that I got before the Floods.

It really depends on your application. If you want speed and steller ATTO performance I'd say go with the ST3000DM001 -- if you want lower power useage then go with the WD30EZRX.

If you want speed and something a little cheaper the 3TB USB 3.0 GoFlex by Seagate would probably outperform the WD30EZRX if tied into a 3.0 port.

Of course, if your in a "no #($*%@ boxes from Newegg for awhile" zone with the head of the house you'll do like me and rationalize that the prices will be cheaper on Black Friday.

[ikon]

What reason would I have to not buy one or two of these? I didnt see the speed so is it safe to assume 5400 RPM? Plus free shipping!!!??!!! Joe_miner would ask me what I'm waiting for, I just know it.

Waiting for? Oh, perhaps the history of green drives, at least mine and ITTOG's. I will not be buying any more WD greens. The Reds, on the other hand, could be another story.

[jazzerjay]

Waiting for? Oh, perhaps the history of green drives, at least mine and ITTOG's. I will not be buying any more WD greens. The Reds, on the other hand, could be another story.

Interesting, I own four 1TB and three 2 TB and have not had issues. And to answer Joe, it's still just for data storage. But like you, I think I'll wait again until Black Friday even though both options would suit me.

[Joe_Miner]

Interesting, I own four 1TB and three 2 TB and have not had issues. -snip-

In addition to my 2*WD30EZRX's I have had no issues with my older 1*WD15EADS and 2*WD20EADS nor have I had issues with my 4*WD20EARX's. Good drives that only sip power.

[jazzerjay]

In addition to my 2*WD30EZRX's I have had no issues with my older 1*WD15EADS and 2*WD20EADS nor have I had issues with my 4*WD20EARX's. Good drives that only sip power.

Have you posted your benchmarks on the EARX as well we the Seagates that you mentioned earlier?

[Joe_Miner]

Have you posted your benchmarks on the EARX as well we the Seagates that you mentioned earlier?

This is the WD30EZRX in my Z68 on a SATA III port


The performance in the MicroServer was worse on a SATA II

[jazzerjay]

The performance in the MicroServer was worse on a SATA II

Thanks John! While the performance inside the N40l was not as good as your Z68, those numbers are still pretty good.

[Joe_Miner]

Thanks John! While the performance inside the N40l was not as good as your Z68, those numbers are still pretty good.

True. I did an experiment with one of my older WD20EADS's a while back in the Z77 with ISRT turned on and using a Corsair F3 60GB for caching I got:

Which blows anything else away. So if you wanted really nice performance but also the low power of a Green it can be done (with a Z68 or Z77 MOBO). Wish i'd tried it with the EZRX at the time but there's no reason it would be much different than what I saw with the EADS and ISRT running.

Edited by Joe_Miner, 03 August 2012 - 10:10 AM.

[Joe_Miner]

Here's the performance of my WD30EZRX in my Z77 with Intel's Smart Response Technology in Server 2012 RC