3TB Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps Hard Drive (64MB cache) by Western Digital

This 3TB SATA desktop hard drive is one of the first SATA 3.0 drives in the Caviar Green range. It offers transfer speeds of double that SATA II standard.

WD is leading the way with a full lineup of SATA 6 Gb/s drives
Over the years the industry has increased bus bandwidth from PATA through SATA 1.5 Gb/s and SATA 3 Gb/s to keep up with the demand for higher transfer rates. The next evolution of bus bandwidth has now been achieved with the introduction of SATA 6 Gb/s, (SATA 3.0). We've added a SATA 6 Gb/s interface to our award-winning WD Caviar Blue, Green, and Black desktop hard drives in capacities from 250 GB - 3 TB. This transition to a SATA 6 Gb/s interface aligns with the introduction of SATA 6 Gb/s-supporting chip sets and motherboards coming to the market.

Reduced power consumption Reduced power consumption makes it possible to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.

Cool and quiet WD GreenPower Technology yields lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics perfect for ultra-quiet PCs and external drives.

Perfect for external drives External drive manufacturers can eliminate the need for a fan in a high-capacity product by utilizing the cool and quiet operation of WD Caviar Green hard drives.

IntelliSeek Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.

IntelliPower A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance. Additionally, WD Caviar Green drives consume less current during startup allowing lower peak loads on systems as they are booted.

NoTouch ramp load technology The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.

Advanced Format (AF) Technology being adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers as one of multiple ways to continue growing hard drive capacities. AF is a more efficient media format that enables increased areal densities. (RX, RS and RSDTL models only)


Important notice about 3TB hard drives
Hard drives greather than 2TB may not work in all systems with legacy operation systems. Please read more here if you are in doubt whether this drive will work in your system!