Western Digital Caviar GP WD7500AACS Hard Drive - WD7500AACS
Western Digital Caviar Green 750GB SATA 3Gb/s 16MB Cache Desktop Internal Hard Drive - OEM/Bare

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Western Digital Caviar GP WD7500AACS Hard Drive
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Western Digital
Mfg Part#: WD7500AACS
UPC: 00718037724713
Buy.com Sku: 205083227
Item#: C3WDDK
Buy.com Sales Rank: 82214
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As hard drive capacities increase, the power required to run those drives increases as well. WD Caviar Green drives make it possible for energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.

Reduced power consumption
WD has reduced power consumption by up to 40 percent compared to standard desktop drives with the combination of WD's IntelliSeek, IntelliPark, and IntelliPower technologies.

Helps enable eco-friendly PCs
WD Caviar Green drives yield an average drive power savings of 4-5 watts over standard desktop drives making it possible for our energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation. This power savings equates to reducing CO2 emission by up to 13.8 kilograms per drive per year - the equivalent of taking a car off the road for 3 days each year. By using environmentally-conscious PCs with our WD Caviar Green drives on board, large organizations with many desktop computers can minimize their carbon footprint and save real money on electricity costs.

Cool and Quiet
WD GreenPower Technology yields lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics 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 with a WD Caviar Green drive, the coolest and quietest in its class. External drives with WD Caviar Green drives on board can save up to $14.00 per year in electricity costs. See our power savings chart for details.

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.

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

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.

Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR)
Employs PMR technology to achieve even greater areal density.

StableTrac
The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking, during read and write operations. (750 GB and 1 TB only)

Ideal For:
PCs, external storage, and other devices that require lower power consumption and cool, quiet operation.
 

Tech Specs
Performance Specifications
Transfer Rates: Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 3 Gb/s (Max)

Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity 750,156 MB
Capacity 750 GB
Interface SATA 3 Gb/s
User Sectors Per Drive 1,465,149,168

Physical Dimensions
Height 1.028 Inches (Max)
Length 5.787 Inches (Max)
Width 4.00 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch)
Weight 1.39 Pounds

Environmental Specifications
Operating Shock (Read) 65G, 2 ms
Non-operating Shock 250G, 2 ms
Idle Mode 25 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 27 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3 25 dBA (average)
Operating Linear 20-300 Hz, .75G (0 to peak)
Operating Random 10-300 Hz, 0.008 g² / Hz
Non-operating Low Frequency 5-20 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude)
Non-operating High Frequency 20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak)

Electrical Specifications
Read/Write 5.4 Watts
Idle 2.8 Watts
Standby 0.40 Watts
Sleep 0.40 Watts

  
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Value 4.5
Performance 4
Ease of Use 4.5
Overall Satisfaction 4.5
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5 of 5 Great product and quick delivery Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Vet from Rockville, MD  

I am happy the way the hard drive was delivered, it's prompt and safe. About the product: value for the money I paid. Less noise than my old HDD and is fast.
 
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5 of 5 Good drive Thursday, March 26, 2009
Jim from Waunakee WI  
Nice drive quiet and very cool running. Excellent choice for drive enclosures without cooling fans.
 
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5 of 5 nice drive for the price Monday, September 29, 2008
A Customer from Little Rock, AR  
As others have noted, but some seem to still miss, buyers must be aware that as an OEM product, this drive comes with no instructions, cables, screws, or software. That is one reason it is so inexpensive. Not a big deal to buy the SATA cable and a set of computer screws somewhere. Software for this drive can be downloaded from the Western Digital website and it works well, although I used Partition Magic to partition the drive--I didn't care for the WD software for partitioning. It's much easier for me to install SATA drives than the older types. This is my second OEM Western Digital SATA drive and both have worked flawless.
 
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5 of 5 Great drive at a great price Tuesday, September 09, 2008
A Customer from Hurricane, WV  
No problems, install went smoothly. Note that you will need a SATA cable as drive does not come with one. Also, make sure you have a SATA power cable or converter, as the drive does not have a legacy power port. This "green drive" saves a small amount of energy by being a bit slower than the standard Western Digital drive. I knew this before buying, but since I was only using it for a backup drive, this was not an issue. Most people would not notice the difference, although hard core gamers might want to think twice.
 
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5 of 5 Great backup drive Wednesday, September 03, 2008
ghsshoper from Hamden, CT  
Picked up this drive to use for system backup and incremental backup for my laptop with Acronis Home 11. Easy setup. Works great.
 
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5 of 5 Western Digital 750 GB Internal SATA Drive Monday, August 04, 2008
A Customer from San Antonio, TX  
This is an excellent replacement drive at a very good price. The added bonus is the free shipping. I received the drive very quickly even with selecting regular shipping. It sure is nice to have the extra space. I would buy this drive again!
 
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5 of 5 Very fast Thursday, July 31, 2008
Jim from Fergus Falls, MN  
This drive is very fast with the 16mb buffer. The item title says that it is an OEM / bare package, so I don't know why anyone would be surprised at getting a bare drive in a static bag, but..... I've used the built in vista benchmarking with this drive and scored a 5.8!!!! that's as good as a raptor drive!!!
 
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4 of 5 Western digital Sata 750 GB drive Sunday, July 13, 2008
A Customer from Ft. Lauderdale, FL  
Easy installation, reads and writes with no problems, slower than expected. I see complaints that drive has no cables or documentation. That is why it is called OEM not retail. Want cables? Buy retail version.
 
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1 of 5 no cable or documentation Thursday, June 05, 2008
A Customer from minneapolis, MN  
This drive is sold with no cables or documentation.
 
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2 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
 
5 of 5 Great drive, runs very cool Sunday, May 04, 2008
Chris from Falls Church, VA  
Been using this drive in an external case for a couple weeks now. It's easily the quietest and coolest drive I'm come across. It's barely warm to the touch after hours and days. Love it!
 
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