Western Digital 1 TB Caviar GP Serial ATA Hard Drive Review

[Dashken]

Western Digital's line of Caviar GP is the only drive in Western Digital to offer an astounding 1 terabyte capacity in a single drive! The combination of extremely large storage capacity and low power consumption was irresistible so we just had to give it a try.

Was Western Digital able to deliver the same tremendous performance we saw in the smaller capacity 500 GB Caviar GP? Read on and find out!

Here's a quote from the review :-

"The Western Digital 1 TB Caviar GP delivers a terabyte of storage capacity with low power consumption at a relatively low cost. If large, affordable storage capacity in a single drive is what you are looking for, then this is the drive you are looking for."

Link : Western Digital 1 TB Caviar GP Serial ATA Hard Drive Review

[mikegas]

WD GP drives emphasize power saving in mind as the main attribute. Also, because of this power saving, the side effect also a reduce of operation temperature and acoustic. I bet you barely notice it spinning or vibrating without touching. Lower operation temperature means also more reliable drive

If only the review includes, acoustic and temperature measurement, this drive would stand out further

[Mac Daddy]

Well considering the price point and focus on lower power consumption a decent drive overall nice review

Originally Posted by mikegas

WD GP drives emphasize power saving in mind as the main attribute. Also, because of this power saving, the side effect also a reduce of operation temperature and acoustic. I bet you barely notice it spinning or vibrating without touching. Lower operation temperature means also more reliable drive

If only the review includes, acoustic and temperature measurement, this drive would stand out further

I have been considering picking up a couple of items for that here actually. It would be nice to include real numbers for temps of components not supported with sensors and also acoustic levels .

[Chai]

I'm not sure how much cooler and quieter is the GP version, but I'm happy with the SE16. It's quiet and reasonably fast.

[generalRage1982hrv]

cool review
i love wd disks they are undestructible

[CALLOFDUTY05]

Nice review. I'm happy with my 250GB Seagate though.1TB is pretty expensive for me now.

[metsamees]

Wow, that is plain amazing and for me it's affordable drive too
Thanks for posting

[g0tanks]

So how well would this do against a Spinpoint F1?

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by mikegas

WD GP drives emphasize power saving in mind as the main attribute. Also, because of this power saving, the side effect also a reduce of operation temperature and acoustic. I bet you barely notice it spinning or vibrating without touching. Lower operation temperature means also more reliable drive

If only the review includes, acoustic and temperature measurement, this drive would stand out further

Definitely something we had considered doing, even for the HDD Performance Comparison Guide. But we have to first figure out how to maintain a constant ambient temp for the comparison.

Same problem for acoustics.

[Mac Daddy]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Definitely something we had considered doing, even for the HDD Performance Comparison Guide. But we have to first figure out how to maintain a constant ambient temp for the comparison.

Same problem for acoustics.

Yes the drive is being accessed even at idle