Western Digital 1 TB Caviar GP Serial ATA Hard Drive Review

Dashken · 10th May 2008, 09:17 PM

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 :-

Quote:

"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 · 10th May 2008, 10:48 PM

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 · 10th May 2008, 11:18 PM

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

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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 · 11th May 2008, 02:03 AM

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 · 11th May 2008, 02:51 AM

cool review
i love wd disks they are undestructible

CALLOFDUTY05 · 11th May 2008, 03:25 AM

Nice review.

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

metsamees · 11th May 2008, 10:08 AM

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

Thanks for posting

g0tanks · 11th May 2008, 06:24 PM

So how well would this do against a Spinpoint F1?

Adrian Wong · 14th May 2008, 12:48 AM

Quote:

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 · 14th May 2008, 06:48 AM

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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

11th May 2008, 02:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 25,772 Reputation: 3614 Rep Power: 67	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. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/ Intel E8400 o/c 4.05GHz, Abit IP35 Pro, Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX, Asus EN8800GTS 512MB, WD Raptor WD740, WD 5000AAKS x2, Antec TPII-480, EMU 0404 PCI

11th May 2008, 02:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
generalRage1982hrv ARP Reviewer Join Date: 13 Apr 2008 Location: Vukovar, Croatia Posts: 240 Reputation: 111 Rep Power: 2	cool review i love wd disks they are undestructible __________________

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g0tanks Getting there Join Date: 6 May 2008 Posts: 165 Reputation: 7 Rep Power: 1	So how well would this do against a Spinpoint F1? __________________ http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=357322

10th May 2008, 10:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
mikegas Warming up Join Date: 7 May 2008 Posts: 117 Reputation: 189 Rep Power: 2	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

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CALLOFDUTY05 I'm a regular Join Date: 7 May 2006 Posts: 367 Reputation: -118 Rep Power: 0	Nice review. I'm happy with my 250GB Seagate though.1TB is pretty expensive for me now.

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metsamees Just Started Join Date: 10 May 2008 Posts: 58 Reputation: 6 Rep Power: 0	Wow, that is plain amazing and for me it's affordable drive too Thanks for posting