Please check to make sure your system & operating system support 3TB. (for example: Windows XP usually do NOT support 3TB drives)
WD Caviar Green Desktop Hard Drives
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.
Performance Specifications
Rotational Speed IntelliPower
Buffer Size 64 MB
Transfer Rates
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 6 Gb/s (Max)
Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity 3,000,592 MB
Capacity 3 TB
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s
User Sectors Per Drive 5,860,533,168
Physical Dimensions
English
Height 1.028 Inches
Depth 5.787 Inches
Width 4.00 Inches
Weight 1.61 Pounds
Metric
Height 26.1 mm
Depth 147 mm
Width 101.6 mm
Weight 0.73 kg
Environmental Specifications
Shock
Operating Shock (Read) 65G, 2 ms
Non-operating Shock 250G, 2 ms
Acoustics
Idle Mode 24 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 29 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3 25 dBA (average)
Temperature (English)
Operating 32° F to 140° F
Non-operating -40° F to 158° F
Temperature (Metric)
Operating -0° C to 60° C
Non-operating -40° C to 70° C
Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
12 VDC
Read/Write 1.78 A
Power Dissipation
Read/Write 6.00 Watts
Idle 5.50 Watts
Standby 0.80 Watts
Sleep 0.80 Watts
