Posted 01/14/09 at 08:44:14 AM by Mark Edward Soper
Tom's Hardware reports that Western Digital will be first to market with a 2TB drive. The WD20EADS is a part of WD's GreenPower series, and uses four 500GB platters. Other specs include 32MB of cache and a seek time of 8.9ms.
Although Tom's Hardware reports that the drive will run at 5400RPM or 7200RPM, you should take the claim of 7200RPM with a grain of salt until we get our hands on actual hardware for testing. As this analysis from SilentPC on the first GreenPower drive indicates, GreenPower drives normally run at the slower speed.
How much will the first 2TB drive set you back? Around $210-240, rumors say, but we'll all know for sure when the drive hits retail shelves later this week. Will you be lining up for the first 2TB drive, or would you rather have a couple of 1TB drives? Hit Comment and sound off.
Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/marcus_soperus
[2] http://www.tomshardware.com/news/western-digital-wd-hdd,6828.html
[3] http://www.silentpcreview.com/article786-page1.html
[4] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/western_digital_caviar_1tb_drive_goes_green_but_a_cost
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/western_digital_caviar_gp
[6] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/western_digital_announces_25inch_10k_rpm_velociraptor
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