Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drives Goes…Green

If you’re looking to purchase a new hard drive and also have a mind to keep the earth happy and humming away, then it might be prudent to consider the Western Digital Caviar Green desktop hard drive line that touts the company’s GreenPower technology which is able to reduce power consumption significantly when compared to ordinary hard drives. This is made possible via its new platform which is based on WD’s 333 GB/platter technology with 32 MB cache, allowing you to choose from various capacities ranging from 500 GB to 1TB. Despite its capacity, it is able to operate with a 10% increase in performance albeit consuming 20% less juice over its predecessor.