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[I am Not PCyr]

i wonder if it will be handicapped like a green drive ?

also can't the tLR tool be used ? (WDTLER)

i know the Wdidle.exe tool worked great for my Green drive.
I used it as soon as i took it out of the static bag to improve head parking

i'm suspicious when they claim low power consumption.. there must be a reason for that

[Glassed Silver]

I am Not PCyr, on 16 July 2012 - 08:23, said:

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i'm suspicious when they claim low power consumption.. there must be a reason for that

Probably it's got to do with higher data density = less rpm needed for the same speed.

Glassed Silver:mac

[Dilligaf2008]

UseLess, on 14 July 2012 - 16:48, said:

Haha damn! I just got 2 Greens -.- Then again, being in Australia, we probably wont be able to get our mits on these for a few years yet =P

They're already available at a lot of Aussie computer stores - PCCaseGear and CentreCom just to name a couple

[+Vice]

I am Not PCyr, on 16 July 2012 - 08:23, said:

i wonder if it will be handicapped like a green drive ?

also can't the tLR tool be used ? (WDTLER)

i know the Wdidle.exe tool worked great for my Green drive.
I used it as soon as i took it out of the static bag to improve head parking

i'm suspicious when they claim low power consumption.. there must be a reason for that

In their newer green drives the TLER tool doesn't work. They have gone out of their way to cripple their own products so that they don't compete with their other products.

[+Xenosion]

Vice, on 16 July 2012 - 12:48, said:

In their newer green drives the TLER tool doesn't work. They have gone out of their way to cripple their own products so that they don't compete with their other products.

Indeed, I was lucky enough to get four green drives before this policy was implemented, one failed, got a replacement under warranty but it wouldn't allow me to change the TLER

[threetonesun]

I am Not PCyr, on 16 July 2012 - 08:23, said:

i'm suspicious when they claim low power consumption.. there must be a reason for that

5400 RPM, which is fine for a backup drive.

[SirEvan]

RageOfFury, on 14 July 2012 - 11:44, said:

PcPer has a detailled review of the drives here:

http://pcper.com/rev...ive-Full-Review

I so want to get these drives for my home server!

Meh. You don't need TLER/RED/BLACK/ENTERPRISE drives for a home server. I'm using 8 Samsung HD204UI 2TB drives with a dell PERC 6/I controller in a case at home. The box has been going for over a year and a half 24x7, only going down for windows updates, or cleaning dust out. I have not had one single problem with any of the drives yet. These are commercial "Green" samsung 5400 RPM drives, and I got them for 69$ each. RAID5 reads/Writes 500MB/sec +, 0 errors, serving as a Web/Exchange/Hyper-V/fileserver/torrent box

This is overkill.