Samsung Launches 1.5 TB "EcoGreen" HDD
Just when you thought 1 TB hard disk drives were getting a little cramped, Samsung today announced its efficient 1.5 TB drive.
Samsung’s latest drive is dubbed the EcoGreen F2EG and is put together with three 500 GB platters. The company points to its high-density platters as one of the key factors behind the hard drive’s power efficiency.
“Lower platter count means less power to start the motor, less power to continuously spin the motor and a lighter head-stack which takes less power to seek,” said Andy Higginbotham, director of HDD sales and marketing for Samsung. “With fewer heads and disks, the F2EG hard drive has a lower probability of head-disk failures, enabling customers to build more reliable systems.”
Samsung says that its F2EG drive is 40 percent lower in power consumption in idle mode and 45 percent lower in reading/writing mode than “competitive drives,” though the company didn’t reveal which those drives were.
All material related to the drive focus on the power efficiency advantages of the F2EG, leading us to believe that this is one not meant for the demanding desktop user. Instead, Samsung is primarily shipping the drive to manufacturers of home media PC, external HDD, set-top box, and personal NAS.
Samsung HD153UI
Spin-up Current (Max.) 2.0A
Seek (typical) 5.7W
Read/Write (typical) 6.3W
Idle (typical) 5.1W
Standby (typical) 1W
Sleep (typical) 1W
Western Digital WD15EADS
Read/Write 6.00 Watts
Idle 3.7 Watts
Standby 0.80 Watts
Sleep 0.80 Watts
WD looks like the winner on power, by a slim margin. Neither of these drives show up on Pricewatch.
I think every bit of “green” helps but come on already, let’s get some nuclear power plants going worldwide and drop emissions by a noticeable margin! Yes green HDD’s will play their role, .0000000000000000001%
Ideally green HDD would not also mean slower…..
Did Samsung release the RPM of this drive (their website doens't say)? Some people seem to suggest this is a 5400. Although WD doesn't list the RPM of their Caviar Green either. I guess RPM isn't a stat anyone cares about anymore. Seems to me that the one that most directly correlates to speed.
I've yet to see a 7200 RPM Western Digital GREEN drive ...
Green 7200rpm drives currently on sale in denmark:
WD6400AACS
WD5000AAVS
WD7500AACS
WD10EACS
WD10EADS
WD10EAVS
WD10EVVS
WD20EADS
WD20EADS is on sale, and can be used with most enclosures. Might want to just get one of those instead? Or just buy a 2tb mybook