3tb Internal Hard Drive Mac Pro

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. massive capacity - wd caviar green sata drives now deliver up to 3 tb of storage on a single drive.reduced power consumption - wd has reduced power consumption making it possible for our energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.cool and quiet - drives with wd greenpower technology yield lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics for ultra-quiet pcs and external drives.perfect for external drives - external drive manufacturers can eliminate the need for a fan in a high capacity product with a wd caviar green drive, the coolest and quietest in its class.intellipower - a fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate, and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance. additionally, wd caviar green drives consume less current during startup allowing lower peak loads on systems as they are booted.intelliseek - calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration.notouch ramp load technology - the recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.advanced format (af) - technology being adopted by wd and other drive manufacturers as one of multiple ways to continue growing hard drive capacities. af is a more efficient media format that enables increased areal densities.

Brand: Western Digital Model: WD30EZRSDTL Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 5.79" h x 4.00" w x 1.03" l, 1.08 pounds Hard Disk: 3TB WD Caviar Green hard drives reduce power consumption by up to 40% and offer best-in-class acoustics and operating temperature. IntelliPower - A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance. IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration. Drives with capacities greater than 2TB may be incompatible with your computer. Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging 3 year limited warranty.

WD Caviar Green Hard Drives – Cool, quiet, . WD Caviar Green 3 TB desktop SATA hard drives give you the most available capacity for enormous amounts of software, photos and videos. These drives make it possible to build high capacity, cool and quiet systems, while delivering the right balance of system performance and energy conservation. Why you should choose WD Caviar Green: WD Caviar Green hard drives provide high capacity storage while using up to 40% less power than traditional 7200 RPM drives. In addition, these hard drives are quieter and cooler than traditional 7200 RPM drives. Cool and quiet. WD GreenPower Technology yields lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics perfect for ultra-quiet PCs and external drives. Reduced power consumption. WD's IntelliPower technology delivers both significant power savings and solid performance. Additionally, WD Caviar Green drives consume less current during startup allowing lower peak loads on systems as they are booted. Massive capacity. Store up to an amazing 3 TB of photos, videos, music and files on a single drive. Features at a glance 3 TB of desktop storage Reduced power consumption SATA 3 Gb/s interface WD GreenPower Technology 3-year limited warranty Ideal for: Adding lots of storage in desktop PCs or external drives and NAS devices Adding extra storage space for photos, videos and music Environmentally-conscious individuals seeking reduced power consumption Features: SATA 3 Gb/s interface - The industry standard and most common interface. NoTouch ramp load technology - The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit. IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration. Advanced Format (AF) - Technology being adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers to continue growing hard drive capacities. New drives featuring AF are optimized for operation with Windows 7, Windows Vista and Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard. For older operating systems such as Windows XP, users must run the free WD Align software utility to achieve the full performance of the drive. Desktop / Consumer RAID environments - WD Caviar Green Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications. (RAID-0 / RAID-1)* *Business Critical RAID Environments – WD Caviar Green Hard Drives are not recommended for and are not warranted for use in RAID environments utilizing Enterprise HBAs and/or expanders and in multi-bay chassis, as they are not designed for, nor tested in, these specific types of RAID applications. For all Business Critical RAID applications, please consider WD's Enterprise Hard Drives that are specifically designed with RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER), are tested extensively in 24x7 RAID applications, and include features like enhanced RAFF technology and thermal extended burn-in testing. Leading the way to green hard drives - WD led the industry in creating a new category of hard drives that use less power and help reduce the world's energy demands one computer user at a time. These drives consume significantly less power than standard drives spinning at 7200 RPM. All WD Caviar Green drives are lead and halogen free, resulting in less pollutants getting into our environment. Beyond the product level, WD's green initiative goes even further focusing on recycling and improving the cleanliness of the air, water and land in the locations surrounding WD facilities. Upgrading your drive is easy - WD Acronis TrueImage, available as a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive. Note: Bare drive does not include any cables or mounting hardware. The WD advantage - WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the WD Support site for full details. WD-certified packaging - All WD drives purchased from Amazon.com are shipped in WD-certified hard drive packaging. It is designed and fully tested to provide WD products with the highest of safety while in transit. With WD-certified packaging, you can rest assured that your WD hard drive will arrive safely, fully protected, in an , non-descript, easy-open package. Compatibility WD Caviar Green 3 TB model numbers ending in DTL include a special card that allows the operating system to fully support large capacity drives. Works with Windows 7/Vista, Mac and Linux operating systems. You might also consider:   3.5-inch InternalComparison Chart WD Caviar Blue WD Caviar Green WD Caviar Black WD VelociRaptor Value and reliabilityfor every day computing. Cool, quiet, . Maximum performance for power computing. The fastest SATA hard drive on the planet.   Ideal for Family and business computing. Desktop PCs, external drives and NAS devices. Photo and video editing, andmaxed out gaming systems. Performance enthusiastsystems and workstations.   Capacity range 80 GB – 1 TB 320 GB – 3 TB 500 GB – 2 TB 150 GB – 600 GB   Interface SATA 6 Gb/sSATA 3 Gb/sPATA 100 MB/s SATA 6 Gb/sSATA 3 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/sSATA 3 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s   Form Factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch   Cache 8 MB – 32 MB 16 MB – 64 MB 32 MB – 64 MB 32 MB   Limited Warranty 3-year 3-year 5-year 5-year   Highest capacity         Highest performance         Photo Video editing      

Most helpful customer reviews 31 of 38 people found the following review helpful. Working perfectly in 2008 Mac Pro as boot drive! By Auggie Booted up with nary an issue on my 2008 Mac Pro 2x2.8 GHz 8-core, 12GB RAM. Simply plugged it in to a bay, used SuperDuper! to clone an existing WD 2TB (4k) drive that had OS 10.6.3 to this new drive, then after it completed, rebooted with it just fine. OS and file access works as expected. Software update upgraded OS to 10.6.5 error free, and apps seem to work without a hitch. Performance is as expected for a Caviar Green drive, so nothing new (or exciting) to report there. As with all new max capacity breaking hard drives, the price of entry is always much higher than the previous generations, so its value may not be worth its higher cost of admission for some (this is currently three times the cost of a comparable Caviar 2TB with only a 50% increase in capacity; hence my 4 stars). But if you need the highest possible capacity in a single drive, this is the only game in town at the moment. The price is inflated due to the inclusion of a SATA Host Bus Adapter. This adapter is not required for Mac computers, so I hope Western Digital will eventually release a TRULY "bare" drive (i.e. with OUT the adapter, as the current so-called "bare" drive from Amazon does include it) at a reduced price. UPDATE 2011-April-4: I've since purchased two more of these drives as the prices have dropped (last week it was $175 shipped, but today it's back up to $197), and on the third drive I tried using Boot Camp to create a small (