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green hard drive

crazygeryy · 2011-12-03 19:24:37

can someone explain to me the difference between a normal hard drive and a green hard drive please.

03-12-2011 7:24pm

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crazygeryy

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can someone explain to me the difference between a normal hard drive and a green hard drive please.

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#2 03-12-2011 7:59pm

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The colour?

I'm guessing a green hard drive means it consumes less power.

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#3 03-12-2011 8:12pm

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They run at a slower speed so use less power, not worth it in my opinion.

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#4 03-12-2011 8:43pm

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Green drives are ideal for secondary storage drives. Movies, music, photos etc. They tend to be cheaper per GB and there's no need for a fast drive for these things.

I wouldn't use one as an OS drive in a performance-oriented PC. Also I think most of them arent suitable for RAID.

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