Green Gear: Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB 3.5″ HDD

Western Digital recently introduced a line of “GreenPower” hard drives that “deliver power savings as the primary attribute.” A typical hard drives takes up 13.5 watts of power in your PC. The Caviar GP drives cut that down to a nice 3.3 watts (with the 500GB model) for PCs that need reliability and reduced energy [...]