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rowan · 07-16-2008, 08:58 PM

"Standard" greenpower (desktop) : http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=336

AV greenpower (embedded) : http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=388

Then there's Blue (desktop) and Black (desktop) product lines. These drives all look identical (and have the same weight), I wouldn't be surprised if they have the same mechanicals and circuit boards with the only difference being some firmware tweaks and different warranty levels...

My supplier has these models with only a few bucks difference in price between GP and AV, has anyone used them? Just wondering whether they'd be better in a server, or whether it's just a pretty badge for a few extra lines of code to make the drive run a bit slower to reduce noise.

07-16-2008, 08:58 PM
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Is anyone using Western Digital "AV" drives? "Standard" greenpower (desktop) : http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=336 AV greenpower (embedded) : http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=388 Then there's Blue (desktop) and Black (desktop) product lines. These drives all look identical (and have the same weight), I wouldn't be surprised if they have the same mechanicals and circuit boards with the only difference being some firmware tweaks and different warranty levels... My supplier has these models with only a few bucks difference in price between GP and AV, has anyone used them? Just wondering whether they'd be better in a server, or whether it's just a pretty badge for a few extra lines of code to make the drive run a bit slower to reduce noise.