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InternetDev - Posted 3:02 pm PST 02/23/09 (162 Posts)
These are the WD "Blue" series drives, idle is 8.4 watts versus the "Green" which idles at 4.0 watts. A consideration if you're building a RAID server where these would be running more than a data drive for a desktop machine.
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JackTruong - Posted 6:06 pm PST 02/23/09 (17 Posts)
If you send in for warranty do they send you back refurb ones?
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