Samsung 2TB EcoGreen HDD Revealed

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We’ve seen Samsung’s EcoGreen hard drives before, they’re marketed as environmentally friendly hard drives. You may be wondering how spinning magnetic disks can be friendly to the environment, but Samsung aims for the “EcoTriangle” in their EcoGreen products – eco-friendly parts, low-power consumption and low-noise.

To meet their EcoTriangle for this model, Samsung has gotten rid of any halogen compounds or brominated flame retardant chemicals in the construction of this new drive, dubbed the F3EG. The F3EG meets all environmental regulations, including the European Union’s RoHS. For getting the sound consumption down, they’re using some prioparty technology called SilentSeek and NoiseGuard that quiet down the EcoGreen drive.

In addition to all that, the F3EG features an advanced design that has less moving parts than a conventional HDD. Samsung is claiming that the device will use 40% power when in idle mode and 10% power when reading or writing.

As said earlier, Samsung’s EcoGreen line of hard drives has been around for a years and it’s been pretty well received by the press and industry groups. Samsung claims that its drives have been selected for best-in class awards for power consumption two years running by the IDEMA Japan hard drive industry group.

The drives will have a SATA 3.0Gbps interface, and will be out with both 16MB or 32MB buffers. The drivers will be sold in either 2TB or 1.5TB sizes and will start at $180.