avtella
Very Senior Member
Looks like WD is misrepresenting certain 7200 RPM Drives as 5400 RPM. First the CMR/SMR mess with the Red NAS drives and now this, hopefully they’re more transparent from now.
This is annoying for those who take it for face value that they’re getting a lower power draw and noise drive...because according to WDs statement the labeling represents “RPM Class” but apparently not in terms of noise/power draw or much context as to what it means in the product brief.
ArsTechnica
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Tech report:
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This is annoying for those who take it for face value that they’re getting a lower power draw and noise drive...because according to WDs statement the labeling represents “RPM Class” but apparently not in terms of noise/power draw or much context as to what it means in the product brief.
ArsTechnica
Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM”
Well those measurements of rotational speed are just, like, your opinion, man…
www.google.com
Tech report:
Western Digital 5400RPM Red drives running at 7200RPM - report
According to eagle-eyed Redditors, some Western Digital drives rated for 5400 RPM run at 7200 RPM--and creating 7200 RPM worth of noise and power use.
techreport.com
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