For all the love of HD porn collectors out there in any corner of the world, Western Digital has taken out the 3TB hard drive in its My Book external hard drive and sells it standalone, for your convenience. WD has today announced that it’s shipping the component 3TB Caviar Green drive (WD30EZRSDTL), perfect for those looking to beef up their NAS drives or just add a capacious archive drive to their SSD-equipped desktop rig. The 3TB monster is hitting just under two years after the 2TB Caviar Green went official, with this guy boasting 750 GB-per-platter areal density and Advanced Format technology. The outfit’s also shipping a 2.5TB version (WD25EZRSDTL) for those who are short of few bucks.

Both are bundled with an Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)-compliant Host Bus Adapter (HBA), which will enable the operating system to use a known driver with correct support for large capacity drives. They should hit retail stores by the weekend, so get ready to boost your collection’s reservoir. The 3TB will demand $239 while the 2.5TB will demand $189. If you can’t swallow the 3TB, I can’t see how you can swallow the 2.5TB too.

SOURCE via Western Digital

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