Samsung EcoGreen F3EG 2TB environment friendly hard drive

Just yesterday Samsung announced a 30nm 2Gb DRAM, and today it is back with a new hard drive touted as one of the most environment friendly HDD in the world. The EcoGreen F3EG boast of massive 2TB storage capacity. It stores 500GB per disk and boast of low power consumption — 40 percent lower in idle mode and 10 percent lower in reading/writing mode than competitive drives.
Samsung further reports that the F3EG utilizes Samsung’s EcoTriangle technology to provide eco-friendly components, low-power and low-noise operation technology to its ‘EcoGreen’ hard drives.
It is also equipped with SilentSeek and NoiseGuard noise cancellation technology to achieve a quiet operation system.
The F3EG incorporates a 3.0Gbps SATA interface, Native Command Queuing features and a 16MB/32MB buffer memory.
The 3.5” F3EG drive is available in 1.5TB and 2TB capacities for $179.99.


