Hard drives are growing in performance and storage capacity every day. While they are getting more storage, the drives are also becoming greener and reducing the amount of power they need to operate. Samsung has announced a new green HDD for desktops called the EcoGreen F3EG.

The drive is a 3.5-inch HDD that uses the SATA 3Gbps interface for desktop computers. The drive has four patters of 500GB each and uses Samsung EcoTriangle tech. This tech uses eco-friendly components, low power, and produces little noise.

Samsung reports that the drive needs 40% less power at idle and 10% less power in operation than competing drives. Other features include NCQ and a 16MB/32MB buffer. The drive is shipping now for $179.99.

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