Hello, my HP Proliant ML350 Gen9 used to have WD Blue 500GB installed. When expanding the capacity, I decided in favour of WD Red 2TB. After installing the first Red SDD, I noticed that the fans were running at 100% for a certain period of time.
Research has shown that the power consumption of the 2TB Red is 3 watts and that of the 2TB Blue is 0.3 watts, which explains the howling of the fans.
According to the technical data from Galaxus, the Blue 2TB have a power consumption of 0.3 watts. According to the manufacturer, however, they have 3 watts.
Before buying the WD BLUE 2TB, I would like to know whether the information from Digitec is correct and binding.
Thank you very much

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Hello, On the box it doesn't say consumption but on the WD site it's 0.1 to 3w depending on the demand https://products.wdc.com/library/SpecSheet/ENG/product-brief-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdf

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I recently installed this WD Blue in an Acer Aspire ES1-731 (for my son). This 8 year old laptop has a fan, but it hasn't "whined" since and spins about the same (or not at all) as with the original hard drive installed. 
However, I don't know whether it consumes 3 watts or only 0.3 watts.

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