WD Elements 2TB External Desktop Hard Drive - Black

Title : WD Elements 2TB External Desktop Hard Drive - Black
ASIN : B003IPC21Y
Description : Western Digital Western Digital Elements 2TB External 35 Desktop Hard Drive HiSpeed USB2 UK Plug Black WDBAAU0020HBKUESN Storage External Hard Drives
Features :

• Hard disk drive capacity: 2000 GB
• Internal: N
• Hard disk rotational speed: 7200 RPM
• Hard disk interface: USB 2.0
• Hard disk size: 8.89 cm (3.5 ")

List Price : £70.00
Price : £70.00

category: Amazon Green
brand: Western Digital
Item Page Detail URL : link
Rating : 4.1
Review : Some geeky stuff
Got two of these today and both seem to work fine.

Since some of the more technically minded people like me might want to know more, here's some stuff I figured out so far:

Computer relevant capacity is 1.36TB.
It consumes 10W when in use and 9W when you're not doing anything with it. If you unplug the USB cable, power consumption drops to 4-5W.
Peak write speed seems to be somewhere between 27 and 28MB/s, which is about half of what your typical internal HDD runs at. That's about 15 hours for a full format or to fill up with files to the brink. Speed drops to around 20MB/s when copying smaller files like .mp3 music.
Comes pre-formatted with NTFS and no bundled software.
Very quiet operation.

There was a review saying that the power/USB cable ports didn't match up perfectly with the holes in the case. I can see how this can be true, as the port position seems to be flexible, perhaps to accomodate some sort of shock protection. If...