Generally Raspberry Pi needs an external USB drive for extra storage capacity. Now Western Digital has released WD PiDrive 314GB HDD that offers more storage capacity for your Raspberry Pi.
The WD PiDrive is based on Western Digital’s proven, high-volume 500GB platform and dedicatedly designed for Raspberry Pi. As we can see from the images, the hard disk drive shows off an ultra thin and compact appearance that perfectly matches with the look of your Raspberry Pi mini computer.
The magnetic recording and electrical system operating set-points align with Raspberry Pi’s USB data and it has been designed to reduce its electrical power load on your mini computer and maintain maximum USB data transfer rate. Meanwhile, its 314GB storage capacity makes your Raspberry Pi have the ability to deal with your greater projects.
Moreover, the WD PiDrive comes with a special version of BerryBoot that includes software applications featuring the use of mass-storage-devices with Raspberry Pi in order to bring you much convenience when you use the external storage device.
The 314GB WD PiDrive is priced at $45.81 USD (on sale for $31.42). If you’re interested, jump to Western Digital for its more details.