Cool, quiet operation, superior performance and industry-leading
reliability make these SATA drives ideal for desktop, business, and
consumer electronics storage.
Key FeaturesFast
- 8 MB cache - Keeps more of your data in high-speed memory for
unsurpassed performance in its class. Fast 7200 RPM spindle speed and
next-generation SATA 3 Gb/s interface. For even higher performance,
consider WD Caviar SE16 SATA 3 Gb/s hard drives.
Cool - Cool operation results
in the highest reliability, even in intensely hot environments such as
digital video recorders. That's why these, the coolest on the market,
are the drives of choice for the world's leading consumer electronics
and PC manufacturers.
Quiet - The technology that
Tom's Hardware Guide called "very fast and nearly silent" is used
throughout this family of drives. Our WhisperDrive technology
minimizes noise to levels near the threshold of human hearing. To cut
seek noise, SoftSeek technology streamlines read/write seeking
algorithms, resulting in more efficient operation.
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Ideal For
High-performance family and business computing. These drives easily
handle photo editing and data-intensive multimedia applications. For
even higher performance, consider WD Caviar SE16 SATA hard drives.
How this WD hard drive protects your data-
Data Lifeguard is an exclusive set of data protection features, including shock
protection, an environmental protection system and real-time embedded error detection
and repair. WD's Data Lifeguard technology automatically finds, isolates, and repairs
problems that may develop over the life of a hard drive.
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Data Lifeguard Tools are software utilities designed for WD hard drives that work with
the embedded Data Lifeguard features to make hard drive installation,diagnostics and
repair both simple and worry-free. (Download Data Lifeguard Tools)
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ShockGuard instantaneously protects the hard drive against damage from bumps and
vibrations while it is running. This technology enables WD Caviar drives to achieve
industry-leading shock specifications.
Performance Specifications| Transfer Rates |
 | Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) | 3 Gb/s (Max) |
| Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk) | 972 Mbits/s (Max) |
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| Physical Specifications |
| Formatted Capacity | 500,107 MB |
| Capacity | 500 GB |
| Interface | SATA 3 Gb/s |
| User Sectors Per Drive | 976,773,168 |
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| Physical Dimensions |
| English |
| Height | 1.028 Inches (Max) |
| Length | 5.787 Inches (Max) |
| Width | 4.00 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch) |
| Weight | 1.39 Pounds |
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| Metric |
| Height | 25.4 mm (Max) |
| Length | 147 mm (Max) |
| Width | 101.6 mm |
| Weight | 0.63 kg |
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| Environmental Specifications |
| Shock |
| Operating Shock (Read) | 65G, 2 ms |
| Non-operating Shock | 350G, 2 ms |
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| Acoustics |
| Idle Mode | 28 dBA (average) |
| Seek Mode 0 | 26 dBA (average) |
| Seek Mode 3 | 29 dBA (average) |
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| Temperature (English) |
| Operating | 32° F to 140° F |
| Non-operating | -40° F to 149° F |
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| Temperature (Metric) |
| Operating | -0° C to 60° C |
| Non-operating | -40° C to 65° C |
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| Humidity |
| Operating | 5-95% RH non-condensing |
| Non-operating | 5-95% RH non-condensing |
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| Altitude (English) |
| Operating | -1,000 feet to 10,000 feet |
| Non-operating | -1,000 feet to 40,000 feet |
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| Altitude (Metric) |
| Operating | -305M to 3,050M |
| Non-operating | -305M to 12,200M |
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| Vibration |
| Operating |
| Linear | 20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak) |
| Random | 7-500 Hz (0.00221 g² / Hz) |
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| Non-operating |
| Low Frequency | 10-300 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude) |
| High Frequency | 300-500 Hz, 5.0G (0 to peak) |
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| Electrical Specifications |
| Current Requirements |
| 12 VDC |
| Read/Write | 460 mA |
| Idle | 450 mA |
| Standby | 6 mA |
| Sleep | 6 mA |
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| 5 VDC |
| Read/Write | 650 mA |
| Idle | 600 mA |
| Standby | 180 mA |
| Sleep | 180 mA |
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| Power Dissipation |
| Read/Write | 8.77 Watts |
| Idle | 8.40 Watts |
| Standby | 0.97 Watts |
| Sleep | 0.97 Watts |
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