Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black 3.5" SATA Internal Drive
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A SATA cable required but not included with this item. Please be sure to purchase a SATA cable for this item.
The 500GB Caviar Black 3.5" SATA Internal Drive from Western Digital gives your PC or maxed out gaming machine a perfect storage solution with its high performance and rock solid mechanical architecture. Advanced features such as cool drive operation, no-touch head technology, leading-edge vibration protection ensure enhanced reliability.
- NoTouch Ramp Load Technology
- The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media, as well as better drive protection in transit.
- Dual Processor
- Twice the processing power to maximize performance.
- Colossal Cache
- Bigger, faster cache of 64 Mb means faster performance.
- Massive Capacity
- Western Digital Caviar Black SATA drive available with 500 Gb capacity.
- Compatible
- Perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in their FIT Lab and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give customers confidence that the drives will work in their systems.
- Applications
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- Power computing applications such as multimedia, video, photo editing and maxed out gaming computers.
- Desktop / Consumer RAID Environments - Western Digital Caviar Black Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications.
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| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Interface | SATA 6 Gb/s |
| Formatted Capacity | 500,107 Mb |
| User Sectors per Drive | 976,773,168 |
| SATA Latching Connector | Yes |
| Form Factor | 3.5" (8.89cm) |
| RoHS Compliant | Yes |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Data Transfer Rate | Buffer to host: 6 Gb/sHost to drive: 126 Mb/s |
| Cache | 32 Mb |
| Average Latency (ms) | 4.2 |
| Rotational Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Average Drive Ready Time | 8.5 second |
| Reliability / Data Integrity | |
|---|---|
| Load/Unload Cycles |
300,000*
1
Please Note:*Controlled unload at ambient condition. close |
| Non-Recoverable Read Errors | <1 in 10 per bit reads |
| Power Management | |
|---|---|
| Average Power Requirements | Read/Write: 6.0Idle: 5.6Standby: 0.9Sleep: 0.9 |
| Environmental Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Temperature |
Operating: 32 to 140°F (0 to 60°C) Non-Operating: -40 to 160°F (-40 to 70°C) |
| Shock | Operating (2 ms, read): 30Operating (2 ms, read/write): 65Non-operating (2 ms): 300 |
| Acoustics | Idle: 29Performance Seek Mode: 30Quiet seek mode: 26 |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions (HxWxL) | 1.02 x 4 x 5.78" (2.59 x 10.16 x 14.68cm) |
| Weight | 15.52 oz (439.98 g) |
Cables & Adapters
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What's in the Box
- 5 Year Limited Warranty*
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