Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 500GB Serial ATA II internal hard drive

Performance and reliability for everyday computing.With SATA and PATA interfaces and cache sizes up to 32 MB, this series of drives offer a full range of performance features. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Caviar Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability. To make drive selection simple, we've gathered all our popular WD Caviar SE16, WD Caviar SE, and WD Caviar drives under one umbrella we call WD Caviar Blue. Built to Western Digital's awarding winning quality standards, these drives are available in a full range of performance features.Key FeaturesInterface PATAEnhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE), also called Parallel ATA (PATA), hard drives have been the standard in the computer industry for more than 10 years.SATASerial ATA (SATA) hard drives are quickly becoming the new standard. Motherboard manufacturers now include SATA inputs on their boards. Because of their considerably narrower cables, SATA hard drives provide increased airflow and less clutter and in the computer system compared to PATA drives.The performance differencePATA drives support data transfer rates up to 100MB/sec, and all WD Caviar Blue SATA drive support 3 Gb/s transfer rates.How to chooseOur handy Interface Guide can help you make your selection. Solid performanceWith SATA and PATA interfaces and cache sizes up to 32 MB, this series of drives offer a full range of performance features.CapacityWe offer WD Caviar B

Hard drive
Hard drive sustained transfer rate	300 MiB/s
Hard drive interface transfer rate	3 Gbit/s
Hard drive interface	Serial ATA II
Drive device, buffer size	16 MB
Write seek	10.9 ms
Read seek	8.9 ms
Full stroke seek	21 ms
Average latency	4.2 ms
Track to track seek time (read/write)	2 ms
Start/stop cycles	50000
Device type	HDD
Data transfer rate	3 Gbit/s
Hard drive speed	7200 RPM
Hard drive size	3.5"
Hard drive capacity	500 GB
Power
Power consumption (typical)	8.77 W
Power consumption (standby)	0.97 W
System requirements
Mac compatibility	No
Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 65 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95%
Operating altitude	-305 - 3050 m
Non-operating altitude	-305 - 12200 m
Operating shock	65 G
Non-operating shock	350 G
Sound emission
Acoustic pressure emissions	33 dB
Weight & dimensions
Width	101.6 mm
Weight	630 g
Height	25.4 mm
Depth	147 mm
Packaging content
Storage drive adapter included	No
Quantity	1
Technical details
Quantity	1
Hard disk transfer rate	748 Mbit/s
Dimensions (WxDxH)	101.6 x 147 x 25.4 mm
USB powered	No
External power adapter	No
Drive device, transfer rate	300 MB/s
Device type	HDD
Internal	Yes
Packaging data
Quantity	1
Other features
Hard disk transfer rate	748 Mbit/s
Dimensions (WxDxH)	101.6 x 147 x 25.4 mm
USB powered	No
External power adapter	No
Drive device, transfer rate	300 MB/s
Device type	HDD
Data transfer rate	3 Gbit/s
Internal	Yes
Acoustic pressure emissions	33 dB

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