WD Caviar® SE16
SATA Hard Drives
250 GB, 3 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM
Lightning Fast
Cool
Quiet
WD Caviar SE16 drives combine 16 MB cache with 3 Gb/s transfer rate for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop and workstation applications. Technologically advanced acoustics minimize noise and cool drive operation and enhanced reliability features help protect the drive and the data stored on it.
Product Features
- Top performance for Windows Vista - WD Caviar SE16 SATA and EIDE drives are certified for Windows Vista and are top performers on the Windows Vista Experience Index.
- 16 MB Cache - Bigger cache means faster performance. A massive 16 MB cache combined with advanced acoustic and power-reducing technologies make these ultra-fast drives the perfect solution for the fully loaded PC.
- IntelliSeek™ - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.
- SecurePark™ - Parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear, and improved non- operational shock tolerance.
Ideal For
Designed for use in the fastest PCs on the market, including high-performance business computers and multimedia or gaming systems. Perfect for Windows Vista.
| Performance Specifications | |
| Rotational Speed | 7,200 RPM (nominal) |
| Buffer Size | 16 MB |
| Average Latency | 4.20 ms (nominal) |
| Start/Stop Cycles | 50,000 minimum |
| Warranty | 3-year Limited Warranty |
| Seek Times | |
| Read Seek Time | 8.9 ms |
| Write Seek Time | 10.9 ms (average) |
| Track-To-Track Seek Time | 2.0 ms (average) |
| Full Stroke Seek | 21.0 ms (average) |
| Transfer Rates | |
| Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) | 3 Gb/s (Max) |
| Buffer To Disk | 972 Mbits/s (Max) |
| Physical Specifications | |
| Formatted Capacity | 250,059 MB |
| Capacity | 250 GB |
| Interface | SATA 3 Gb/s |
| User Sectors Per Drive | 488,397,168 |
| Physical Dimensions | |
| English | |
| Height | 1.028 Inches (Max) |
| Length | 5.787 Inches (Max) |
| Width | 4.00 Inches (± 0.010 inch) |
| Weight | 1.39 Pounds |
| Metric | |
| Height | 25.4 mm (Max) |
| Length | 147 mm (Max) |
| Width | 101.6 mm |
| Weight | 0.63 kg |
| Environmental Specifications | |
| Shock | |
| Operating Shock (Read) | 65G, 2 ms |
| Non-operating Shock | 350G, 2 ms |
| Acoustics | |
| Idle Mode | 28 dBA (average) |
| Seek Mode 0 | 33 dBA (average) |
| Seek Mode 3 | 29 dBA (average) |
| Temperature (English) | |
| Operating | 32° F to 140° F |
| Non-operating | -40° F to 149° F |
| Temperature (Metric) | |
| Operating | -0° C to 60° C |
| Non-operating | -40° C to 65° C |
| Humidity | |
| Operating | 5-95% RH non-condensing |
| Non-operating | 5-95% RH non-condensing |
| Altitude (English) | |
| Operating | -1,000 feet to 10,000 feet |
| Non-operating | -1,000 feet to 40,000 feet |
| Altitude (Metric) | |
| Operating | -305M to 3,050M |
| Non-operating | -305M to 12,200M |
| Vibration | |
| Operating | |
| Linear | 20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak) |
| Random | 7-500 Hz (0.00221 g² / Hz) |
| Non-operating | |
| Low Frequency | 10-300 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude) |
| High Frequency | 300-500 Hz, 5.0G (0 to peak) |
| Electrical Specifications | |
| Current Requirements | |
| 12 VDC | |
| Read/Write | 460 mA |
| Idle | 450 mA |
| Standby | 6 mA |
| Sleep | 6 mA |
| 5 VDC | |
| Read/Write | 650 mA |
| Idle | 600 mA |
| Standby | 180 mA |
| Sleep | 180 mA |
| Power Dissipation | |
| Read/Write | 8.77 Watts |
| Idle | 8.40 Watts |
| Standby | 0.97 Watts |
| Sleep | 0.97 Watts |