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500GB Western Digital 'Caviar BLACK' 7200RPM SATA-II HDD 32MB Cache. New with 5yr Western Digital Warranty (WDGWD5001AALS) Same Day $72.99
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Western Digital

WD Caviar® Black™
SATA Hard Drive
500GB, 3 Gb/s, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM


WD Caviar Black drives combine a high performance electronics architecture with a rock solid mechanical architecture to deliver the perfect storage solution for your fully-loaded PC or maxed out gaming machine. Cool drive operation, no-touch head technology, and leading-edge vibration protection ensure enhanced reliability and sustained data throughput. And we back it all up with a 5-year limited warranty.

Key Features

  • High Performance Electronics Architecture
    • Dual processor - Twice the processing power to maximize performance.
    • 32 MB cache - Bigger, faster cache means faster performance.
  • Rock Solid Mechanical Architecture
    • StableTrac™ - The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking, during read and write operations.
    • 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.
  • 5 Year Limited Warranty
  • Massive Capacity - WD Caviar Black SATA drives are available in capacities up to 1 TB.
  • Compatible - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab™ and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

Ideal For

Power computing applications such as multimedia, video and photo editing, and maxed out gaming computers.


Specifications

Performance Specifications
Transfer Rates
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 3 Gb/s (Max)
Buffer To Disk 145 Mbytes/s (Max)
   
   
Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity 500,107 MB
Capacity 500 GB
Interface SATA 3 Gb/s
User Sectors Per Drive 976,773,168
   
   
Physical Dimensions
English
Height 1.028 Inches (Max)
Length 5.787 Inches (Max)
Width 4.00 Inches (± 0.010 inch)
Weight 1.52 Pounds
   
Metric
Height 25.4 mm (Max)
Length 147 mm (Max)
Width 101.6 mm
Weight 0.69 kg
   
   
Environmental Specifications
Shock
Operating Shock (Read) 30G, 2 ms
Non-operating Shock 300G, 2 ms
   
Acoustics
Idle Mode 25 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 29 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3 26 dBA (average)
   
Temperature (English)
Operating 32° F to 140° F
Non-operating -40° F to 158° F
   
Temperature (Metric)
Operating -0° C to 60° C
Non-operating -40° C to 70° 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 0.004 g²/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)
Non-operating 0.05 g²/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)
 
Operating
Linear 20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak)
Random 0.004 g²/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)
   
Non-operating
Low Frequency 0.05 g²/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)
High Frequency 20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak)
   
   
Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
12 VDC
Read/Write 490 mA
Idle 470 mA
Standby 5 mA
Sleep 5 mA
   
5 VDC
Read/Write 500 mA
Idle 420 mA
Standby 160 mA
Sleep 160 mA
   
Power Dissipation
Read/Write 8.30 Watts
Idle 7.7 Watts
Standby 1.00 Watts
Sleep 1.00 Watts
As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, megabit per second (Mb/s) = one million bits per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
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