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500GB Western Digital 'Caviar BLACK' 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s HDD 32MB Cache. New with 5yr Western Digital Warranty (WD5002AALX)	Same Day	$117.99
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Western Digital

500GB Caviar® Black Hard Disk Drive

3.5-Inch | SATA 6.0Gb/s | 7200RPM | 32MB Cache

Cool, quiet, eco-friendly.

Backwards compatible to SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems.

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.
32MB 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
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.

OWC Tech Support Note: Western Digital Caviar Black drives with 32MB of cache are not compatible with G5 computers as they do not automatically clock to SATA I.

Highlights

Applications

Power computing applications such as multimedia
Video and photo editing
Maxed out gaming computers

SPECS

500GB Western Digital Caviar Black Specifications:

Specifications

Form Factor

3.5″ HDD

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Capacity¹

500GB

Formatted Capacity²

465GiB

Rotational Speed

7200 RPM

Cache / Data Buffer

32MB

Manufacturer Model Number

WD5002AALX

Format

Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)

Physical

Height (max)

25.4mm (1.028″)

Width (max)

101.6mm (4.00″)

Length (max)

147mm (5.787″)

Weight (typical)

0.75kg (1.66 lbs.)

Guaranteed Sectors

976,773,168

Reliability³

Contact Start-Stops

300,000 minimum

Warranty

5 Year Warranty

Performance

Transfer Rate (Max)

6 Gb/s

Average Latency

4.20ms

Power

Read Power

10.70 Watts

Write Power

10.70 Watts

Idle Mode

8.20 Watts

Standby Mode

1.30 Watts

Sleep Mode

1.30 Watts

Environmental (Operating)

Shock

30 G max at 2ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

32°F to 140°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

0°C to 60°C

Altitude

-1,000 feet to 10,000 feet

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Shock

300 G max at 2ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

-40°F to 158°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

-40°C to 70°C

Altitude

-1,000 feet to 40,000 feet

Acoustics

Idle (Typical)

2.9 bels

Seek (Typical)

3.0 bels

1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity of shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.

Manufacturer provided specifications for Western Digital p/n WD5002AALX

Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black Mfr P/N: WD5002AALX OWC SKU: WDGWD5002AALX Internal 3.5" Hard Drive 5 Year Western Digital Warranty Ships: Same Day only $117.99