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WD is leading the way with a full lineup of SATA 6 Gb/s drives.
Over the years the industry has increased bus bandwidth from PATA through SATA 1.5 Gb/s and SATA 3 Gb/s to keep up with the demand for higher transfer rates. The next evolution of bus bandwidth has now been achieved with the introduction of SATA 6 Gb/s, (SATA 3.0). We’ve added a SATA 6 Gb/s interface to our award-winning WD Caviar Blue and WD Caviar Black desktop hard drives in capacities from 250 GB to 2 TB. This transition to a SATA 6 Gb/s interface aligns with the introduction of SATA 6 Gb/s-supporting chip sets and motherboards coming to the market.
| Acoustics | |
|---|---|
| Seek Mode 0 | 33 dBA (average) |
| Idle Mode | 28 dBA (average) |
| Electrical Specifications | |
| Idle | 6.10 Watts |
| Standby | 0.70 Watts |
| Sleep | 0.70 Watts |
| Read/Write | 6.80 Watts |
| Performance Specifications | |
| Hard Disk Capacity (GB) | 500 |
| Rotational Speed (RPM) | 7200 |
| Drive Buffer Size (MB) | 16 |
| Load/unload Cycles | 300,000 minimum |
| Hard Disk Interface | SATA III |
| Physical Dimensions | |
| Width | 101.6 mm |
| Weight | 0.69 kg |
| Depth | 147 mm |
| Height | 26.1 mm |
| Shock | |
| Non-operating Shock | 300G, 2 ms |
| Operating Shock (Read) | 30G, 2 ms |
| Temperature | |
| Operating | -0° C to 60° C |
| Non-operating | -40° C to 70° C |
| Transfer Rates | |
| Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk) | 126 MB/s (Max) |
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