WD 500GB SATA 8mb 7200 RPM Hard Drive

Overview

Cool, quiet operation, superior performance and industry-leading reliability make these SATA drives ideal for desktop, business, and consumer electronics storage.

Features:

• Fast - 8 MB cache - Keeps more of your data in high-speed memory For unsurpassed performance in its class. Fast 7200 RPM spindle speed and SATA 150 MB/s interface.

• Cool - Cool operation results in the highest reliability, even in intensely hot environments such as digital video recorders. That's why these, the coolest on the market, are the drives of choice for the world's leading consumer electronics and PC manufacturers.

• Quiet - The technology that Tom's Hardware Guide called "very fast and nearly silent" is used throughout this family of drives. Our WhisperDrive™ technology minimizes noise to levels near the threshold of human hearing. To cut seek noise, SoftSeek™ technology streamlines read/write seeking algorithms, resulting in more efficient operation.

Specifications:

• Rotational Speed: 7,200 RPM (nominal)
• Buffer Size: 8 MB
• Average Latency: 4.20 ms (nominal)
• Contact Start/Stop Cycles: 50,000 minimum
  
• 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)
  
• Buffer To Host (Serial ATA): 150 MB/s (Max)
• Buffer To Disk: 748 Mbits/s (Max)