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Western Digital SE16 500GB IDE ATA100 7200RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive OEM 3YR MFR Warranty
Western Digital SE16 500GB IDE ATA100 7200RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive OEM 3YR MFR Warranty

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   SKU:  
28927
   Shipping Weight:   1.51 lbs
   Part #: WD5000AAKB

 Features - By David_W @Mar 05, 2008
WD Caviar® SE16 EIDE drives feature up to 500 GB of storage and a 16 MB cache for lightning-fast performance. Yes, these reliable drives are fast, but they still deliver technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation. Designed for high-performance computers, multimedia or gaming systems these drives are the perfect choice as an upgrade or replacement for your EIDE system.

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. View demo>

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.

Preemptive Wear Leveling (PWL) - The drive arm frequently sweeps across the disk to reduce uneven wear on the drive surface.

Ideal for

Designed for high-performance business computers and multimedia or gaming systems. Ideal as an upgrade or replacement drive for any high-end EIDE system.


 Specifications - by David_W @Mar 05, 2008
Performance Specifications
Transfer Rates
Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk)972 Mbits/s (Max)
Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity500,107 MB
Capacity500 GB
InterfaceEIDE 100 MB/s
User Sectors Per Drive976,773,168
Physical Dimensions
English
Height1.028 Inches (Max)
Length5.787 Inches (Max)
Width4.00 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch)
Weight1.39 Pounds
Metric
Height25.4 mm (Max)
Length147 mm (Max)
Width101.6 mm
Weight0.63 kg
Environmental Specifications
Shock
Operating Shock (Read)65G, 2 ms
Non-operating Shock350G, 2 ms
Acoustics
Idle Mode28 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 033 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 329 dBA (average)
Temperature (English)
Operating32° 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
Operating5-95% RH non-condensing
Non-operating5-95% 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
Linear20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak)
Random7-500 Hz (0.00221 g² / Hz)
Non-operating
Low Frequency10-300 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude)
High Frequency300-500 Hz, 5.0G (0 to peak)
Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
12 VDC
Read/Write460 mA
Idle450 mA
Standby6 mA
Sleep6 mA
5 VDC
Read/Write650 mA
Idle600 mA
Standby180 mA
Sleep180 mA
Power Dissipation
Read/Write8.77 Watts
Idle8.40 Watts
Standby0.97 Watts
Sleep0.97 Watts

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 Rated by NArkshaRK, July 23, 2008

Just needed a good drive for an older PC being used as a file server. Like every other harddrive made in the last 10 years, it worked the moment it was attached and WindowsXP recognised it flawlessy. No problems at all.      » READ MORE

 Rated by Michael_B, July 12, 2008

For those of us stuck with PATA drives, this is a good deal from a reliable mfg with decent performance.

This review was modfied by poster @ 07-12-08 12:02 PM      » READ MORE

 Rated by PWR, May 9, 2008

I run 24/7 with 12 WD IDE HDs, 4 of which are like this one. Popped in to get 2 more. They just plain work.       » READ MORE

 Rated by joe barnes, March 11, 2008

good hard drive very fast for ide. a little loud compared to some other hard drives ive had but overall a good price to make an ide system a little faster      » READ MORE


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