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Western Digital SE16 500GB IDE ATA100 7200RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive OEM 3YR MFR Warranty
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Features
- By David_W @Mar 05, 2008
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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.
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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.
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Specifications
- by David_W @Mar 05, 2008
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| Performance Specifications |
| Transfer Rates |  | Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk) | 972 Mbits/s (Max) |  |
| | Physical Specifications |  | Formatted Capacity | 500,107 MB |  | Capacity | 500 GB |  | Interface | EIDE 100 MB/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 | 1.39 Pounds |  |
| Metric |  | Height | 25.4 mm (Max) |  | Length | 147 mm (Max) |  | Width | 101.6 mm |  | Weight | 0.63 kg |  |
| | Environmental Specifications | | Shock |  | Operating Shock (Read) | 65G, 2 ms |  | Non-operating Shock | 350G, 2 ms |  |
| Acoustics |  | Idle Mode | 28 dBA (average) |  | Seek Mode 0 | 33 dBA (average) |  | Seek Mode 3 | 29 dBA (average) |  |
| Temperature (English) |  | Operating | 32° 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 |  | 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 |  | Linear | 20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak) |  | Random | 7-500 Hz (0.00221 g² / Hz) |  |
 | Non-operating |  | Low Frequency | 10-300 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude) |  | High Frequency | 300-500 Hz, 5.0G (0 to peak) |  |
| | Electrical Specifications | | Current Requirements |  | 12 VDC |  | Read/Write | 460 mA |  | Idle | 450 mA |  | Standby | 6 mA |  | Sleep | 6 mA |  |
 | 5 VDC |  | Read/Write | 650 mA |  | Idle | 600 mA |  | Standby | 180 mA |  | Sleep | 180 mA |  |
 | Power Dissipation |  | Read/Write | 8.77 Watts |  | Idle | 8.40 Watts |  | Standby | 0.97 Watts |  | Sleep | 0.97 Watts |
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Customer Reviews
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Product Warranty
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This product has a three year warranty. First year is covered through NCIX and the remaining two years are covered directly by the manufacturer.
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