Description
- Building A System? Check Out Our OEM Software! Save Money Compared To Full Retail Versions
- Dabs Guide: How To Install A New Hard Drive
Cool-running, quiet operation, superior performance and industry-leading reliability make these next-generation WD Caviar Blue drives the perfect hard drives for desktop and enterprise storage.
Specifications
Summary
- Product Description
- WD Caviar Blue WD1600AAJS - hard drive - 160 GB - SATA-300
- Type
- Hard drive - internal
- Form Factor
- 3.5" x 1/3H
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.61 cm
- Weight
- 0.6 kg
- Capacity
- 160 GB
- Interface Type
- Serial ATA-300
- Data Transfer Rate
- 300 MBps
- Average Seek Time
- 8.9 ms
- Spindle Speed
- 7200 rpm
- Buffer Size
- 8 MB
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 2 years warranty
Detail
General
- Device Type
- Hard drive - internal
- Width
- 10.2 cm
- Depth
- 14.7 cm
- Height
- 2.61 cm
- Weight
- 0.6 kg
Hard Drive
- Form Factor
- 3.5" x 1/3H
- Capacity
- 160 GB
- Interface Type
- Serial ATA-300
- Buffer Size
- 8 MB
- Features
- Data Lifeguard, Shock Guard, SecureConnect, FlexPower, WhisperDrive, Soft Seek
- Compliant Standards
- S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
- Drive Transfer Rate
- 300 MBps (external)
- Internal Data Rate
- 93.5 MBps
- Seek Time
- 8.9 ms (average) / 21 ms (max)
- Track-to-Track Seek Time
- 2 ms
- Average Latency
- 4.2 ms
- Spindle Speed
- 7200 rpm
Reliability
- Non-Recoverable Errors
- 1 per 10^14
- Start / Stop Cycles
- 50,000
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces
- 1 x Serial ATA-300 - 7 pin Serial ATA
- Compatible Bays
- 1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Miscellaneous
- Compliant Standards
- RoHS
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included
- Data Lifeguard Tools
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- 2 years warranty
- Service & Support Details
- Limited warranty - 2 years
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature
- 5 °C
- Max Operating Temperature
- 55 °C
- Humidity Range Operating
- 5 - 95%
- Shock Tolerance
- 65 g @ 2ms (operating) / 350 g @ 2ms (non-operating)
- Vibration Tolerance
- 0.75 g @ 20-300 Hz (operating) / 4 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)
Customer reviews
Write a review for the Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 3.5" SATA-300 8MB here!
Sweet!
Reviewed by Yewzi. Review Posted 21/01/2010
Great little Drive for a new budget build! It uses the slim sata power and has no molex for old psu's, but that's no problem because you can pick an adapter up from here for a couple of quid!
-
Overall
-
Ease of use
-
Value for money
Great as a backup
Reviewed by Jeff. Review Posted 22/09/2009
This is used as a backup copy of my existing hard drive in my pc. My pc crashed the other day and by swapping the hard over in my pc, it was back running in just a few minutes.
-
Overall
-
Ease of use
-
Value for money
connections
Reviewed by mark. Review Posted 25/05/2008
does anyone know if this has the newer slimline connectors or the older IDE type with the big 4pin power supply and the 21pin data hoohup?
-
Overall
-
Ease of use
-
Value for money
Brilliant so far
Reviewed by steffan thorning. Review Posted 11/01/2008
No problem's so far . a nice money saving piece of kit . so far i have only used half of its space and the speed hasnt reduced one bit. note to the raid user. the reason they have failed is because 1. why four? larges size one's in a two set would save power. 2. you probably fry'd them as they arnt really supposed to go in four's
-
Overall
-
Ease of use
-
Value for money
Value
Reviewed by Retrodome. Review Posted 10/01/2008
Cheap, cheap, cheap - using a system drive (vista 64bit)
-
Overall
-
Ease of use
-
Value for money
Easy peasy
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Posted 06/11/2007
Nice HD and easy to install on a XFX mobo .. XP SP2 drivers picked it up fine with no probs whatsoever. Bargain.
-
Overall
-
Ease of use
-
Value for money
Nice HDD
Reviewed by Calum. Review Posted 29/10/2007
What can I say?
A good price for a good drive.
Fairly fast, nice and quiet, lots of space.
-
Overall
-
Ease of use
-
Value for money
EXCELLENT
Reviewed by Gary. Review Posted 15/06/2007
Fantastic value, prompt delivery. easy to set up but wouldn't expect anything else from WD.
-
Overall
-
Ease of use
-
Value for money
What no power!!
Reviewed by Beenfishinglately. Review Posted 06/12/2007
This is the first time I have tried SATA, upon opening the box I found the drive did not have a 4pin power connector!! Dabs have never let me down before but they should have said this in the product description. I now have to wait 3 more days to get an adapter cable and pay for more delivery!
-
Overall
-
Ease of use
-
Value for money
Failed
Reviewed by peter. Review Posted 18/04/2009
Failed just out of warranty always had more vibration than I liked.
-
Overall
-
Ease of use
-
Value for money
The opinions expressed in this reviews section are those of our customers and not of dabs.com. Nothing contained herein amends dabs.com’s terms and conditions.
