Description
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WD Caviar Blue16 native SATA hard drive features 16 MB cache for lightning-fast performance. This reliable drive is fast, but still delivers technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation.
Specifications
Summary
- Product Description
- WD Caviar Blue WD2500AAKS - hard drive - 250 GB - SATA-300
- Type
- Hard drive - internal
- Capacity
- 250 GB
- Form Factor
- 3.5" x 1/3H
- Interface
- Serial ATA-300
- Data Transfer Rate
- 300 MBps
- Buffer Size
- 16 MB
- Spindle Speed
- 7200 rpm
- Features
- S.M.A.R.T.
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.54 cm
- Weight
- 0.6 kg
- Microsoft Certification
- Works with Windows Vista
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 2 years warranty
Detail
General
- Device Type
- Hard drive - internal
- Capacity
- 250 GB
- Form Factor
- 3.5" x 1/3H
- Interface
- Serial ATA-300
- Buffer Size
- 16 MB
- Features
- S.M.A.R.T.
- Width
- 10.2 cm
- Depth
- 14.7 cm
- Height
- 2.54 cm
- Weight
- 0.6 kg
Performance
- Drive Transfer Rate
- 300 MBps (external)
- 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 10^15
- 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
- Works with Windows Vista
- Software and devices that carry the Works with Windows Vista logo have been tested for baseline compatibility with PC's running.
- Compliant Standards
- RoHS
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- 2 years warranty
- Service & Support Details
- Limited warranty - 2 years
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature
- 0 °C
- Max Operating Temperature
- 60 °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)
- Sound Emission
- 25 dBA
Customer reviews
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3 years
Reviewed by Electrical Storm. Review Posted 28/08/2009
Broken (heads problem) after 3 years and 5 days. Just 5 days after end of warranty time :/
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Cheap but not flawless
Reviewed by Isaac. Review Posted 11/01/2009
Whilst the price is good, I've only had this drive for 1/2 a year and it's died on me. In itself, one faulty unit isn't sufficient to brand the whole line unreliable..but I guess it's worth noting if there's already a lot of comment along the same lines.
As for sound etc, no complaints.
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