Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD5000AAKS | 
| Brand: Western Digital
List Price: $85.99
Buy New: $49.99
as of 11/22/2009 14:18 CST details
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  197 reviews
Sales Rank: 233
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Size: 500 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4 x 1
nv:Drive Type: Internal
Capacity: 500GB
Interface: Serial ATA-300
Interface Type: SATA
Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200
Buffer Memory: 16MB
Average Seek (msec): 8.9
Average Latency (msec): 4.2
Track-to-Track Seek Time (typical read, ms): 2
Full Stroke Seek Time (normal seek): 21.0
Data Transfer Rate on Serial ATA: Up to 3000 Mb/sec
Form Factor: 3.5"
Temperature, Operating (°C): 5 to 55
Temperature, Nonoperating (°C): -40 to 65
Acoustics Idle (belssound power): 28 dBA (average)
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: WD5000AAKS
Model: WD5000AAKS
UPC: 718037720302
EAN: 0718037720302
ASIN: B000RT5AE0
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Capacity - 500G | | • | SATA Connectivity | | • | Memory: 16M CACHE | | • | Speed: 7200 RPM | | • | Size: 3.5 Inch |
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Product Description
With SATA and PATA interfaces, cache sizes ranging from 2 MB to 16 MB, WD Caviar Blue drives offer a full range of performance features. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Caviar Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability.
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 Be sure you know what you are ordering November 21, 2009
Thomas M. Byrd (Greensboro NC)
This drive was bought as a replacement for my wife's computer, whose drive was totally fried. I should have known more before ordering and installing the drive myself. I was not aware enough of the difference between IDE and SATA, so I ordered a SATA drive for a computer with an IDE motherboard. This required adapters to make the new drive work. Once the adapters were installed (correctly, because I made a couple of mistakes along the way) I got it up and running, with the help of our son-in-law. Getting Windows re-installed also was no picnic, even though we had the disk for it, since it did not include ANY drivers for anything. The drive now works fine, and I stress that the problems I had were not due to the drive, which now functions beautifully, giving my wife more storage space than she will ever use.
Exactly what the doctor ordered November 15, 2009
Brian Payne (Spokane, WA USA)
Having suffered with a measly 40-gig hard drive for the past year, I finally got around to ordering a new one. This solved the problem perfectly. The OEM version (this one) doesn't come with mounting equipment or a cable, but it's very clear that this is the case and I can't complain if they tell you up-front.
Mounting it was simplicity itself, and it has worked flawlessly since. It's very fast and completely silent, and I have noticed no increase in my system operating temperature (I have a Dell Optiplex case).
5 stars, highly recommended.
Help pls about how do I know if this is the right device for my laptop? November 14, 2009
dj play (usa)
My laptop says ATA device..........it does not say 1 ATA nor 11 ATA//////////although it has the number of it......WDC WD800BEVS-22RST0 ATA Device pls help!!!!!email me [...]
so far soo good November 12, 2009
VJ (Irvine, CA)
This hard drive seems to be reliable than the other one I have 2 years ago but only time will tell... so far so good...
Excelente HD November 1, 2009
Ernesto Rocamora (Miami, FL USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
He comprado varios de estos dicos para mi y para amigos, todos estamos muy complacidos por el producto y por el precio....se lo recomendamos !!!
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