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Introduction
To make drive selection simple, we've gathered all
our popular WD Caviar SE16, WD Caviar SE, and WD
Caviar drives under one umbrella we call WD Caviar
Blue. Built to Western Digital's awarding winning
quality standards, these drives are available in
a full range of performance features.
Features
- SATA
- Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives are quickly becoming
the new standard. Motherboard manufacturers now
include SATA inputs on their boards. Because of
their considerably narrower cables, SATA hard
drives provide increased airflow and less clutter
and in the computer system compared to EIDE drives.
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The performance difference - EIDE drives support
data transfer rates up to 100MB/sec, and all WD
Caviar Blue SATA drive support 3 Gb/s transfer
rates.
- Cache
- WD Caviar Blue is available in 2 MB, 8 MB, and
16 MB cache sizes. Bigger cache memory yields
faster performance.
- Capacity
- We offer drives ranging from 40 GB to 750 GB.
Pick the biggest capacity your budget will allow.
You can never have too much storage space.
- Reliability
- We understand the importance of your data, and
we are committed to protecting that data with
exceptionally reliable products, advanced data
protection technology and superior customer support.
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Cool - Keeping the drive cool enhances reliability.
WD continues to develop new and innovative ways
to keep drives cool while they are operating.
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Quiet - The technology that Tom's Hardware Guide
called "very fast and nearly silent"
is used throughout this family of drives. Our
WhisperDrive™ technology minimizes noise
to levels near the threshold of human hearing.
To cut seek noise, SoftSeek™ technology streamlines
read/write seeking algorithms, resulting in more
efficient operation.
- NoTouch™
ramp load technology - The recording head never
touches the disk media ensuring significantly
less wear to the recording head and media as well
as better drive protection in transit. (Available
on 120 GB capacities and above)
- IntelliSeek™
- Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power
consumption, noise and vibration.
- Compatible
- We perform tests on hundreds of systems and
a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab™
and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our customers
confidence that our drives will work in their
systems.
Specifications
- Performance
Specifications
- RPM
7200
- Transfer
Rate Buffer To Host (Serial ATA): 3 Gb/s (Max)
- Physical
Specifications
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Formatted Capacity 160,041 MB
- Capacity
160 GB
- Interface
SATA 3 Gb/s
- User
Sectors Per Drive 312,581,808
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