Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKB IDE ATA/100 Hard Disk

Western Digital Part #/MPN: WD5000AAKB

DiscTech Item #: WDC-WD5000AAKB-NP-OE


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Capacity: 500GB

Speed: 7,200RPM

Interface Types: IDE ATA 3.5in

Form Factor: 3.5inx1.0in LFF Hard Drive

Sector Size: 512 / 512e

Average Seek Time: 8.9

Electrical Interface: EIDE Ultra ATA100 100MBps

On-Board Cache: 16MB

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKB 500GB 7.2K 16MB IDE ATA/100 Hard Drive - New Pull

Key Features

Interface
PATA - Enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE), also called Parallel ATA (PATA), hard drives have been the standard in the computer industry for more than 10 years.

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 PATA drives.

The performance difference - PATA drives support data transfer rates up to 100MB/sec, and all WD Caviar Blue SATA drive support 3 Gb/s transfer rates.


Solid performance - With SATA and PATA interfaces and cache sizes up to 32 MB, this series of drives offer a full range of performance features.
Capacity - We offer WD Caviar Blue drives with capacities up to 1 TB because 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.
Cool - Keeping the drive cool enhances reliability. WD continues to develop new and innovative ways to keep drives cool while they are operating.
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. (Available on 120 GB capacities and above)
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
Model number WD5000AAKB
Model Name Caviar Blue
Form Factor(width) 3.5-inch
Form Factor(height) 1-inch
Height 25.4 mm
Width 101.6 mm
Length 147 mm
Weight 0.63 kg
Formatted Capacity 500 Gbytes
External (I/O) Transfer Rate (max) 100 MBytes/sec
Average Seek Time, Read 8.9 msec typical
Default Buffer (cache) Size 16 Mbytes

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ROHS Compliant

Weight: 1.8 lb

Warranty: 1 Year DiscTech

New Pull

Condition Levels Explained

The product has been mounted in a brand new system (e.g. server), then removed from the system, before entering service. These products may have some hours of usage due to system build time / burn-in / testing etc. New Pulls are guaranteed to have at least 95% (often 99%) of their service life remaining , they may show signs of being physically mounted and dismounted. All handling is performed by trained technicians, taking full ESD precautions.

1 Year DiscTech Warranty

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