Western Digital
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB (7200rpm) SATA 16MB 3.5 inch Hard Drive (Internal)
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Performance and reliability for everyday computing.With SATA and PATA interfaces and cache sizes up to 32 MB, this series of 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
- 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.Key FeaturesInterfacePATA - 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.How to choose - Our handy Interface Guide can help you make your selection.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 ensur
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