Cool, quiet operation, superior performance and industry-leading reliability make these EIDE drives ideal for desktop, business, and consumer electronics storage.

Key Features

Fast - (8 MB cache) Keeps more of your data in high-speed memory for unsurpassed performance in its class. Fast 7200 RPM spindle speed and EIDE (Ultra ATA/100) for burst transfer rates up to 100 MB/s. For even higher performance, consider WD Caviar SE16 SATA 3 Gb/s hard drives.

Cool - Cool operation results in the highest reliability, even in intensely hot environments such as digital video recorders. That's why these, the coolest on the market, are the drives of choice for the world's leading consumer electronics and PC manufacturers.

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.

Ideal For

High-performance family and business computing. These drives easily handle photo editing and data-intensive multimedia applications. For even higher performance, consider WD Caviar SE16 SATA hard drives.

How this WD Hard Drive protects your data

• Data Lifeguard is an exclusive set of data protection features, including shock protection, an environmental protection system and real-time embedded error detection and repair. WD's Data Lifeguard technology automatically finds, isolates, and repairs problems that may develop over the life of a hard drive.
• Data Lifeguard Tools are software utilities designed for WD hard drives that work with the embedded Data Lifeguard features to make hard drive installation,diagnostics and repair both simple and worry-free. (Download Data Lifeguard Tools)
• ShockGuard instantaneously protects the hard drive against damage from bumps and vibrations while it is running. This technology enables WD Caviar drives to achieve industry-leading shock specifications.

Specifications:

Performance Specifications
    – Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk): 972 Mbits/s (Max)

Phycial Specifications
    – Formatted Capacity: 160,041 MB
    – User Sectors Per Drive: 312,581,808

Environmental Specifications

Shock
    – Operating Shock (Read): 65G, 2 ms
    – Non-operating Shock: 350G, 2 ms

Acoustics
    – Idle Mode: 24 dBA (average)
    – Seek Mode: 0 27 dBA (average)
    – Seek Mode: 3 25 dBA (average)

Temperature (English)
    – Operating : 32° F to 140° F
    – Non-operating: -40° F to 149° F

Humidity
    – Operating: 5-95% RH non-condensing
    – Non-operating: 5-95% RH non-condensing

Altitude (English)
    – Operating: -1,000 feet to 10,000 feet
    – Non-operating: -1,000 feet to 40,000 feet

Vibration
    – Operating
         Linear: 20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak)
         Random: 10-300 Hz, 0.008 g² / Hz

    – Non-operating
         Low Frequency: 5-20 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude)
         High Frequency: 20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak)

Electrical Specifications

Current Requirements
    – 12 VDC
         Read/Write: 280 mA
         Idle: 270 mA
         Standby: 6 mA
         Sleep: 6 mA

    – 5 VDC
         Read/Write: 650 mA
         Idle: 600 mA
         Standby: 180 mA
         Sleep: 180 mA

    – Power Dissipation
         Read/Write: 6.61 Watts
         Idle: 6.24 Watts
         Standby: 0.97 Watts
         Sleep: 0.97 Watts