Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA3, 16MB Cache, 7200RPM

WD Caviar Blue
SATA Hard Drives
500 GB, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM

Performance and reliability for everyday computing.

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.



Performance Specifications
Buffer Size 32 MB
Load/unload Cycles 300,000 minimum

Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity 500,107 MB
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s

Physical Dimensions
English
Height 1.028 Inches
Depth 5.787 Inches

Metric
Height 26.1 mm
Depth 147 mm

Environmental Specifications
Acoustics
Idle Mode 28 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 33 dBA (average)

Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
Power Dissipation
Read/Write 6.80 Watts
Idle 6.10 Watts
Standby 0.70 Watts
Sleep 0.70 Watts