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Western Digital Caviar® SE16 WD5000KS 500 GB SATA II Solid State Drive (SSD) (Retail Version)

Western Digital Caviar® SE16 WD5000KS 500 GB SATA II Solid State Drive (SSD) (Retail Version)

$279.00 1 store
  • HDD Form Factor: 3.5'
  • Capacity: 500 GB
  • Designation: Desktop Computer
  • Type: SSD (Solid State Drive)
  • Interface: Serial ATA
  • Spindle Speed: 7200 RPM
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WD Caviar® SE16 7200 RPM next-generation SATA hard drives feature up to 500 GB of storage and a 16 MB cache for lightning-fast performance. Yes, these reliable drives are fast, but they still deliver technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation. Designed for high-performance computers, multimedia and gaming systems.

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Best Storage for the Buck

bychui101 Nov 22, 2006
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Pros Lots of gigs for your bucks.
Cons A bit on the loud side, slow random read/writes.
Recommended it? Yes

Building a PVR for HDTV content, I needed a hard drive with lots of chutzpah. Using Anandtech's Real Time Price Engine (RTPE - http://labs.anandtech.com/), I figured that this drive was probably my best bet for a large hard disk.

Some other drives I considered were the Seagate 500GB... Read full review »

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Big. Fast. Quiet. Excellent!

bysheacolandri Sep 6, 2006
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Pros Very fast & quiet. Easy XP installation.
Cons Beware D.O.A.'s
Recommended it? Yes

This HD has lots of space, runs quietly, and is very fast. Installation under Windows XP was quick & simple. Use Administrators' Tools/System Management for partitioning & formatting. XP formats the disk to around 465GB.

Try to install drive in a slot with space on both sides, as the... Read full review »

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WD Caviar SE16 7200 RPM next-generation SATA hard drives feature up to 500 GB of storage and a 16 MB cache for lightning-fast performance. Yes, these reliable drives are fast, but they still deliver technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation. Designed for high-performance computers, multimedia and gaming systems.

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WD Caviar SE16 7200 RPM next-generation SATA hard drives feature up to 500 GB of storage and a 16 MB cache for lightning-fast performance. Yes, these reliable drives are fast, but they still deliver technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation. Designed for high-performance computers, multimedia and gaming systems.

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Product Details and Features

Product MPN

MPN WD5000KSRTL2

Key Features

HDD Form Factor 3.5'
Capacity 500 GB
Designation Desktop Computer
Type SSD (Solid State Drive)
Interface Serial ATA
Spindle Speed 7200 RPM
Enclosure Internal

Technical Features

External Data Transfer Rate 300 MBps
Seek Time 8.9 ms
Average Latency 4.17 ms
Internal Data Transfer Rate 748 Mbit/s
Sound Emission 33 dB
Interface (Detailed) Serial ATA II
Buffer Size 16 MB

Other Features

Platform PC
Brand Western Digital
Package Qty. 1

Dimensions

Height 1.03 in.
Depth 5.79 in.
Width 4 in.
Weight 1.32 lb.

Miscellaneous

Product ID 28802657
UPC 718037117645
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