Western Digital Caviar SE-16 500GB SATA-300 16MB Hard Drive WD5000AAKS

Western Digital Caviar SE 16 500GB SATA-300 7200RPM 16MB Hard Drive

WD Caviar SE16 drives combine 16 MB cache with 3 Gb/s transfer rate for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop and workstation applications. Western Digital Caviar SE 16 500GB SATA-300 7200RPM 16MB Hard Drive WD5000AAKS

Technologically advanced acoustics minimize noise and cool drive operation and enhanced reliability features help protect the drive and the data stored on it. These SATA II drives feature a transfer rate three times faster than EIDE and twice as fast as SATA 1. Designed for high-performance computers, multimedia and gaming systems. Bigger cache means faster performance. A massive 16 MB cache combined with up to 300 MB/s transfer rate make this ultra-fast drive the perfect solution for the fully loaded PC with a fast processor.

Features

Top performance for Windows® Vista
WD Caviar SE16 SATA and EIDE drives are certified for Windows Vista and are top performers on the Windows Vista Experience Index.
Fast
16 MB Cache - Bigger cache means faster performance. A massive 16 MB cache combined with advanced acoustic and power-reducing technologies make these ultra-fast drives the perfect solution for the fully loaded PC.
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.
Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR)
The latest generation of WD Caviar SE16 drives employs PMR technology to achieve even greater areal density.(750 GB only)
IntelliSeek™
Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.
SecurePark™
Parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear, and improved non- operational shock tolerance.
StableTrac™
The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking, during read and write operations.(750 GB only)
Data Lifeguard™
Data Lifeguard includes embedded features that guard your data and software tools that make installation, configuration and diagnostics simple and worry-free. Speed, performance and reliability are the key features of the WD Caviar 7200 RPM series.