Western Digital Blue 3.5" 500 GB Serial ATA

SKU
WD5000AAKX
£128.25
In stock
Only 2 left
Blue, 500GB, SATA, 6Gbit/s, 16MB, 7200RPM, 3.5"
Built to Western Digital's awarding winning quality standards, these drives are available in a full range of performance features.

Key Features
-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.
-Ultra cool and quiet - Keeping the drive cool enhances reliability. WD continues to develop new and innovative ways to keep drives cool while they are operating which helps protect the drive and the data stored on it.
-Capacity - We offer WD Caviar Blue drives with capacities from 80 GB to 1 TB because you can never have too much storage space.
-NoTouch ramp load technology - The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit. IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.
-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.
-Compatible - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

Ideal For
Family and business computing

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.
-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.
SKU WD5000AAKX
EAN 0718037773421
Specification
Hard drive
Data transfer rate6 Gbit/s
Start/stop cycles300000
Hot-swapNo
CertificationRoHS
HDD speed7200 RPM
HDD size3.5"
HDD capacity500 GB
Sound emission
Acoustic pressure emissions29 dB
Certificates
CertificationRoHS
Features
InterfaceSerial ATA
Start/stop cycles300000
Hot-swapNo
CertificationRoHS
HDD speed7200 RPM
HDD size3.5"
HDD capacity500 GB
Storage drive buffer size16 MB
Power
Operating voltage5 / 12 V
Power consumption (standby)0.7 W
Power consumption (write)6.8 W
Power consumption (read)6.8 W
Power consumption (idle)6.1 W
Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T)0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)-40 - 65 °C
Operating shock65 G
Non-operating shock350 G
Ports & interfaces
FireWire 800No
FireWire 400No
Network
Ethernet LANNo
Technical details
Operating voltage5 / 12 V
InterfaceSerial ATA
Power requirementsDC 12V
Product colourBlack
Width (imperial)10.2 cm (4")
USB poweredNo
Hot-swapNo
Height (imperial)2.61 cm (1.03")
Fibre ChannelNo
Drive device, transfer rate126 MB/s
Depth (imperial)14.7 cm (5.79")
InternalYes
Weight & dimensions
Width101.6 mm
Weight450 g
Height25.4 mm
Depth147 mm
Other features
Operating voltage5 / 12 V
InterfaceSerial ATA
Power requirementsDC 12V
Ethernet LANNo
Product colourBlack
Width (imperial)10.2 cm (4")
USB poweredNo
Height (imperial)2.61 cm (1.03")
FireWire 800No
FireWire 400No
Fibre ChannelNo
Drive device, transfer rate126 MB/s
Depth (imperial)14.7 cm (5.79")
Data transfer rate6 Gbit/s
InternalYes
Acoustic pressure emissions29 dB
Manufacturer Western Digital
In Stock Y