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WD5000AZRX

Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB 3.5" 64MB Cache SATA3 Hard Disk Drive

Western Digital - Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB 3.5" 64MB Cache SATA3 Hard Disk Drive, SATA 6Gb/s Interface, Intellipower rotational speed, WD5000AZRX
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WD5000AZRX

Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB 3.5" 64MB Cache SATA3 Hard Disk Drive

Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB 3.5" 64MB Cache SATA3 Hard Disk Drive, SATA 6Gb/s Interface, Intellipower rotational speed, WD5000AZRX

Overview:

Reduced power consumption.
Reduced power consumption makes it possible to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.

Cool and quiet.
WD GreenPower Technology yields lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics perfect for ultra-quiet PCs and external drives.

Perfect for external drives.
External drive manufacturers can eliminate the need for a fan in a high-capacity product by utilizing the cool and quiet operation of WD Caviar Green hard drives.

IntelliSeek.
Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.

IntelliPower.
A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance. Additionally, WD Caviar Green drives consume less current during startup allowing lower peak loads on systems as they are booted.

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.

Advanced Format (AF) .
Technology being adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers as one of multiple ways to continue growing hard drive capacities. AF is a more efficient media format that enables increased areal densities. (RX, RS and RSDTL models only)

Ideal for
PCs, external storage and other devices that require lower power consumption and cool, quiet operation. Desktop / Consumer RAID Environments - WD Caviar Green Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications. (RAID-0 / RAID-1).

Features:

Reduced power consumption.
Reduced power consumption makes it possible to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.

Cool and quiet.
WD GreenPower Technology yields lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics perfect for ultra-quiet PCs and external drives.

Perfect for external drives.
External drive manufacturers can eliminate the need for a fan in a high-capacity product by utilizing the cool and quiet operation of WD Caviar Green hard drives.

IntelliSeek.
Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.

IntelliPower.
A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance. Additionally, WD Caviar Green drives consume less current during startup allowing lower peak loads on systems as they are booted.

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.

Advanced Format (AF) .
Technology being adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers as one of multiple ways to continue growing hard drive capacities. AF is a more efficient media format that enables increased areal densities. (RX, RS and RSDTL models only)

Ideal for
PCs, external storage and other devices that require lower power consumption and cool, quiet operation. Desktop / Consumer RAID Environments - WD Caviar Green Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications. (RAID-0 / RAID-1).

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Specifications and features
Product Code WD5000AZRXspacer
Performance Specifications
Rotational Speed IntelliPower
Buffer Size 64 MB
Transfer Rates
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 6 Gb/s (Max)
Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity 500, 107 MB
Capacity 500 GB
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s
User Sectors Per Drive 976, 773, 168
Physical Dimensions
Height 26.1 mm
Depth 147 mm
Width 101.6 mm
Weight 0.45 kg
Environmental Specifications
Operating Shock (Read) 30G, 2 ms
Non-operating Shock 350G, 1 ms
Acoustics
Idle Mode 21 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 22 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3 22 dBA (average)
Temperature (Metric)
Operating -0° C to 60° C
Non-operating -40° C to 70° C
Current Requirements 12 VDC
Read/Write 1.10 A
Power Dissipation
Read/Write 3.60 Watts
Idle 2.10 Watts
Standby 0.40 Watts
Sleep 0.40 Watts

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