Western Digital Caviar Blue WD1600AAJB Hard Disk Drive, 160GB, 7200rpm, 8MB Cache, ATA-6/100

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Quick glance Interface ATA-6/100 Capacity 160GB Cache 8 MB Cost per Gigabyte $0.68 incl GST Speed 7200

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WD Blue hard drives deliver solid performance and reliability while providing you with all the space you need to hold an enormous amount of photos, videos and files. These drives are designed for use as primary drives in desktop PCs, external enclosures and for certain industrial applications. With a wide array of capacities, cache sizes, and interfaces means there’s a WD Blue hard drive that’s just right for you. And because it’s from WD, you’ll have the confidence in knowing you’ve selected a drive that’s truly world-class.


Specifications:
Product Specifications
· Interface PATA 100 MB/s

Performance Specifications
· Rotational Speed 7,200 RPM (nominal)
· Buffer Size 8 MB
· Average Latency 4.20 ms (nominal)
· Load/unload Cycles 50,000 minimum

Seek Times
· Read Seek Time 8.9 ms
· Write Seek Time 10.9 ms (average)
· Track-To-Track Seek Time 2.0 ms (average)
· Full Stroke Seek 21.0 ms (average)

Transfer Rates
· Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk) 972 Mb/s (Max)

Physical Specifications
· Formatted Capacity 160,041 MB
· Capacity 160 GB
· User Sectors Per Drive 312,581,808


Physical Dimensions
Metric
· Height 25.4 mm
· Depth 147 mm
· Width 101.6 mm
· Weight 0.485 kg


Environmental Specifications
Shock
· Operating Shock (Read) 65G, 2 ms
· Non-operating Shock 350G, 2 ms

Acoustics
· Idle Mode 24 dBA (average)
· Seek Mode 0 27 dBA (average)
· Seek Mode 3 25 dBA (average)

Temperature (Metric)
· Operating -0° C to 60° C
· Non-operating -40° C to 65° C

Humidity
· Operating 5-95% RH non-condensing
· Non-operating 5-95% RH non-condensing

Altitude (Metric)
· Operating -305M to 3,050M
· Non-operating -305M to 12,200M
Vibration
· Operating
Linear 20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak)
Random 10-300 Hz, 0.008 g² / Hz
· Non-operating
Low Frequency 5-20 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude)
High Frequency 20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak)


Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
· 12 VDC
- Read/Write 280 mA
- Idle 270 mA
- Standby 6 mA
· Sleep 6 mA
· 5 VDC
- Read/Write 650 mA
- Idle 600 mA
- Standby 180 mA
- Sleep 180 mA
· Power Dissipation
- Read/Write 6.61 Watts
- Idle 6.24 Watts
- Standby 0.97 Watts
- Sleep 0.97 Watts

While every attempt is made to ensure the information provided on this page is accurate, specifications change from time to time and we are not liable for any omissions or errors.

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